Overview
- Paramount is set to handle distribution on a fee-only basis for a Warner Bros. production, according to reporting from Puck.
- Director Brett Ratner is attached, and he confirmed by text that the budget exceeds $100 million, with a portion of financing reported to come from Saudi Arabia.
- Industry figures are openly skeptical, with one source calling the film a “terrible idea” and another describing it as a “geriatric money play.”
- Reporting indicates President Donald Trump pressed the Ellison family to revive the franchise, a push credited with getting the project greenlit.
- Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are expected but not officially signed, no release date has been announced, and the original trilogy jumped into Pluto TV’s U.S. Top 10 after the news.