First Picture of ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley’

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Eddie Murphy in 'Beverly Hills Cop 4.'

Eddie Murphy in ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.’ Photo: Empire Magazine.

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Preview:

  • The first image of ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley’ has landed.
  • Eddie Murphy stars alongside Taylour Paige and some returning veterans.
  • Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has praised his star and the film itself.

For a long time there, it looked like a fourth ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ movie might never happen (and some hoped it wouldn’t, given how the third turned into a disappointment for many fans).

But happen it has, with Netflix backing the latest installment. Eddie Murphy returns to play maverick cop Axel Foley in a new movie named ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley,’ and a planned return for some veteran actors from the franchise.

And the first image from the movie is now online via Empire magazine’s site.

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Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in 'Beverly Hills Cop.'

Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in ‘Beverly Hills Cop.’ Photo: Paramount Pictures.

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Joining the current trend of “legacy sequels” (think ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ or David Gordon Green’s ‘Halloween’ and ‘Exorcist’ movies, which follow the same character years later), ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley’ will pick up the story of Murphy’s officer Foley, whom in his original film, swapped the tough streets of Detroit for the sunnier climes of Los Angeles –– but still found plenty of challenges and a serious law enforcement culture clash.

These days, we’d expect Axel to be a little more low-key, though we doubt he’ll have lost his smarts and wit. And with some veteran cast members also returning, it’ll be a shot of nostalgia for ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ fans, even if some will worry it can’t live up to the first film in particular.

Taylour Paige is playing Foley’s criminal defense attorney daughter, who pulls her dad into a California-based case –– where he’ll cause issues for Kevin Bacon’s LAPD special-unit officer, and team up with a new partner, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

According to producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Gordon-Levitt’s character essentially being stuck with Axel, and they are “hilarious” together.

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