9 Movie Sequels That Just Got Cancelled
2. Rush Hour 4
When you think about Rush Hour, you don't really remember it being a big franchise. But it very much is. Collectively, the trilogy of films made over $800 million worldwide between 1998 and 2007, putting the action-comedy series firmly in the black.
So why hasn't a fourth film happened yet?
It's a project that has been "in the works" ever since Rush Hour 3 released over a decade ago, with the filmmakers and actors expressing interest at numerous points. In 2017, Jackie Chan flat-out stated that it was happening. But that doesn't appear to be the case anymore.
After rumours of Rush Hour 4 began to heat up earlier this year, Chan's management team took to his official website and released a statement denying that the movie was happening, while also shooting down the idea of a Karate Kid 2:
"We have noticed that false information that Mr. Chan would act in the motion pictures Rush Hour 4 and The Karate Kid 2 is spreading through multiple social media platforms, and that certain apparently infringing parties have misappropriated the personal WeChat and email accounts of Mr. Esmond Rend, a motion picture industry professional, to release false information concerning the hiring of the crew, casting, audition and other matters in connection with the pictures Rush Hour 4 and The Karate Kid 2."
"With respect to the above information, on behalf of Mr. Chan, we hereby declare that any and all such information, as spread by such infringers, relating to Mr. Chan providing or about to provide acting services in the motion pictures Rush Hour 4 and The Karate Kid 2 is false.”
The moral of the story? Don't talk about Rush Hour 4, or Jackie Chan's people will come for you.