Jackie Chan Teases 'Rush Hour 4' At The Red Sea International Film Festival
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Talking at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) in Saudi Arabia, Jackie Chan teased the long-rumored Rush Hour 4. The veteran Hong Kong action star said he's "talking about part four" of the comedy action series. Chan went on to elaborate that "the script isn't right" at the moment, but he'll "see the director tonight and we will be talking about it."
Rush Hour, released in 1998, was Jackie Chan's major Hollywood breakthrough. While famous in Asian film culture and well-known to Hong Kong action film aficionados in the 1980s and 1990s through the home video market, Chan only achieved wider recognition after the 1995 release of Rumble in the Bronx.
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Rush Hour presented a new twist to the buddy cop formula, featuring Jackie Chan's creative martial arts heroics and Chris Tucker's fast-talking comedic antics. The first Rush Hour movie, despite its flaws, was successful enough to kick-start a trilogy with Rush Hour 2 (released in 2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).
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Over the years since, various rumors have surfaced concerning the future of the franchise. In 2018 and 2019, according to Dexerto, Chris Tucker spoke to two different podcasts insisting that the Rush Hour 4 script was being worked on. In 2014, Deadline reported that Rush Hour would be adapted into a TV series co-written and executive produced by Bill Lawrence (Scrubs) with Brett Ratner, who directed the first three Rush Hour movies, as executive producer.
In 2017, Warner Bros., who owns New Line Cinema (which distributed the Rush Hour movies), severed ties with Ratner after six women accused him of sexual assault. With Ratner having not directed a film since 2014's Hercules, it's unlikely that Ratner will helm the new Rush Hour movie.
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Sources: Deadline, Dexerto, Screen Daily
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