'Rush Hour 4' in the Works at Paramount at Trump's Request

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Source: Variety

The original "Rush Hour," which follows two police officers who are forced to work together to rescue a Chinese diplomat's abducted daughter, was a huge hit with $244 million globally. The two follow-up films, "Rush Hour 2" and "Rush Hour 3," were even bigger commercial successes with $347 million and $258 million, respectively, despite mixed reviews. In the time since those films dominated in theaters, comedies have mostly fallen out of favor at the box office. It's unclear the timeline of "Rush Hour 4," though Chan, whose martial artistry was central to the hijinks of the plot, is 71, while Tucker hasn't headlined a movie since the 2007 "Rush Hour" threequel.

Read more: https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/rush-hour-4-paramount-trump-1236591747/

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probably just a loss leader for approval to buy WB if they actually make and release this

[Master Payne]

1. Sad, He'll have no place to watch it

As the White House's movie theater was in the East Wing

[generalbetrayus]

2. Like he'd actually watch a movie with a Black and an East Asian in starring roles.

[flvegan]

3. Wait until he finds out Tucker isn't Carlson, but a black dude and Chan isn't

Fuckerberg's wife.

He's gonna be so upset. Shame if anything happened as a result of that.

[bmichaelh]

4. What is the reason?

Here is another part of the article:

Brett Ratner, who directed the first three installments before his career was derailed in 2017 by #MeToo allegations, is returning to direct the fourth film. The filmmaker has gotten close to the first family while directing the “Melania” documentary, which Amazon paid $40 million to release. “Rush Hour 4,” which will see the return of original stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, will mark Ratner’s first feature film since 2014’s Dwayne Johnson-led “Hercules.”

Is there another reason Trump is pushing this?

[Javaman]

5. spit balling a script is not "in the works". it's basically in development hell.

but they can spin it anyway they want.

this won't get made.