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Jackie Chan Says ‘Rush Hour 4’ Is In Talks, But Twitter Doesn’t Want It If There’s ‘No Racism’

<p><strong>Jackie Chan<&sol;strong> hyped the social media TLs after he revealed he&&num;8217&semi;s in talks for a <em>Rush Hour 4 <&sol;em>on Thursday<em>&period; <&sol;em>But folks on Twitter seemed to be clear on one thing&colon; if <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;doing-too-much-olive-garden-manager-fired-after-asking-workers-to-prove-their-time-off-requests&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">the follow-up<&sol;a> isn&&num;8217&semi;t a lil&&num;8217&semi; racist&comma; they can keep it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chan was scheduled to meet with the director last night&period; But&comma; he did not confirm whether it&&num;8217&semi;ll be the same director as the previous three films&comma; Brett Ratner&period; Chan also didn&&num;8217&semi;t say <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chris-tucker-explains-why-he-never-appeared-in-any-other-friday-films&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">if <strong>Chris Tucker<&sol;strong><&sol;a> would be at the meeting or if he&&num;8217&semi;s involved in any way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The last time we saw Jackie and Chris in a <em>Rush Hour <&sol;em>movie was when part three hit theaters in 2007&period; Before that&comma; we got part two in 2001 and the original in 1998&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600937520467832834" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jackie Chan <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2022&sol;film&sol;news&sol;rush-hour-4-jackie-chan-1235454208&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">gave the update<&sol;a> while speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival on Thursday &lpar;Dec&period;8&rpar;&comma; per <em>Variety&period; <&sol;em>Chan told of his 60-year career&comma; from making 80 cents as a stuntman to being a global sensation&period; He explained meeting Bruce Lee after the martial artist hit him on set&comma; and Chan milked the injury for special treatment&&num;8211&semi;and it worked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He went from Hong Kong to Japan and made a name in Hollywood with <em>Rush Hour&period; <&sol;em>Chan almost gave up&period; He said his English wasn&&num;8217&semi;t proficient then&comma; Hollywood didn&&num;8217&semi;t like his kind of action&comma; and the &&num;8216&semi;East Asian detective&&num;8217&semi; role was the constant offer&period; Then he got <em>Rush Hour&comma; <&sol;em>took a shot at the role&comma; and it was a hit&period; Ratner called Chan and told him the film made &dollar;70 million in the first weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;For me&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t have a count of what 70 million is&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t know the box office&period; I just know its certainly a success&period; And then they made part 2 and part 3&comma;&&num;8221&semi;  Jackie said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Twitter Talks About People Being &&num;8216&semi;Too Sensitive&&num;8217&semi; For A &&num;8216&semi;Rush Hour 4&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>To be clear&comma; the movie hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been confirmed&&num;8211&semi;it&&num;8217&semi;s in talks&period; Still&comma; people on Twitter are running with the potential of seeing Chan and Tucker make a comeback against some insane international scheme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But&comma; some are arguing the film won&&num;8217&semi;t survive because today&&num;8217&semi;s culture is &&num;8216&semi;too sensitive&period;&&num;8217&semi; The raunchy&&num;8211&semi;sometimes sexist&comma; discriminatory&comma; and racist jokes and scenes&quest; <em>Nah&comma; they wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t stand&comma; but that&&num;8217&semi;s <strong>what the people want&period;<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>That seems to be Twitter&&num;8217&semi;s vibe&period; Keep scrolling to peep&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600964438668238848" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600951141684027395" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600966193598193664" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600964769636552705" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600934222319214593" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600877125539602432" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1601009324553539584" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600943847408033792" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600957576728154112" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1600991682454953984" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1601020739775520768" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; Brett Ratner&&num;8217&semi;s Hollywood reputation is tainted&period; No new project since 2014&comma; reportedly&period; And even worse&comma; in 2017&comma; six women&comma; including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;latimes&period;com&sol;business&sol;hollywood&sol;la-fi-ct-brett-ratner-allegations-20171101-htmlstory&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">accused Ratner<&sol;a> of sexual harassment&comma; misconduct&comma; and rape&comma; per the <em>Los Angeles Times&period; <&sol;em>Ratner denied the accusations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do y&&num;8217&semi;all think&comma; Roomies&quest; Are we too sensitive for it or more than ready&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"104267" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jackie-chan-says-rush-hour-4-is-in-talks-but-twitter-doesnt-want-it-if-theres-no-racism&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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