Will Johnny Depp Agree to a Role in Jonah Hill's New '21 Jump Street' Remake?

'Get Him the Greek' star Jonah Hill wants Johnny Depp to get back to his roots.

Depp rocketed to fame in the late-'80s on '21 Jump Street,' one of the original series to air on Fox during the years when the network was just starting out. Now that Hill has written a new take on the hit show about cops working undercover in a high school, he's been issuing a 'Depp Wanted' casting call to bring the A-list star on board.

Not that Depp, 47, will recognize much about the new film version -- according to 27-year-old Hill, "It's an entirely new imagination of what '21 Jump Street' is." He added, when describing his script to MTV News recently, "We're not doing a spoof whatsoever."

When asked for an update at Friday's Critics' Choice Awards, Hill confirmed that filming will begin April 11 in the Big Easy. "I'm excited. I've never been to New Orleans before." But has Depp's participation been locked up?

Hill said late last year, "Hopefully, he does it...It would be awesome if he did," and in a separate interview, Depp soon followed up by saying, "It could be very funny...I'm in, I'm in."

But on Friday, Hill wasn't saying whether Depp's enthusiasm about a cameo had actually led to a deal.

Channing Tatum is confirmed to co-star, yet Hill was coy about naming any other names: "It was really important to get the main two characters together, and then now we gotta fill out the rest of the cast," he told MTV.

Back in 2009, Hill took a crack at describing his remake, expected to be a rated-R comedy, saying, "What happens is, they get caught up in the high school-ness as opposed to the police work....And whenever they get too caught up in the high school drama, police work comes in. And whenever they get too caught up in the police work, high school drama comes in."

Colin Farrell Suiting Up For 'Total Recall' Remake

Hollywood bad boy Colin Farrell is gearing up to fill some pretty big shoes -- Arnold Schwarzenegger's, to be precise.

The Irish actor is scheduled to take over the muscleman's iconic role as secret agent Hauser in a remake of the '90s classic 'Total Recall,' the NY Post reports.

The plot of the remake will be more faithful to that of the Philip K. Dick story, 'We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,' on which the original film was based. But fans can still look forward to plenty of sci-fi slickness from 'Underworld' director Len Wiseman.

Columbia Pictures has hired 'Salt' screenwriter Kurt Wimmer to head writing efforts on the reboot.

While the futuristic subject matter will be maintained, producer Neil Moritz assures fans that they will be able to enjoy the film without too much eye-popping action. "We're not gonna do 'Recall' in 3-D, we decided that it would be too much."

Despite the over-the-top nature of the original (we'll miss you, three-breasted hooker), fans can expect to see a slightly more realistic update.

"We don't go to space," says producer Neal Moritz. Although, of the film's scope, he insists, "Yes, this is a big movie."