{"id":451277,"date":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451277\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:00:11","slug":"rush-hour-4-production-revving-up-on-heels-of-melania-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451277\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Rush Hour 4’ Production Revving Up on Heels of ‘Melania’ Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Rush Hour 4’
\n Production in Fast Lane as Ratner Returns to H’wood<\/p>\n

\n Published
\n February 5, 2026
\n 9:26 AM PST
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\n Updated
\n February 5, 2026
\n 12:43 PM PST\n <\/p>\n

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“Rush Hour 4” is off to the races … pre-production is starting within weeks, cementing Brett Ratner<\/a>‘s return to Hollywood, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n

Understand the words comin’ out of our mouth … the fourth installment in the popular franchise starring Chris Tucker<\/a> and Jackie Chan<\/a> was greenlit last November — shortly after President Trump<\/a> randomly said he missed old-school buddy-cop comedies … specifically saying there needed to be another ‘Rush Hour.’<\/p>\n

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A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ \u2026 ‘RH4’ is absolutely happening — and soon — with pre-production set to begin within weeks, as spring arrives.<\/p>\n

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We hear shooting will begin this fall — and, of course, Chris and Jackie are attached to star.<\/p>\n

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The film is a big deal for a couple of reasons … mainly, it marks Brett Ratner’s return to Hollywood after he was banished from the industry in 2017 amid #MeToo allegations — which he has vehemently denied. Ratner, who recently helmed<\/a> the record-breaking First Lady documentary “Melania,” will return as the director and co-producer of ‘RH4.’<\/p>\n

Our source tells us … while Brett\u2019s success with \u2018Melania\u2019 is great \u2026 ‘RH4’ was already fast-tracked after Trump voiced his support<\/a> — which is also a pretty big freaking deal. Paramount\u2019s handling the release on behalf of Warner Bros.<\/p>\n

Bottom line … Detective Carter and Chief Inspector Lee are back for some more moo shu!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Rush Hour 4’ Production in Fast Lane as Ratner Returns to H’wood Published February 5, 2026 9:26 AM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-451277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}