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Rush Hour 4 Is Finally Moving Forward At A New Studio For A Wild Reason

2025-11-25 18:00
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Rush Hour 4 Is Finally Moving Forward At A New Studio For A Wild Reason

Rush Hour 4 will be released by Paramount and Warner Bros. after a request for it to happen, with the original director and stars returning.

Rush Hour 4 Is Finally Moving Forward At A New Studio For A Wild Reason Chris Tucker hides behind Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2 Chris Tucker hides behind Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2 4 By  Abigail Stevens Published 32 minutes ago Abigail is an editor for ScreenRant, currently writing and editing movie news. You may also have seen her thoughts on animated television, musical theater, and fantasy literature in Paste Magazine, Fantasy Hive, or The Oxford Blue. She has also written SR lists and op-eds covering movies, TV, and books as well. She is an English major through and through, having graduated with a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and an MPhil from Oxford University. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.

It's official — Rush Hour 4 is in the works at Paramount, for a well-publicized reason. A continuation of the action comedy franchise starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, Rush Hour 4 will again be directed by Brett Ratner, with Paramount distributing on behalf of Warner Bros, amid Paramount CEO David Ellison's bid to buy WB.

The original Rush Hour, which was released in 1998, follows a Hong Kong detective and an LAPD detective who are forced to work together to save the kidnapped 11-year-old daughter of a Chinese consul. The buddy cop classic spawned two sequels, which came out in 2001 and 2007, and the trilogy has grossed $850 million.

Deadline reports that Chan and Tucker will also return for the fourth movie. Most bizarrely, the studios are just now releasing Rush Hour 4 because President Donald Trump requested it, as reported by Semafor. Ratner, the director of all three previous Rush Hour movies, recently helmed Amazon MGM Studios' Melania.

Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter and Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee in a scene from Rush Hour. Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter and Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee in a scene from Rush Hour.

The documentary about First Lady Melania Trump will be released in theaters on January 30, 2026. Before this, Ratner's career was disrupted due to sexual misconduct allegations in 2017. Warner Bros. distanced itself from him, and though Rush Hour 4 was shopped around, distributors rejected it because of Ratner's involvement.

Rush Hour 4 will be Ratner's first feature film since 2014's Hercules, which was a modest box office success with middling reviews. On the other hand, the Rush Hour movies have declined in reception with each new installment. Rush Hour 3 sits at a 17% Rotten Tomatoes score and grossed $258 million on a budget of $140 million.

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