Indy Whips Forward, "Rush Hour" Jammed
Posted: Mionday May 30th, 2005 10:44pm
Source: Variety
Author: Garth Franklin
Scribe Jeff Nathanson has two jobs most screenwriters would envy - penning the next entries in the "Indiana Jones" and "Rush Hour" franchises. Today, Variety reports one of those potential sequels has hit a stall and it ain't the one you'd think.
It seems that Chris Tucker has had another about-face and failed to sign a $20 million deal that would fast-track New Line's "Rush Hour 3." The studio had made an agreement with Tucker, Jackie Chan and helmer Brett Ratner to pay Nathanson - who penned "Rush Hour 2" - to write a treatment. If they liked Nathanson's pitch, each would waive script approval. But Tucker changed his mind at the last moment, and New Line refused to cut a check to Nathanson unless it knew the film would get made. New Line hoped the film would anchor its summer 2006 slate.