President Donald Trump made a number of TV and movie appearances before getting involved in politics. See his role in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"

Lost in New York star Donald Trump is reportedly leaning on one of his billionaire buddies to get his Hollywood studio to resurrect one of his movie favorites. Trump, 79, is close to Paramount’s owner Larry Ellison,

On Tuesday, news emerged via Puck that Paramount—and its new CEO, the Trump-friendly David Ellison—is going to produce a fourth installment of the Rush Hour franchise, after Trump personally pushed Ellison to make another one of the action comedies.

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An anonymous source told Page Six that the movie star’s space movie, in which he would reunite with Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman, isn’t moving forward because it would need NASA coordination—and Trump’s approval. Those sources claim Cruise didn’t want to cross that line.

But one Donald J. Trump also has his stubby fingers in this pie. He’s already been quoted saying that he has concerns about the Netflix/Warner merger (“could be a problem”) and that he intends to be “personally involved’ in the negotiations.