With David Ellison in control of Paramount and possibly parts of the Warner empire, Trump is pushing for a greenlight of Ratner’s “Rush Hour 4.”
Trump appears to want to revive the raucous comedies and action movies of the late 1980s to late 1990s. He’s passionate, for instance, about the 1988 Jean Claude Van Damme sports flick Bloodsport. A person directly familiar with the conversations told Semafor that the president of the United States has personally pressed the Paramount owner to revive another franchise from Ratner: Rush Hour, a buddy-cop comedy starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker that blended physical comedy, martial arts, and gags about racial stereotypes.
Via World of Reel:
Dammit, Donnie, keep your "endorsements" to yourself!