Rush Hour 4 has officially been greenlit, with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker set to return more than two decades after Rush Hour 3 hit theaters in 2007. But what makes this comeback truly unprecedented is how it happened: President Donald Trump personally pushed for the production, according to multiple reports from CNBC and Variety.

President Trump is reportedly pushing his billionaire ally Larry Ellison to revive the “Rush Hour” franchise starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker — assuming the Ellison family succeeds in the bidding war for the movie series’ license holder Warner Bros. Discovery.

The news of Rush Hour 4 has the Internet talking. The idea that the President of the United States would use his time to bring back a dormant film franchise is going to elicit a reaction. Especially when his friends run the studio, and the director has been accused multiple times of assault.

Indeed, Rush Hour would be a huge movie for Tucker and Chan alike. The former became an A-list star and Chan finally achieved cross-over success in Hollywood. But in the same interview on East Coast Drive, Tucker revealed how his introduction to Chan ...

Multiple outlets have reported that US film giant Paramount is reviving the Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker action-comedy franchise, with Brett Ratner, director of the original 1998 film, once more at the helm.