Eddie Murphy won’t be reviving his role as Axel Foley in another Beverly Hills Cop film unless the script is perfect.
A fourth movie in the action-comedy franchise has been in development at Netflix for years, but Eddie insists he’s in no rush to start work on the project, as he has yet to see a script he likes.
The funnyman, who recently dropped the sequel to another beloved film, Coming To America, told Desus & Mero, “They’ve been trying to make another Beverly Hills Cop for 15 years now. Right now, Netflix has it, and they’re trying to develop a script. That’s what we’re supposed to be doing next. But, I’m not doing nothing until the script is right.”
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Bad Boys for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are helming the revival of the franchise and they confirmed last year (20) that a first draft of the script was being written.
Adil said, “We’re still involved in that project, and there’s a screenwriter now on it that’s going to try to write a first draft or a first treatment at least with the story. So we’re going to see what the first version will be… When I was a kid, it was one of my favourite movies. It was the quintessential Jerry Bruckheimer movie – a buddy-cop, humour action movie… And of course, Eddie Murphy is an idol.” (KL/BAN/LOT)