Jump Street: Ballers

Jump Street: Ballers (also known as 23 Jump Street) is a 2021 American action sports comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and

starring CJ McCollum and Cole Sprouse. It is a spin-off of the Jump Street film series, which is in turn based on the television series of the same name. The plot follows police officers Jeremiah and Colby, who go undercover and pretend to be professional basketball players so they can infiltrate a secret drug operation running in the Nationwide Basketball Association (NBA).

After 22 Jump Street was released in June 2014, work on a third film and multiple spinoffs began. However, talks on the future of the franchise stalled until October 2019, when Lord and Miller signed back on to direct another film for the series. Jonah Hill, who starred in the first two films, signed back on as writer, whilst his co-star Channing Tatum joined as a producer. Filming took place from January 2020 until March, when production was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shooting resumed in June 2020 and ended in August of that same year.

The film was theatrically released in the United States by Sony Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on February 12, 2021. It received generally positive reviews from critics but underperformed at the box office, grossing only $65 million worldwide against a $38 million budget and losing both Sony and MGM $20-30 million. Due to the film's commercial failure, plans for future Jump Street spin-offs were put on hold, with Sony and MGM opting to make a direct sequel to 22 Jump Street.