In a post to social media, Netflix announced that Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, Eddie Murphy‘s fourth movie in the action comedy franchise, will debut in 2024.
“He’s back. Axel Foley returns in 2024!” the streaming service trumpeted, with a shot of Eddie in costume, his hands up, trying to talk his way out of a sticky situation with LAPD officers.
In his trademark Detroit Lions jacket — an updated version of the one Axel wore in the 1984 film and its subsequent sequels in 1987 and 1994 — the wisecracking detective is standing up through the side door of a parking enforcement vehicle that has been flipped on its side while a crowd of onlookers shoots the scene with their cellphones.
As reported, a number of players from the franchise are returning for the new installment, including Axel’s detective pals Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) Taggart (John Ashton) and Paul Reiser‘s Jeffrey; also on board is scene stealer Bronson Pinchot as Serge.
Original trilogy producer Jerry Bruckheimer is back, too: He tells Empire magazine, “Anytime [Murphy] walks on set, you never know what you’re going to get. And it’s always pretty brilliant.” He adds, “Every day he’s there throws you back to the ’80s.
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The Empire article reports Kevin Bacon is on board as an LAPD special unit officer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a “hysterical straight man” cop partner to wise-cracking Foley, Bruckheimer says, and Zola‘s Taylour Paige stars as Axel’s criminal defense attorney daughter.
It’s not yet known when the movie will release — or if it will get a theatrical bow in addition to a run on Netflix.
According to Box Office Mojo, the three Beverly Hills Cop movies arrested more than $712 million from theaters worldwide.
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