Has anyone ever floated Stephen Chow as a blank check director?

Kung Fu Hustle is top 5 for me all time so obviously I’m biased but It’d kind of be cool to cover a foreign comedy director with a few crossover hits. Had the thought when I realized he’s almost had a kind of Mel Brooks run and they have similar sensibilities comedy wise tho I do acknowledge Chow is a far more sentimental film maker in his comedies. I also think it’d be cool to follow a blank check arc that would take us through the rise of original movie making in China as it becomes a movie powerhouse and its audiences driving the box office both there and in America.