Beverly Hills Cop 4: Axel Foley Reunites With Billy, Taggart and Serge in New Netflix Movie Trailer
Axel Foley is back on the beat — with little regard for the chain of command and/or public property — in a new trailer for Netflix‘s Beverly Hills Cop 4.
Previously titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, the Summer 2024 release will now be titled… Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. The legacy sequel, headlined by Eddie Murphy, comes 30 years after Beverly Hills Cop III.
As previously reported, Murphy will be joined by fellow returnees Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser and Bronson Pinchot. Franchise newcomers include Kevin Bacon as an LAPD special-unit officer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Foley’s new partner, and Taylour Paige (Hit the Floor) as Foley’s criminal defense attorney daughter. When her life is threatened, “she and Foley team up with a new partner (Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Reinhold) and John Taggart (Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy,” according to the official logline.
The original Beverly Hills Cop followed Murphy’s rule-bending Detroit police detective as he ventured to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of a longtime friend. It went on to gross $234 million at the U.S. box office, making it the highest-grossing domestic release of 1984, and received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1985.
That was followed by two sequels: 1987’s Beverly Hills Cop II and 1994’s Beverly Hills Cop III.
CBS previously attempted to being the Beverly Hills Cop franchise back by way of a 2013 pilot that starred Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder) as Axel Foley’s son, Aaron. The pilot reportedly tested well but ultimately died on the vine because Murphy refused to make recurring appearances on the show.
Eleven years later, he’ll reprise Axel in Netflix’s highly anticipated mega-sequel.
Take a look at Murphy in action above, then hit the comments and let us know if you’re looking forward to Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
Welp, I will want to see that.
Wow, that’s a terrible title. It looks like they ran out of characters when typing the old title.
Axel F is the name of the title theme track though. Always has been
Now I want a holiday episode about a murderous mall Santa titled Beverly Hills Cop: Ax Elf
this will either be the best ever or the worst – don’t think there’s much middle ground here.
It can’t be worse than Beverly Hills Cop 3.
100%
It could be like Coming 2 America which was fine. Not as good as the first but still a fun movie.
Oh come on, “Beverley Hills Cop AF” was RIGHT THERE!
Looking forward to it. Hopefully, it will be better than 3.
It actually looks a little darker in tone than I expect it.
But I liked it.
Will be there.
I was a bit worried before watching the trailer. I watched his Christmas themed movie the other day, and all I thought was how old and tired Eddie Murphy looked and acted. It doesn’t seem to be the case in the BHC4 preview, though.
Because I don’t think he likes those saccharine Dean Jones throwback movies that he ends up doing a lot of the time, like Candy Cane Lane or Daddy Day Care.
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But he has 10 kids and bills to pay.
Yeah. At least from the trailer this is the first movie he doesn’t look bored in in a while.
I’m sorry, but Murphy is one of the richest actors on the planet. He doesn’t “need” the work; heck, he only made one movie between 2012 and 2019. He came back mostly because he realized the clock is ticking and wants to make more pictures while he’s still quick on his feet.
That looks like a a lot of ridiculous fun. Love the cast. Can’t wait.
Not one F-bomb? Disappointing.
Why do you think you would hear one in a general release Netflix trailer?
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Do they do that? Ever?
“CBS previously attempted to being the Beverly Hills Cop franchise back”… I think you meant “bring”
Heck yeah!! Can’t wait to see it!
I’m holding out hope…they basically hired a director whose credits are very, very slim. And nothing for five years. In other words, not Landis or Tony Scott. I remember how awful the “CTA” sequel was as well.
Looks like the Same .. Old .. Jokes