Eddie Murphy is formally again as Axel Foley in yet one more Beverly Hills Cop flick, which can drop on Netflix in some unspecified time in the future subsequent 12 months.
The streaming platform posted a teaser photograph from the upcoming action-comedy — titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley. It reveals Murphy in his character’s signature Detroit Lions jacket along with his arms up within the air as he’s seemingly being surrounded by police.
“He’s again. Axel Foley returns in 2024!” Netflix captioned the submit on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
While there isn’t any official launch date simply but, Murphy is slated to reunite with OG Beverly Hills Cop stars Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser and Bronson Pinchot. Kevin Bacon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylour Paige will even star within the franchise’s fourth installment, per Entertainment Weekly.
The film is ready to observe Foley’s felony protection lawyer daughter, performed by Paige, who will get him concerned in a California-based case, per Esquire. However, he shortly begins inflicting issues for the LAPD’s particular items officer, performed by Bacon.
According to Murphy, filming Beverly Hills Cop 4 in his 60s was a lot totally different than taking pictures the unique in his 20s.
“It was a tough one. I did Axel Foley once I was in my 20s. I’m not in my 20s anymore,” he instructed People in a current interview. “It was an motion film. So it was a tough one. But we received by it.”
The unique Beverly Hills Cop, which got here out in 1984, follows a younger Detroit Police Department detective named Axel Foley (Murphy), who ventures out to Beverly Hills to unravel the homicide of his finest pal. The Golden Globe-nominated movie — which catapulted Murphy into stardom — finally turned the highest-grossing film launched within the U.S. that 12 months.
Murphy later appeared in two sequels: Beverly Hills Cop II in 1987 and Beverly Hills Cop III in 1994. While talks of a fourth movie had been happening for greater than a decade, the ball didn’t get rolling till unique producer Jerry Bruckheimer joined the challenge.
“When he received concerned and he began creating the script, and he knew what Beverly Hills Cop is meant to be, when he received again concerned, that’s when it began to come back collectively,” Murphy instructed Collider. “We tried for years and years — possibly 10, 12 years — and I have to’ve learn 5 or 6 totally different scripts and it was by no means proper.”
He added, “Jerry Bruckheimer received again in there and he is aware of his shit and he put it collectively … He put all of the items in place for us to make a fantastic film and I’m excited for folks to see it.”
