“Rush Hour” Japanese Theatrical Poster
For the last 10+ years, both Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker (Rush Hour 1-3) have kept the possibility of a Rush Hour 4 in the air. But now, the 4th installment of the popular action comedy is still doable, at least according to Jackie himself.
Speaking with ScreenRant while promoting Karate Kid: Legends, Chan had this to say: “I don’t know. Ask the director, 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.“
He continued to elaborate that he would sign on for Rush Hour 4 adding, “Yes! And I want to do [another] Shanghai Knights, Shanghai Dawn. Shangai Noon, Shanghai Knights, and Shanghai Dawn. The script is still going on. I want to do a Rush Hour 4.”
The highly successful franchise – all directed by Brett 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.
In 2017, Warner, who took over the film’s rights from the defunct New Line Cinema, cut ties with Ratner, due to sexual harassment and misconduct accusations towards the filmmaker by several women, so it’s a safe bet that a different director will be taking over the franchise.
Back in March of 2019, there were also reports (via That Hashtag Show) that STX Studios was developing a female-centric Rush Hour film, which would have had The Meg co-star Bingbing Li (Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal) as one of the leads, but we’re assuming plans fizzled due to panned female-centric, rebooted franchise failures, particularly 2016’s Ghostbusters.
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
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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!