Eddie Murphy will return to the role of Axel Foley in the Netflix series Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fand it appears there are plans for a fifth film which is already in development.
During a recent interview with Variety, Murphy said, “They’re developing it. If we succeed, we will do another one.” Producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed: “We have a couple of stories in mind.”
First, let’s see if the next Beverly Hill Cop movie turns out to be any good! If it is, then yes! I’m all for another movie in this action comedy series!
Murphy also recalls when the first film came out in 1984 and why he didn’t think it would be successful, saying, “It didn’t do well. Many times they don’t laugh at industry projections.
“I thought the movie was going to be horrible. I was with [Murphy’s Trading Places director] John Landis and he said, “No, that was great.” I thought they hated it.
“Then I went to see it with a real audience and then I saw the real reaction. But the first time he was scary.”
In the film, “Detective Axel Foley is back on the hunt in Beverly Hills. After her daughter’s life is threatened, she and Foley team up with a new partner and old friends Billy Rosewood and John Taggart to raise the heat and uncover a conspiracy.
Taylor Paige plays the daughter of Foley’s criminal defense lawyer who drags her father into a California-based case, where he will cause trouble for Kevin Baconis the officer of the LAPD’s special unit and teams up with a new partner, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F begins streaming on Netflix on July 3.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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