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Sequels

The 'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Show Is Dead But a Movie Is in the Works

by | July 25th, 2013

In May, CBS passed on making a TV version of Beverly Hills Cop after commissioning a pilot and producers opted to shop it around to other networks. Shawn Ryan (The Shield), who created the Beverly Hills Cop pilot, recently announced via Twitter that efforts to get the show to land at another network failed and that the project is dead for now. He did, however, add, "Good news for fans of franchise is that the pilot tested so well, it has caused Paramount to put another #BHC movie into development."

So, it looks like Beverly Hills Cop IV is once again in the works. The CBS pilot starred Brandon [...]

Lost Roles

A 'Crocodile Dundee' Crossover and Two Other Rejected Ideas for 'Beverly Hills Cop III'

by | November 15th, 2012

The original Beverly Hills Cop movie was one of the most successful movies ever at the time of its release, and it had the potential to give birth to a franchise that was equally as popular and long-lasting. Unfortunately, the second movie didn't fare as well with audiences or critics and the third film, released in 1994, a whopping seven years after the previous installment, was near-disaster. Despite this, the version of Beverly Hills Cop III we got, in which Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley busts up a counterfeit ring at a Southern California theme park, was far superior to a lot of the ideas that were thrown around by [...]

Legacies

The Long-Lasting Legacy of 'Beverly Hills Cop'

by | November 13th, 2012

This piece is brought to you by Eddie Murphy: One Night Only, a star-studded celebration of one of the greatest comedic minds of the past half-century. Check it out tomorrow night at 10/9c on SpikeTV!

The buddy cop movie is so ingrained in our culture that it's sometimes easy to forget it's only been a popular subgenre since the 1980s. Although it was preceded by a few other similar movies, Beverly Hills Cop, when it was released in 1984, defined the modern action-comedy and had an indelible impact on every film that followed in its footsteps, giving birth to an enduring franchise and a bevy of movies that [...]