For over a decade, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker have kept the door open for Rush Hour 4 — and even without a set production date, the fourth film is starting to feel like a sure thing.
Speaking with ScreenRant earlier this year, Chan had this to say about Rush Hour 4: “I don’t know. Ask the director [Brett Ratner], ask the studio, ask the writer,” Chan relayed. “Hurry up! Otherwise, Chris Tucker and me [will be] 100 years old. We’ll be old men doing Rush Hour.“
In addition to Chan and Tucker, another name is keen for a Rush Hour 4: The 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump. With David Ellison now steering Paramount – and potentially eyeing pieces of the Warner empire – Trump is reportedly pushing for Rush Hour 4 to finally get the greenlight (via Semafor).
Trump has signaled he’d be open to helping Ellison push a deal through Congress and the courts, so long as certain films and genres receive priority in the studio’s slate. Chief among them, more Rush Hour films and more movies similar to Bloodsport (via CBM).
And guess what? It worked…
Deadline has confirmed with sources that Paramount is releasing Rush Hour 4, with franchise director Brett Ratner back in the mix. Paramount is distributing on behalf of Warner Bros for a double digit percent distribution fee.
The continuation of the Rush Hour franchise came to a halt in 2017 when multiple women accused Ratner of sexual harassment, prompting studios to cut ties with him. As a result, he’s been effectively sidelined from any involvement in Rush Hour 4. However, all of this happened before the Ellisons and Skydance took control of the studio that now owns the franchise rights, which paved way for wiggle room to bring Ratner back in.
On top of all that, Ratner recently wrapped Melania, an upcoming pro-Trump documentary spotlighting Melania Trump’s life. So it’s fair to say the pieces seem to be aligning from a similar direction.
Unlike most Hollywood celebrities, Trump involvement won’t sway Chan from signing up to a Rush Hour 4. Although he hasn’t clearly “supported Trump” in a political campaign sense, he made an open-minded comment early in Trump’s first presidency term: “Just give him a chance … He’s a businessman … I think he knows how to handle these types of things.”
The highly successful franchise – all directed by Ratner (Red Dragon) – consisted of 1998’s Rush Hour, 2001’s Rush Hour 2 and 2006’s Rush Hour 3. In 2016 came the Ratner-produced Rush Hour TV series, starring Jon Foo (Tekken) and Justin Hires (21 Jump Street), which was cancelled after one season.
Back in March of 2019, there were also reports that STX Studios was developing a female-centric Rush Hour film, which would have had Bingbing Li (The Meg) as one of the leads, but we’re assuming plans fizzled due to panned female-centric, rebooted franchise failures, particularly 2016’s Ghostbusters.
Whether you’re a fan of Trump/Ratner or not, one thing seems clear: if Rush Hour 4 actually moves forward – especially with some of the more controversial figures involved – we can likely expect a throwback-style sequel that leans into the franchise’s classic culture-clash humor, rather than modern social messaging. Count us in!
We’ll keep you posted on Rush Hour 4 news as we hear more.
Oh gawd I can see it now…..
Bingbing Li and………………………………….Leslie Jones……………… O_O
I would pay money to see Li Bing Bing and Zazie Beetz. Not even joking.
That would be a great pairing!
I could see the producers going with Carter played by Jones or Tiffany Haddish for better or worse. One has to wonder if there’d be a rehash of the old jokes or obnoxious “millennial” humor.
Sometimes I feel like the producers are trying to revive this franchise like a kid taping a dead animal back together. Rush Hour 3 took too long to come out and was mediocre, and the TV series was canceled before it was aired.
Like I said in the Facebook post, More Ocean’s 8 and less Ghostbusters 2016.
As long as its not Rush Hour 2. The escort selection scene/ ETD homage was pure cringe. I much preferred the schoolboy humor of RH3
Snowflake relax!) LOL
yellow fever incel, you never gonna get an asian woman keep dreaming
Man, I forgot that I commented on this a long time ago. My opinion still stands.
No thanks. Jackie is too old! Sorry, it’s true, hell, he was past his physical prime when the first Rush Hour was made! I enjoyed the first two, the third wasn’t completely unwatchable, but it’s been too many years, unless Lee & Carter will be fighting crime in a retirement home! Yeah, they could start fresh with a new, younger cast but how did that work out with that short-lived TV series? No thanks …
Wheelchair racings and walking sticks fights. I’m in!
Don’t spoil Indy 5.
Judging by the trailer, too much CGI has already beat him to that. I miss the good old days when Indiana Jones (& Jackie Chan) didn’t need CGI to get through an action scene!
I’d be surprised if quality control was factored in. If Jackie is willing to do stupid-ass junk about cartoon pandas, he’ll do Rush Hour 4 as long as it happens before he dies and he gets a dump truck of money.
I hope Karate Kid Legends, Whispers of Gratitude, and The Shadow’s Edge are good, and that the Rush Hour franchise just ends.
Aren’t they already old for that shit? Not compared to Mel and Lethal Weapon 5, but still…
There are those out there who’d say Jackie Chan was already too old when he made the first ‘Rush Hour’. 🙂
lol
I hope they get Ratner back for the sake of the series’ history (don’t think he was ever convicted of the accusations, was he?). If not, we’re going to end up with a Chad Stahelski film. Or maybe even a souless Netflix-style sequel (i.e. Beverly Hills Cop). Nothing wrong with either of these, but we should strive on being consistent in areas we can control.
If Rartner gets locked in, Eastern Heroes will for surely deliver on the “merch”).
Hell no, Ratner is a creep. Jackie shouldn’t be bear a dude who gets off raping Women. I would take Dragons Forever 2 over Rush Hour 4.
I don’t like Ratner, and all the things Olivia Munn and others have said about him seem likely, but he still has the right to a trial like Bey Logan does. ( I say this as someone who believes the allegations)
I’m sure a Dragons Forever sequel is about as likely as a new Drunken Master film staring Jackie.
With all this talk, I would be surprised if Rush Hour 4 goes past that.
No! Just .. no!!! Jackie was too old for another Rush Hour movie when I commented on this topic a few years ago and, guess what? He hasn’t gotten any younger since! Warner Bros, please, just say no!
This just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. Even is the current US president thinks he’s involved, he’ll quickly get tired of this pet project. Ellison seems more interested in spearheading movies that rationalize the regime’s mentality and actions.
It’s quite a thing when many people petition for a proper sequel to Dredd, and nothing happens, but this move that no one is asking for is like Victor Frankenstein zapping a rotting corpse with a cattle prod over and over.
Ratner is allegedly a fan of Hack Snyder. I just wonder if this means the new Rush Hour will be another Operation Condor for Jackie. https://cosmicbook.news/trump-ratner-snyderverse-connection
This is why USA is the greatest country in the world. The greatest President ever personally intervenes to get back the bestest director ever to return to the greatest Jackie Chan franchise ever. The only things missing now is a cameo from Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey. But since a chinaman and a black man as leads in 2025 is the woke, part 4 revolves around 2 white LAPD officers assisting ICE while talking about evil seed oils and evil abortions. The movie writes itself basically
You know how silly you sounded, right? Most real presidents are not wasting their time trying to help their donors push dead film franchises, because they have way more important things to do.
He knows that. It’s called satire.
Amd Trump and his friends are real and stillalive, sadly.
Message to Jacke Chan: Telk them to f… off or, or…
Whatever…
Tell, not Telk!!!!
P.S.: Jon Voight would be awesome as a…whatever…