The announced new installment of the franchise Rush Hour He already found a new house.
Paramount Pictures will be the studio in charge of releasing in cinemas Rush Hour 4distributing on behalf of Warner Bros. by “a double-digit distribution fee”according to Deadline reports.
The returns of Jackie Chan y Chris Tuckerreprising their iconic roles as Lee and Carter, respectively. The third and most recent installment of the saga known in our region as An explosive couplehit theaters eighteen years ago, in 2007.
The franchise produced by the New Line Cinema division of WB, allowed for a couple of years, that Rush Hour 4 was licensed by any other interested distributor.
It is curious the moment in which the agreement between both studies occurs. In case you are not aware, the conglomerate Paramount Skydancefounded and run by David Ellisonis one of the buyers interested in bidding for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discoverywith Netflix and Comcast being other interested parties.
Rush Hour 4 will be directed and produced by Brett Ratnerdirector of the three previous installments. His participation was the main reason that several studios did not entertain the idea of distributing the next film, remembering that Rattner faced six accusations of sexual misconduct, and one of sexual harassment, in 2017, the latter by Melanie Kohler. Rattner filed a defamation lawsuit, and both sides settled in 2018.
IS TRUMP THE REASON PARAMOUNT ACQUIRED RUSH HOUR 4?
Ratner, a key member of RatPac, the financial entity of Warner Bros., which financed part of several of the studio's films, left Hollywood for about seven years, returning recently with the direction of a documentary about the first lady. Melania Trump for Amazon MGM Studios, scheduled for theatrical release on January 30, 2026.
Another curiosity about the Paramount deal is the media report from a couple of days ago, where it was reported that a person familiar with the conversations, reported that Donald Trump pressured the Ellisons to revive the franchise Rush Hour.
The rights of Rush Hour 4 belong to Tarak Ben Ammarveteran film executive, and his company Eagle Pictures, one of the largest production and distribution companies in Italy.
Arthur Sarkissian, one of the original producers, would return to produce the fourth installment.
In An explosive couple (1998), a loyal and devoted Hong Kong inspector teams up with a reckless and rowdy Los Angeles police detective to rescue the Chinese consul's kidnapped daughter, and in the process arrest a dangerous crime lord.
In the 2001 sequel, Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong on vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam. The third film, from 2007, follows Lee and Carter en route to Paris to protect a woman who has knowledge of the secret leaders of the Triads, the most dangerous criminal syndicate, after the attempted assassination of the Chinese ambassador.
The three films They compile a global box office of $850 million against a (total) budget of $265 million.
ABOUT THE BRETT RATNER SCANDAL
In 2017, six women, including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual misconduct in an investigative report by the Los Angeles Times, in which the actresses detailed their experiences with the director.
The reported behavior took place at private homes, movie sets and industry events.
Henstridge explained to the LA Times that Ratner forced her to perform oral sex on him in his New York apartment in the early '90s, when she was 19 years old and modeling, and he, 25, was directing music videos. Meanwhile, Munn claimed that Ratner masturbated in front of her after he was tasked with delivering food to her trailer on the set of After the Sunsetwhen she was an aspiring actress and where she went as a guest of a friend.
You can find all the details of the LA Times report here.
Source: https://cine3.com/paramount-estrenara-la-proxima-rush-hour-del-director-brett-ratner/
