Action hero Jackie Chan, who is busy once more with Karate Kid: Legends, has spoken out about the highly anticipated Rush Hour 4, reaffirming his enthusiasm to come back with longtime co-star Chris Tucker—over twenty years since the enduring pairing first got underway.
During an interview with ScreenRant, Chan had a chuckle at the delays which have been afflicting the fourth installment: “I don’t know. Ask the director, ask the studio, ask the writer. Hurry up! Otherwise, Chris Tucker and me (will be) 100 years old. We’ll be old men doing Rush Hour.”
Though talks around Rush Hour 4 have been ongoing for years, Chan previously confirmed in 2017 that he and Tucker had finally reached an agreement on a script, according to Deadline.
The pair brightened up the screens in Rush Hour (1998), then Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007), both directed by Brett Ratner. Collectively, the trilogy grossed a whopping $850 million worldwide at the box office, sealing its status as a greatest action-comedy trilogy of all time.
Chan also confirmed his dreams of reprising another franchise favorite — the Shanghai Noon franchise. He acknowledged that a sequel, called Shanghai Dawn, is still in development:
"The script is still going on," he said.
The new Shanghai chapter was last in the works in 2016, when Chan and co-star Owen Wilson were working with MGM to reboot the franchise. Jared Hess was set to direct, from a story by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, with a script by Theodore Riley and Aaron Buchsbaum.
The Rush Hour movies are based on an unlikely alliance between two mismatched detectives from different cultures who team up to save a diplomat's kidnapped daughter—resulting in high-stakes action and lots of laughter in the process.
At the same time, Chan returned with a triumphant victory to the Karate Kid franchise in Karate Kid: Legends, returning to his iconic role of Mr. Han after 15 years. Unlike other entries that took place in China, this new film is set in New York City, where Mr. Han once again meets up with Daniel LaRusso, played by Ralph Macchio.
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