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Murphy and Ratner Team for Beverly Hills Cop 4

May 29, 2008

Paramount is moving forward with a fourth installment in the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise, reports Variety. Eddie Murphy is attached to reprise his role as Detroit detective Axel Foley, and Brett Ratner is negotiating to direct.

The studio is aiming for a 2009 production start and a summer 2010 release.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the original "Beverly Hills Cop" trilogy with late partner Don Simpson, won't be actively involved in the new film.

A writer will be hired shortly.

The three original films grossed $712.9 million worldwide. The last was released in 1994.

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COMMENTS (106)

Posted by:

THE PEEZIE

May 29, 2008

When I read this, the theme music from the movie started playing in my head....

Posted by:

Nightwing

May 29, 2008

as long as its better than part 3 i'll be happy

Posted by:

cuh

May 29, 2008

rush hour 4 anyone?

Posted by:

UH OH!

May 29, 2008

I sense a great deal of brett ratner rants coming...

HERE WE GO!

Posted by:

Mike Hancho

May 29, 2008

Beverly Hill Cop 1 and 2 were one of the greatest action/comedy movies of our time...Im going to act as if 3 never exisited.

Posted by:

Alex

May 29, 2008

yay for another Beverly Hills Cop! nay for Brent Ratner directing. keep Chris Tucker out of the movie and make it gritty as hell, like the first one

Posted by:

Fo shizzle

May 29, 2008

Why dont they cast Jet-Li to team up with Axel Foley this time? thats right up Ratners alley.

Posted by:

Bill

May 29, 2008

Judge Reinhold gonna be in it? HE's the Bee's Knee's

Posted by:

B Diddy

May 29, 2008

Ratner is an jagoff. He'll make it stupid. Beverly Hills Cop 4 needs to return to it's roots. But what would 4 be about? Chinese Triad stealing gas due to high gas prices???

I at least have to give Brett Fatner kudos to "Red Dragon".

Posted by:

No-Show Jones

May 29, 2008

I don't know how to feel about this. Love the franchise and I'm all for a fourth one, but in this day and age, studios want their action flicks to come in at PG-13, which means no classic Eddie Murphy four-letter comedy and minimal blood. Look at Live Free Or Die Hard. Yeah, it made a boatload of cash, and its because it was reduced to PG-13 and only brought back to its Rated-R status on DVD.