JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan has confirmed he is in talks to produce a fourth Rush Hour film.
The 68-year-old made his name in Hollywood with the first of three Friends action films (from 1998 to 2007) with his American partner Chris Tucker.
“We’re talking about a fourth part now,” he said last Thursday at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The film franchise follows a Hong Kong detective who forms an unlikely relationship with a high-ranking Los Angeles cop to solve a series of international crimes.
He revealed that he was meeting with the film’s director that evening to discuss the script, but did not acknowledge the director.
American director Brett Ratner directed all three Rush Hour films, but hasn’t been paid for the film since 2014.
In 2017, seven women accused him of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior, including American actress Olivia Munn and Canadian actress Natasha Henstridge.
The Warner Brothers film studio then severed all ties with the producer and director, with whom it had a lucrative deal.
The original film grossed $244 million at the global box office and established Chan as an international action star after years of trying to make it big in Hollywood.
He said of the previous period: “I tried many times to go to Hollywood, but after that I didn’t tell him Hollywood anymore because my English is not good. They are not my culture, they don’t like that kind of work”. rush hour.
She said that she only has scripts about East Asian detectives, but she wanted to try other roles.
My boss said, ‘Look, there’s a script called Rush Hour. “I said, ‘No, Hong Kong Police? I will not do that. He said, ‘Jackie, why don’t you try one last time?’
“I said, well, this is the last time.”
He recalled getting a call from Ratner and Tucker after its opening weekend in 1998, saying the film was a hit, grossing $70 million.
“As for me, I don’t have a number of 70 million,” he said. I don’t know the box office. I just know it’s definitely a hit.” “Then they did part two and part three.”
Rush Hour 2 (2001) grossed $347.3 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise, while Rush Hour 3 (2007) grossed $258 million worldwide.
