Jackie Chan Says 'Rush Hour 4' Is In the Works

Jackie Chan has revealed that Rush Hour 4 is still being developed.

Appearing at the Red Sea International Film Festival on Thursday (December 8), the actor said (via Screen Daily): "We’re talking about part four right now! But the script isn’t right."

The original 1998 Rush Hour film starred Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as two mismatched police partners who team up to rescue a Chinese Diplomat's kidnapped daughter.

The action-comedy's success inspired two follow-ups, Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3, which were released in 2001 and 2007, respectively.

The fourth installment has supposedly been in the works for some time, with Chan revealing back in 2017 that he had agreed on a script and Tucker confirming the following year that he was also onboard.

"It’s happening," said Tucker. "This is gonna be the rush of all rushes. Jackie is ready and we want to do this so that people don’t ever forget it."

The sequel was rumored to begin filming in 2018 (which, obviously, never happened), and there's been no other updates about it until now.

Chan also revealed that Mike Tyson is set to appear in the sequel, and that he was meeting with the director to discuss the next installment, though he remained mum on who said director is.

Brett Ratner, who directed the last three movies, is one candidate we can likely rule out. Natasha Henstridge, Olivia Munn, and four other women accused Ratner of sexual harassment in 2017. He denied all allegations.

Chan went on to admit that despite Rush Hour's box office success, he nearly turned down the role due to his fear of being type cast as a police officer.

"My manager said 'look, there’s a script, and it’s called Rush Hour'," he recalled. "I said 'no, Hong Kong police? I’m not going to do it'. He said 'Jackie, why don’t you try last time'. I said 'okay, this is the last time'."

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