\u201cIt\u2019s been slow. You know, there\u2019s only the Rush Hour movies. It\u2019s one flavor,\u201d Begley responds.<\/p>\n
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In a video from the Jane Fonda-led First Amendment Committee, actors audition for upcoming “Rush Hour” sequels. Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images <\/p>\n
The Fonda-led committee hit back at Trump, 79, after news broke on Thursday that his \u201cgood friend,\u201d Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, won the bidding war<\/a> with Netflix over Hollywood\u2019s coveted prize: Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n Last summer, Trump was reported to have \u201cpersonally pressed\u201d for Ellison, 43, to fast-track a new installment<\/a> of the Warner-owned Rush Hour franchise. <\/p>\n The first three films were directed by Brett Ratner, who was accused of sexual misconduct by six women, including actress Olivia Munn, at the height of the #MeToo era. Ratner most recently helmed Amazon\u2019s Melania documentary, which is his first directorial credit in more than a decade.<\/p>\n In the video, titled \u201cAuditions in a World Where Corporations Let the President Dictate Their Content Decisions,\u201d a slew of actors pretend to audition for roles in the new Rush Hour-only Hollywood. <\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t get any movies that I want made. I\u2019m hoping Rush Hour… will please the right people and maybe I\u2019ll get a job,\u201d Fonda, 88, quips in the video.<\/p>\n Bobby Berk, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kirsten Vangsness, Anthony Roy Davis, and Jodie Sweetin make appearances alongside Fonda and Begley. <\/p>\n The video\u2019s caption reads, \u201cMedia companies that make content decisions as political favors to the president (repayable in approved merger deals!) should be embarrassed about their surrender to a corrupt administration set on destroying free expression.\u201d<\/p>\n Fonda\u2019s father, Henry, was an original member of the Committee for the First Amendment, which began in the 1940s, when Hollywood was threatened by the fearmongering of McCarthyism<\/a>. Politics heavily swayed which movies were\u2014and were not\u2014produced by studios at that time, too.<\/p>\n The Grace and Frankie star\u2019s committee previously parodied Netflix<\/a> when its own deal with Warner Bros. Discovery was approved in December. The famed actress poked fun at Nicole Kidman\u2019s AMC ads.<\/p>\n \u201cCome to this place for mergers. We stream to self-silence, to censor, to slop,\u201d Fonda said.<\/p>\n While the acclaimed actress was certainly offended by the MAGA-coded announcement of a multi-billion-dollar merger, she may have been even more offended by the pretend casting call.<\/p>\n \u201cAre you taking acting classes?\u201d a voice asks her from offscreen.<\/p>\n \u201cMy darling, I am 88 years old, and I\u2019ve won two Oscars. So, I have not been taking any acting classes,\u201d she replied, folding her arms.<\/p>\n Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on Substack<\/a> and YouTube<\/a> for even more coverage.<\/p>\n![\"Paramount](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MFP4RBUBXJC57P5R4VA2R5VWM4.jpg\")
On Thursday, Trump-friendly Paramount CEO David Ellison won the bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery, who owns the “Rush Hour” films. Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"Jane](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6DGABP3LQJCS5IG6OJFQYMJB2U.jpg\")
Fonda’s father, Oscar-winning actor Henry Fonda, co-founded the Committee during the McCarthy-era Hollywood of the 1940s. Sonia Moskowitz\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"Jane](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WAHBEIQ7K5B6NCBCOU4UTLLN4Y.jpg\")
Fonda’s First Amendment Committee has been a vocal critic of Trump’s influence on Hollywood. Her latest video hits close to his heart: his favorite film franchise, “Rush Hour.” Randy Shropshire\/Getty Images for Homeboy Industries <\/p>\n