Sony Pictures has set firm 2027 theatrical dates for two very different projects: Ridley Scott’s Treasure Island will arrive on November 11, 2027, followed by 24 Jump Street on December 10. The pairing places Hugh Jackman’s new literary adventure and the long-awaited comedy sequel on the studio’s late-year calendar, giving audiences two major films with very different creative identities.
For 24 Jump Street, the most intriguing detail may be the title itself. The film skips 23 and moves straight from 22 Jump Street, released in 2014, to a third chapter that has spent years circling Hollywood without reaching production. Rodney Rothman, who co-wrote 22 Jump Street and later directed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is directing the new film. He co-wrote the screenplay with Jonah Hill and Meghan Malloy, while Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, directors of the first two movies, return as producers.
Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube are in talks to reprise their roles, reconnecting the potential sequel with the central trio of the previous films. Hill and Tatum played undercover police officers Schmidt and Jenko, respectively, while Ice Cube portrayed their commanding officer, Captain Dickson. The original movies turned a remake of the 1980s television series into a self-aware comedy that repeatedly poked fun at Hollywood’s sequel culture.
That makes the missing 23 Jump Street especially fitting. A 23 Jump Street project was previously developed, and one of the wildest ideas was MIB 23, a crossover that would have brought the Jump Street characters into the Men in Black universe. James Bobin was attached to direct that version, but the crossover ultimately did not move forward. After 22 Jump Street, the franchise went quiet, making the leap to 24 Jump Street feel like a joke built directly from its unusually long journey back to the screen.
The joke became explicit in June, when producer Neal H. Moritz shared an image of the script bearing the line, “It took so long to make we had to skip one.” The title therefore carries both a practical explanation and the kind of franchise humor that has defined the series. The decision to move from 22 Jump Street directly to 24 Jump Street turns the years of development surrounding the third film into part of the project’s own comedy.
Then comes Treasure Island, bringing another unusual combination to Sony’s calendar. Ridley Scott is directing a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 classic, with Hugh Jackman attached as Long John Silver. Jack Thorne, the writer behind Adolescence, wrote the screenplay and is executive producing, while Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss are producing through Scott Free.
Stevenson’s story follows young Jim Hawkins after he discovers a map leading to the buried fortune of the notorious Captain Flint. His journey aboard the Hispaniola takes him into a dangerous world of pirates, mutiny and shifting loyalties, with the charismatic and treacherous Long John Silver at its center. Jackman’s casting adds another famous classic character to a filmography already filled with distinctive roles. Importantly, he is playing Long John Silver, not Blackbeard, whom he portrayed in Pan.
The contrast between the two Sony projects is also notable in terms of scale and tone. One project revisits an adventure novel through a filmmaker and a star, while the other revives a comedy series through returning performers and creators. Both, however, arrive carrying history before audiences see a frame.
For Treasure Island, that history comes from Stevenson’s enduring novel and its central pirate characters, while 24 Jump Street arrives with the legacy of two previous films and years of development surrounding the third chapter. The two projects therefore reach Sony’s schedule from very different directions, with one rooted in a classic literary adventure and the other in a modern comedy franchise whose own production history has become part of its humor.
Together, the two dates give Sony a striking late-2027 sequence. A new take on a foundational pirate adventure arrives on November 11, followed less than a month later by the return of a comedy franchise whose own history has become part of the joke. Neither film has to resemble the other; their appeal lies in the very different worlds they bring to the same theatrical calendar.
For Sony, the dates now turn two long-developing projects into concrete 2027 releases, giving audiences a clearer look at what the studio has planned for the final stretch of the year. Treasure Island will bring Ridley Scott and Hugh Jackman together for a new interpretation of Stevenson’s classic, while 24 Jump Street will continue the story of Schmidt and Jenko with a title that openly acknowledges how long audiences have waited for the franchise’s next chapter.
