‘Beverly Hills Cop IV’ announced
Eddie Murphy is set to his role as Axel Foley in a fourth installment of “Beverly Hills Cop,” Variety reports.
“Beverly Hills Cop IV” will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, whose credits include “Constantine,” “Four Brothers” and “Derailed.”
“Axel Foley is one of the great action-comedy characters, a character that Eddie loves. I’m lucky enough to help bring it back,” di Bonaventura told Variety. “This genre is missing from the landscape.”
The 1984 original earned $234 million in the U.S. alone, and instantly made Murphy a superstar. Three years later, a sequel garnered $153 million.
The third “Beverly Hills Cop” film, however, racked in a relatively meagre $44 million at the box office — well short of its $50 million budget.
So far, there’s no word on a full cast or when the new “Cop” film would go into production.
Murphy will be seen next in “Dreamgirls” with Jamie Foxx and Beyonce Knowles. The film hits Canadian theatres on Christmas Day.
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