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Eddie Murphy Planning A ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ TV Show

Sandy Schaefer — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:23:49 +0000

Fifty-year-old comedy legend Eddie Murphy is clearly aiming to resuscitate his career. He’ll return to classic street-smart fast-talking comedy in the upcoming Tower Heist, has agreed to host the 2012 Oscars ceremony – and has even given thought to performing more stand-up comedy… something he hasn’t done since the late 1980s.

It also appears that Murphy plans to dust off and reprise his Axel Foley persona from the Beverly Hills Cop movies. However, he apparently won’t be doing that in the longtime rumored Beverly Hills Cop 4.

Murphy sat down recently with Rolling Stone for an interview, where he talked about several subjects of interest related to his career – including the future (or lack thereof) of the Beverly Hills Cop film franchise. The actor admitted to the publication that a “fourquel” is ...

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Eddie Murphy’s Return To R-Rated Comedy To Be ‘Fluffy?’

Anthony Ocasio — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:04:04 +0000

Fans of old-school Eddie Murphy, one of the greatest stand-ups of all time, may have something to get excited about – because for the first time in over 10 years he has decided to return to that which made him a household name, that which made him great: R-rated comedies. And the comedy he has chosen will be The Misadventures of Fluffy for Paramount.

Wait. What? Nevermind, everyone can sit back down. Really? The Misadventures of Fluffy? I hate even writing that title, let alone watching it. C’mon Eddie, what are you doing? Last thing we heard was that Eddie Murphy had backed out of starring in the Richard Pryor bio-pic and now we’ve got this? He’s picking Fluffy over Richard Pryor.

Now, before everyone decides to chase after him with pitchforks (ala Frankenstein), it should be known that as of ...

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Beverly Hills Cop IV ‘A Huge Priority’ For Paramount

Anthony Ocasio — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:54:45 +0000

This past weekend, Brett Ratner gave hope to fans of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise while speaking at an Advertising Week event focused on “consumer attention in a media-saturated world.”

While discussing how to one can organically integrate brands into films, Ratner nonchalantly noted that Beverly Hills Cop IV is “a huge priority for Paramount.”

How does Beverly Hills Cop come up during a speech on organic brand integration? Well, Ratner used Beverly Hills Cop as an example for his theory on product placement. He stated that in the film, Axel (Eddie Murphy) will need to drive a car (spoilers! :sarcasm:) and that currently the standard process would be to make a deal with an automaker to use their car(s) and then making them fit into the film. (cough – Transformers – cough)

Alternatively, Ratner’s focus will be, ...

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Interview With Beverly Hills Cop 4 Screenwriter

Rob Frappier — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:17:08 +0000

There are a few movies I can always count on to pass the time. One of them is Beverly Hills Cop. No matter how many times I watch that movie, I always find myself smiling. Maybe it’s just because I get to hear Eddie Murphy use the F-word – something he seems to have forgotten how to do in his recent trend of family-friendly films.

Given my proclivity toward Axel Foley, I’ve closely followed news about the upcoming sequel to the series, Beverly Hills Cop 4. Recently, Clint Morris at Moviehole had the opportunity to speak with one of the screenwriters of the film, Derek Haas (Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma).

While the interview didn’t reveal much in the way of plot details, Hass did reveal his desire to tie the film to the original Beverly Hills ...

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Next For Brett Ratner: A New Action-Comedy?

Ross Miller — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:07:23 +0000

Brett Ratner, the man behind all three Rush Hour movies, as well as X-Men 3: United (comic book fans… attack!), has a lot of potential projects up in the air at the moment. Those listed as upcoming for him are either not happening at all or are nowhere near getting going. However, according to the man himself, the film closest to actually being made is one called Trump Heist, which would see him returning to the type of action/crime-comedy of the Rush Hour movies.

Penned by Ocean’s Eleven writer Ted Griffin, the film tells the story of a bunch of employees at Trump Tower who plan together to rip-off some of the mega-rich residents of the building. The only cast member officially signed on thus far is Eddie Murphy as the leader of the crew, but Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Ratner regular ...

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Beverly Hills Cop Out

Niall Browne — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:38:22 +0000

We all know that Brett Ratner is attached to direct Beverly Hills Cop 4, and that Eddie Murphy will be reprising his trademark role of Axel Foley.

For a few years there were rumors that the film would show the adventures of Foley in London, but I’m guessing that the filmmakers realized that the character is from Detroit and that he solves crimes in Beverly Hills, so he would just be London Cop. And that is a whole other franchise.

Well, now Latino Review have seen a script by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas for the new film and according to them – it’s not too good.

[SOME PLOT SPOILERS FOLLOW]

If this script is used, then film will begin with Foley’s friend Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) throwing himself off a building. However, Axel knows that this is ...

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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – Nov. 13, 2008

Niall Browne — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:54:13 +0000

It’s that time of the week again – Mid Week Movie News Wrap Up.

This week

It looks like Brett Ratner may have some issues when it comes to directing Conan; Samuel L. Jackson and Jim Caviezel are Blown; DiCaprio talks Akira; we have more news on Simon Pegg’s Paul and Ennio Morricone is a Basterd!

1. Earlier in the week it looked like like Brett Ratner would indeed be helming the Conan, reboot/ remake/ re-imagining/ adaptation for Millennium Films. Seems like someone, somewhere jumped the broadsword.

The LA Times spoke with the films producer Avi Lerner and the potential director and both said that Ratner’s involvement was far from secure.

Lerner said:

“We still have a few obstacles. Brett is only committed if we agree on a budget, on how to do the special effects and exactly where we’d shoot the film.”

Meanwhile Ratner was a little less enthusiastic:

“Let me make this very clear, I ...

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Conan The Destroyed?

Niall Browne — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:02:09 +0000

It was rumored, but many didn’t want to believe it. Now if Ain’t It Cool can be believed it’s fact.

He’s one of the most divisive directors in the fanboy community, and famous for his multiple attachments to possible projects that never see the light of day.

However it now looks like Brett Ratner will be directing Conan!

Moriarty (aka Drew Mc Weeny) got an email from a scooper who apparently made a very persuasive case to suggest that Mr. Ratner would indeed be helming the new Conan film for Lionsgate.

This news broke last month at Dread Central, but considering that Ratner’s name is attached to almost every film in development (and some which are not) it looked like a false alarm. Conan has been in development now for about a decade with everyone from John Milius to The Wachowskis ...

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Studios Ramp Up Production Prior To SAG Strike

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:30:48 +0000

As it stands, Hollywood studios are deadlocked in their contract negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild. That news stirs up foul memories of a year ago, when the Writers Guild of America was at a similar juncture with the studios… Soon after that there were no TV shows for about half a year.

And we all know what that did last year’s TV season.

In anticipation of the worst (which has ironically become the norm in these days and times), studios are turning to the pre-strike protocols they devised after the 2007 WGA strike, pushing as many films as they can into production so that the 2010-2011 movie roster doesn’t end up barren.

Check out the studio by studio list of the films that are either currently in production, or are headed into production in light of the looming strike.

The ...

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The Top 10 Inevitable Movie Reboots

Vic Holtreman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:59:33 +0000

As we all know, Hollywood is the epicenter of not only fads, but also ~~ripping off~~ copying what works from other studios. We’ve all seen this before many times. One studio puts out a successful movie in some genre and within 6-9 months we see a bunch of movies coming out trying to capitalize on the popularity of the first one.

This phenomenon really took off in the early 1980s, with movies like Star Wars launching a new era in Sci-Fi films (yes, I know Star Wars was released prior to 1980), Superman starting the superhero movie trend, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street giving us the wonderful teen horror genre (at least they were rated R back then). Rambo started the lone hero with enemies that were lousy shots and couldn’t kill him ...

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Writers Attached To Beverly Hills Cop 4

Jamie Williams — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:30:58 +0000

Earlier this summer, Paramount Pictures officially announced Beverly Hills Cop 4 would grace the silver screen. This despite the fact that they had yet to hire screenwriters and didn’t even have a story in place. They only had Eddie Murphy signed on to return and Brett Ratner was “in negotiations” to direct.

Cut to a few months later, and we now have screenwriters, ladies and germs!

Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (i.e. the screenwriting duo behind 3:10 to Yuma and Wanted) have been officially hired after submitting an outline/treatment that was given the thumbs up by studio big-wigs, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ratner and Murphy himself.

I guess this takes Brandt and Haas out of Wanted 2 despite earlier reports.

Beverly Hills Cop 4 will begin filming next year for a Summer 2010 release.

Source: Variety

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Beverly Hills Cop 4: The End For Eddie Murphy?

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:25:20 +0000

Word is circulating that after Beverly Cop 4 hits theaters, actor/comedian Eddie Murphy may be done with films for good. Along with that bit of good news, came confirmation from Beverly Hills Cop 4 director Brett Ratner that the film will NOT be rated PG-13 as previously reported, but will indeed carry a very hard R rating, for all those action junkies who need the wet stuff to mess the silver screen before they can get their kicks. (Also known as Rambo Syndrome.) According to Ratner:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Believe me, this is going to be a hard core ‘R’ Beverly Hills Cop. I start shooting next year…”

Now, a few Pluto Nash fans out there (or perhaps that one Norbit fan) might wonder ...

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Beverly Hills Cop 4: Ratner Haters Are Gonna LOVE This

Vic Holtreman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:34:03 +0000

Less than a week ago we talked about the impending addition to the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, which was to once again star Eddie Murphy and will be directed by the much-maligned Brett Ratner.

Personally, I’m not a Ratner hater, but this news is going to be like throwing bloody fish bait into a shark tank for those who do:

It seems that Beverly Hills Cop 4 is being targeted to kids. Specifically, 10-12 year olds.

Says Ratner:

“10-year-old kids, 12-year-old kids don’t really know the old ‘Beverly Hills Cop.’ So it’s an opportunity to make it new for kids, the same way it felt for me watching ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ when I was a kid, that’s what I want to do for kids today.”

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Ratner & Murphy & Beverly Hills Cop 4?

Niall Browne — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:40:32 +0000

Over the past couple of years we have seen the return of John McClane, Rocky Balboa, John Rambo and Indiana Jones.

Now get ready for the return of Axel Foley.

Yes – Eddie Murphy is set to return to the franchise with Beverly Hills Cop 4.

So who would direct the fourth film in the series and follow in the footsteps of Martin Brest, Tony Scott and John Landis?

Well, fanboy favorite Brett Ratner of course.

There have been rumors of a fourth Axel Foley adventure floating about for years, the main idea being having it set in London. This is strange considering that the Foley character is actually from Detroit and the first three films were set in Beverly Hills. Would that make the film London Cop?

Ratner is in negotiations to direct the film, but no writer ...

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