Studios initially declined a fourth movie over concerns around director Brett Ratner, whose career crashed after sexual misconduct allegations he denies.
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Paramount
is reviving “Rush Hour 4” nearly two decades after the last installment — a comeback pushed forward after President Donald Trump urged Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to rescue the long-stalled buddy cop movie series, according to multiple reports.
Paramount has secured funding for the film and struck a distribution arrangement with Warner Bros. Discovery
, which previously owned the franchise under its New Line banner, Puck’s Matthew Belloni first reported.
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Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring his hit franchise back to the big screen
Hollywood had eschewed the project after earlier sexual misconduct allegations against director Brett Ratner.
The revival will star its original cast, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.
The US president has reportedly asked Paramount for a fourth instalment of the cop comedy starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan.…
The president wants to see a new entry in this long-dormant series.
The president’s bizarre insistence that the dead Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker series should return resulted in a shock announcement…
