Who knew that THIS would be part of making America great again.
I'm not complaining or anything, just observing that it's not a twist that I saw coming.
Trump's buddy Larry Ellison owns Paramount and, being a close friend with The Donald, Ellison is on the "Make America Great Again" bandwagon.
And what exhibits American greatness better than Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker?
Here's the story from Semafor:
President Donald Trump has strong views about news media and an interest in asserting them; he's long claimed credit for ending the careers of journalists and comedians ...
Somewhat less attention, however, has been paid to the ways in which Trump wants to shape popular culture outside news and late night comedy ...
But now Larry Ellison, one of Trump's most prominent financial supporters, owns a second-tier studio, Paramount, and is on the cusp of taking control of the great Warner legacy, with the giant library and sprawling production that come with it.
This would give Ellison the ability to create and recreate A LOT of popular media.
Including what appears to be one of Trump's favorite franchises.
Trump appears to want to revive the raucous comedies and action movies of the late 1980s to late 1990s. He's passionate, for instance, about the 1988 Jean Claude Van Damme sports flick Bloodsport. A person directly familiar with the conversations told Semafor that the president of the United States has personally pressed the Paramount owner to revive another franchise from Ratner: Rush Hour, a buddy-cop comedy starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker that blended physical comedy, martial arts, and gags about racial stereotypes.
The director of Rush Hour, Ratner, was canceled over allegations during the #MeToo moral panic. However, he's making his way back into the business, including directing the Amazon documentary on Melania Trump.
Trump, apparently really likes his work.
The movie passes several other crucial tests that have tended to garner some loyalty from the president: The stars of the franchise have also been relatively friendly (or at least muted) towards Trump over the years. After Trump's election in 2016, Jackie Chan said: 'Just give him a chance to try to change America and change the world. He's a businessman… I think he knows how to handle these types of things.' In an interview with Piers Morgan in 2018, Tucker dodged questions about his feelings on the then-president, saying he'd met Trump once and said he 'hopes he does good.'
'I want him to be successful, I want him to do the right thing,' Tucker said. (He also performed a fairly decent impression of Trump.)
I don't know guys, it sounds like the stars may be aligning.
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