Beverly Hills Cop 4?!

[Perry White]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117954765.html?cs=1&s=h&p=0

I'd like Murphy to be funny again, but Beverly Hills Cop 3 was horrible...

Eddie Murphy is hitting the beat for "Beverly Hills Cop IV," working with Paramount in collaring Lorenzo di Bonaventura as producer.

The new regime at Par is keen on reviving the classic action-comedy franchise, which features Murphy as detective Axel Foley.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Well, the third one was a colossal piece of ****, so why not another one?

 

[Oz]

Well, the fifth Rocky was a colossal piece of ****, so why not another one?

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

Don't be ridiculous...

 

[Killick]

Well, the 14th 'Friday the 13th' was a colossal piece of ****, so why not another one?

 

[BYH]

Eddie would play Divine in a remake of Pink Flamingos for a buck. Why are we surprised he's making Beverly Hills Cop 4?

From his IMDB page: "Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass."

Sad but true: He's been unfunny for more than half his life now.

Also sad but true: Charlie Murphy is funnier and more relevant.

 

[Perry White]

Eddie would play Divine in a remake of Pink Flamingos for a buck. Why are we surprised he's making Beverly Hills Cop 4?

From his IMDB page: "Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass."

His appearance in "Best Defense" is a classic example of this.

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass."

That should read "thumb down my ass."

 

[Kaylee]

From his IMDB page: "Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass."

This is probably going to get me in trouble. All I can say is that I'm not Boom or Poindexter or Hondo or the ilk...

Eddie, how old are you now? 45, at least? You've been rich and famous almost half your life. I'd buy into this if maybe you'd have just gotten out of the ghetto and were experiencing wealth for the first time. But you're not Young Jeezy. You're Old Eddie.

His rationale is kind of like me going to a grocery store, heading to the juice isle, grabbing as many boxes of Hi-C as possible, running out of the store (knocking several elderly shoppers along the way) and later telling the cops "Hey, look, when I was in kindergarten, we only had one juice break a day. And you never knew if there would be enough juice for everyone."

 

[BYH]

Eddie would play Divine in a remake of Pink Flamingos for a buck. Why are we surprised he's making Beverly Hills Cop 4?

From his IMDB page: "Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass."

His appearance in "Best Defense" is a classic example of this.

Yeah but in his, uhh, defense, wasn't "Best Defense" his first big payday?

Kaylee is 1000% correct, but people crying poverty to excuse their classless greed is an act that transcends race. It's why David Wells will go to Boston for $8 mil guaranteed, even though he hates Boston, and wear a PokerStars hat for $100K even though he's made $50 or so million in his career. Money can't buy class, or, in Eddie's case, taste.

 

[bigpern23]

From his IMDB page: "Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass."

This is probably going to get me in trouble. All I can say is that I'm not Boom or Poindexter or Hondo or the ilk...

Eddie, how old are you now? 45, at least? You've been rich and famous almost half your life. I'd buy into this if maybe you'd have just gotten out of the ghetto and were experiencing wealth for the first time. But you're not Young Jeezy. You're Old Eddie.

His rationale is kind of like me going to a grocery store, heading to the juice isle, grabbing as many boxes of Hi-C as possible, running out of the store (knocking several elderly shoppers along the way) and later telling the cops "Hey, look, when I was in kindergarten, we only had one juice break a day. And you never knew if there would be enough juice for everyone."

Yeah, it would be just like it. Except for the fact that what you hypothetically would be doing is illegal, you likely had something else to drink at some point later in the day and if we know anything, it's that there was always enough juice for everyone. If you didn't have enough for the class, you didn't get to have any, after all.

The guy admitted he makes movies he doesn't think are any good to make some money. At least he's honest about it instead of going on about his "craft" or how he can't understand how it didn't do well at the box office.

Hell, I'd star in "Stop Or My Mom Will Gum You To Death" with Bea Arthur if it meant a $15 million paycheck.

And for those who say he hasn't been funny for more than half his life, go back and watch The Nutty Professor.

I know he hasn't done much funny work in the past few years (1996?), but that was still a damn funny movie and the sequel wasn't awful.

As long as BHC IV gets an R rating, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. If it doesn't, I'll understand he wanted to make some loot to purchase some new purple leather pants.

 

[Kaylee]

Sad thing about it is, Eddie's old standup bits still pop up on the XM comedy station.

Goddamn, that guy can be funny. And his old material still kills today.

There's a void in standup today he could easily fill with a solid comeback. Or he can just leave it to the Dane Cooks of the world. :

The guy had/s talent. That's what kills you about the whole thing.

 

[BYH]

The guy admitted he makes movies he doesn't think are any good to make some money. At least he's honest about it instead of going on about his "craft" or how he can't understand how it didn't do well at the box office.

Hell, I'd star in "Stop Or My Mom Will Gum You To Death" with Bea Arthur if it meant a $15 million paycheck.

And for those who say he hasn't been funny for more than half his life, go back and watch The Nutty Professor.

I know he hasn't done much funny work in the past few years (1996?), but that was still a damn funny movie and the sequel wasn't awful.

As long as BHC IV gets an R rating, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. If it doesn't, I'll understand he wanted to make some loot to purchase some new purple leather pants.

I was wrong. Coming to America was funny and that was "only" 18 years ago. So he has been funny once since Beverly Hills Cop.

And since Eddie likes making family movies now--that's his rationale for not releasing Comedian on DVD, which makes no sense since he'd make money hand over fist by releasing it--my guess is Beverly Hills Cop IV will be a tame PG-13. Probably some crap about how Axel's got kids and they're entertained when daddy makes silly noises, or some ****.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Didn't he just go through an acrimonious divorce? He probably needs the scratch.

Either for that or another transsexual hooker.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Rocky Balboa(Rocky 6) or Beverly Hills Cop 4?

 

[Bubba Fett]

Rocky vs. Alien

Axel Foley vs. Predator

 

[Perry White]

UPDATE: It's coming... :-\

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986558.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562

On the heels of the successful revival of the "Indiana Jones" franchise, Paramount has set in motion a fourth installment of "Beverly Hills Cop."

Eddie Murphy is attached to reprise his role as Detroit detective Axel Foley, and Brett Ratner is negotiating to direct.

Studio is aiming for a 2009 production start and a summer 2010 release.

 

[John]

Beverly Hills Cop IV: Axel gets a retirement party!

And Judge Reinhold gets to work again.

 

[Claws for Concern]

Harold Faltermeyer just got inspired and doesn't know why.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Sure, if some white guy wanted to make a fourth sequel to his hit franchise 19 years after his last crusade, everyone would love it and be all geared up for it. But if a black guy wants to do it, the insults fly!