It’s been over twenty years since Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker first teamed up for Rush Hour, the blockbuster buddy cop film that labored method higher with out the involvement of Jay Leno.
However after three hit films, the Rush Hour collection sputtered to a halt. Why? Nicely, for one factor, Tucker determined to take a break from Hollywood. However now he appears completely up for making one other sequel, even telling reporters final yr that Rush Hour 4 was “shut” to occurring.
Chan additionally appears amenable to the thought of constant the adventures of Detective Inspector Lee. So what’s the issue? Nicely, it looks as if the venture comes with some fairly main baggage: director Brett Ratner.
As most of you might be in all probability conscious, in 2017, a number of ladies accused Ratner of abuses starting from sexual harassment to rape, all of which he denied. This was along with his previous indiscretions, which included utilizing homophobic slurs and simply usually being an enormous piece of Axe Physique Spray-scented shit.
In what undoubtedly has come as an enormous blow to each low cost DVD bin in America, Ratner hasn’t directed a film since 2014’s Hercules. However the director of the primary three Rush Hour entries is allegedly already hooked up to the potential fourth film. And in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, he will be the purpose why no one appears to really need to make it.
Reportedly, Warner Bros. made the “stunning” choice to permit Rush Hour 4 to be “licensed elsewhere,” however Ratner’s pre-existing involvement in Rush Hour 4 (which the venture’s government producer denies) has been a “nonstarter” for different studios like Paramount and Sony. Plus, there’s all the time the chance that he’ll randomly solid a fellow member of the poisonous filmmakers membership in a supporting function.
Now apparently Lionsgate, the studio that gave us John Wick, has been mulling over greenlighting Rush Hour 4 since not less than July. Which, if not for Ratner, would little question be a no brainer of a call. Along with the truth that the sooner films grossed greater than $500 million domestically, current revivals of classic motion franchises, comparable to High Gun: Maverick, Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F have been largely well-received by the general public.
That is fairly wild. Audiences will end up for Chan and Tucker, not as a result of the man who made Tower Heist is behind the digital camera. It’s not as if Ratner – who even earlier than any allegations surfaced, was usually regarded to be the directorial equal of a vanilla-flavored shrug emoji – is the one one who can helm a Rush Hour manufacturing.
In 2016, there was a whole-ass season of a Rush Hour TV present, developed by Invoice Lawrence. And whereas Ratner nonetheless served as an government producer, he didn’t direct a single episode. The pilot was directed by Jon Turteltaub, who beforehand made films like Nationwide Treasure and The Meg. Why not simply get that man to make Rush Hour 4?
Then once more, they might all the time rent a director who truly is aware of how you can movie martial arts sequences. Only a thought.
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