Socialites, it wasn’t a dream after all — Rush Hour 4 is really happening! Back in December, Jackie Chan confirmed at the Red Sea International Film Festival that the film had entered development, but a script had yet to be finalized before production would commence. Three months later, Chris Tucker — who played Carter in the box office franchise — is sharing a few more details about the project while still remaining tight-lipped about the film’s actual plot.
During an appearance on Audacy’s V-103 to promote his latest film directed by Ben Affleck, titled “Air,” the 51-year-old shared that the fourth installment of “Rush Hour” is, in fact, part of the upcoming projects he’s currently working on. When Chan first confirmed that the movie was being developed, he didn’t make any mention of Tucker having signed on to reprise his iconic role, so this will undoubtedly give us all some assurance that both lead stars will be back for what’s expected to be an action movie like no other.
“You’re going to see a lot of good stuff coming, but it’s going to be on a whole other level,” Tucker said. “That’s what I like… I’m excited about that. It’s not going to be what you’ve normally seen… ‘Rush Hour 4,’ that’s something I definitely will probably drop in there because I love working with Jackie.” The first installment was released back in 1998 while the second and third followed in 2001 and 2007, respectively. All three movies combined have grossed close to a billion dollars at the worldwide box office, and we’re sure the next film is going to be just as successful.
It should be noted that Tucker had expressed his desire to work on a follow-up to the third movie back in 2018, saying he would be down for him and Chan to get back to playing the mismatched police officers who are assigned a variety of missions together.
A follow-up has been discussed for so long that people started losing hope, particularly since director Brett Ratner, who worked on the previous installments, said he would be returning before his claims were shut down by producers attached to the fourth film. “Brett has been walking around town telling people he’s going to direct a Rush Hour movie because it’s his only way back in,” an executive previously told The Hollywood Reporter. “He’s trying to make believe he’s employable.”
As fans will recall, Ratner was infamously accused of sexual misconduct and was therefore forced to quit working on “Wonder Woman.” But Chan’s recent comments about “Rush Hour 4” gave everybody some reassurance that things are slowly but surely coming together, with a screenplay already in the works.
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Prior to confirming a fourth installment back in December, Chan said in a 2017 interview while promoting his movie, “The Foreigner,” that he would only be on board for another movie if Tucker agreed to return. “For the last seven years, we’ve been turning down the script, turning down the script. Yesterday, we just agreed,” he said at the time, though we now know those plans never came to fruition.
“Next year [we’ll] probably start—IF Chris Tucker agrees. It’s not about money! It’s about [having] time to make. Otherwise, in Rush Hour 4, we’re all old men. I tell Chris Tucker, ‘Before we get old, please do Rush Hour 4.’”