China in no 'Rush' for Chan film

August 03, 2007 Jackie Chan's "Rush Hour 3," in which the Hong Kong superstar gets mixed up with a Chinese gang in France, will not be allowed to screen in China, an import official said Thursday, citing an "overabundance" of imported films this year. "We've talked to the Film Bureau, and there's a feeling that while this is a good film, there already are enough imported films coming," said Xiao Ping, a director of international relations at the China Film Import and Export Co., the country's sole licensed importer and a part of the state-run China Film Group. Produced by Jonathan Glickman, son of MPAA chairman and CEO Dan Glickman, the "Rush Hour" franchise has done "very well" at the boxoffice in a country where ticket sales are eroded by the ready availability of cheap pirated DVDs, an MPA spokesperson said.

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