Eddie Murphy is set to reprise his role of the fish-out-of-water Detroit cop in the fourth installment of Beverly Hills Cop and here’s what you should know.
- Netflix will produce the movie
- Paramount had planned to produce Beverly Hills Cop 4, but the studio dropped the project in 2016
- Murphy first played Foley in 1984 and played him again in 1987 and 1994
- The first three films earned a total of $735.5 million worldwide
- Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the first two films, will also work on the new project
- Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Black (2015), Gangsta (2018), Broeders (2011) are on board to direct
The official synopsis for Beverly Hills Cop:
After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, Calif., under the auspices of a vacation. He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) of the Beverly Hills Police Department does not trust Foley and hinders his search for evidence.
Sources: BBC.com, The Hollywood Reporter
