After President Donald Trump’s reported intervention, Paramount Pictures is set to distribute Brett Ratner’s Rush Hour 4, a project that Hollywood had eschewed after earlier sexual misconduct allegations against the director.

Paramount Pictures on Tuesday (Nov 25) was in closing talks to distribute the film, according to a person close to the negotiations who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorised to announce a deal. Paramount would be stepping in to take a distribution fee on the film, not finance it.

In 2017, during the #MeToo movement, six women said Ratner sexually harassed them in a Los Angeles Times report. Warner Bros, which had a US$450-million (S$583.5 million) co-financing deal with his production company, severed ties with Ratner. Ratner, who denied the allegation

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