This week producer and director Brett Ratner took a stab at publishing, releasing three books with his new company, Rat Press.

The action buff director of "Rush Hour 3" published titles about actor Marlon Brando, producer Robert Evans, and football star Jim Brown, with a forthcoming book about Scott Cann photographs. They paperbacks will sell for $20 to $25, according to Hollywood Reporter.

The director himself explained the press: "If I didn't do this, I would take these books and photocopy them and give them to all my friends...[it's] not for profit, it's really about a personal passion of mine."