EXCLUSIVE: Chris Tucker has inked with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.
The award-winning actor, producer, and comedian’s robust career on screen has included work with filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, David O'Russell, Ang Lee, Luc Besson, F. Gary Gray, and The Hughes Brothers.
Tucker began his career in Hous…
The 25th annual gala amFAR Cannes charity event, Cinema Against AIDS, took place even in the shadow of Harvey Weinstein’s downfall — the man who ruled over this event for almost all of the past quarter century. Not this time, though. And though the star quotient was lower than usual, his presence wasn’t missed in any…
“Which one of y’all kicked me?” Hard to believe it’s been nearly 20 years since LAPD Detective James Carter took a boot to the face from that unknown assailant in Rush Hour. Now it sounds like Chris Tucker’s manic character might be reunited with Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong Detective Inspector Lee for a fourth adventure…
Debuting on March 31 in the spot formerly occupied by Elementary, Rush Hour is the second big-screen adaptation that CBS has attempted this season. However, unlike Limitless the TV series, the small-screen version of Rush Hour based on the trio of films starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker goes nowhere fast. Stuck in…
BREAKING: At TriStar, Ang Lee has rounded the A-list cast of his adaptation of the Ben Fountain novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by setting Vin Diesel and Chris Tucker to join newcomer Joe Alwyn, Steve Martin, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart, who were reported previously. The film will be shot in native 3D…
Chris Tucker’s first stand-up comedy special Chris Tucker Live will premiere exclusively on Netflix on Friday, July 10. Tucker produces through his banner, Chris Tucker Entertainment with Phil Joanou set to direct.
Filmed at the Historic Fox Theatre in Tucker’s hometown of Atlanta, GA, the special will showcase Tucker…
EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Chris Tucker, the Rush Hour star who returned to the screen after a five year absence to star with Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro in the David O Russell-directed The Silver Linings Playbook. Tucker had been repped by WME.
Tucker’s penchant for being selective and preferring to travel the…
New Line Cinema is in talks with Ice Cube to write, produce and star in another installment of the Friday series. Cube could be in line to direct it as well, but all that is being worked out. A TMZ report says that Chris Tucker as being in serious talks to reprise his role in the film. They have had discussions and…
After the Hitfix website reported that Mike Myers had signed a deal to do a fourth Austin Powers film, other websites are running wild with it. What’s really going on? Well, I wouldn’t necessarily dress for the premiere just yet. No deal has yet been signed, and top New Line brass are surprised the whole thing has…
EXCLUSIVE: Talks are about to get underway for Leonardo DiCaprio to play the role of villainous ranch owner Calvin Candie in Django Unchained, the Sergio Leone-style spaghetti Western that Quentin Tarantino wrote and will direct as his next film. DiCaprio is being courted to play a charming but ruthless proprietor of…
EXCLUSIVE: On second thought, no bunny jokes. But Warner Brothers has bought the new spec script The Rabbit — “think Midnight Run”, I’m told — written by Micah Barnett. Chris Tucker is starring and Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes ) is producing. The sale was handled by…