Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, and John Ashton are set to reunite in the upcoming "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," slated for release on July 3, 2024. This eagerly awaited sequel, directed by Mark Molloy and written by Will Beall, Tom Gormican, and Kevin Etten, brings Murphy back as the beloved Detroit detective Axel Foley. The film is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who returns to the franchise after working on the first two films, alongside Eddie Murphy and Chad Oman
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| Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold attend the international premiere of "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" on June 20 in Beverly Hills at the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts. |
In this new installment, Axel Foley is pulled back to Beverly Hills when his daughter, Jane (played by Taylour Paige), a criminal defense attorney, faces a life-threatening situation. The father-daughter duo teams up with Detective Bobby Abbott (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Foley's old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to unravel a complex conspiracy. Kevin Bacon joins the cast as Captain Cade Grant, whose true intentions remain unclear
The film promises to maintain the signature blend of comedy and action that the "Beverly Hills Cop" series is known for. Fans can also look forward to appearances by Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman, Axel's Detroit Police Department partner, and Bronson Pinchot, reprising his role as Serge. The ensemble cast also includes newcomers like Kevin Bacon, adding fresh dynamics to the story.
"Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" marks Mark Molloy's feature film debut, having previously directed commercials and short films. Molloy has expressed his excitement about working with Eddie Murphy, noting that many of the film's funniest moments come from Murphy's improvisation .
Judge Reinhold on Returning to ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ and Annual Duck-Hunting Trips With Eddie Murphy
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| Bronson Pinchot, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy, John Ashton and Paul Reiser |
Murphy, Reinhold and John Taggart reunite in 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,' three decades after the third movie was released.
Thirty years after Beverly Hills Cop III and 40 years after the franchise made its debut, Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold and John Taggart are back for a fourth film.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F sees Murphy’s Detective Axel Foley return to Beverly Hills after his daughter’s (played by Taylour Paige) life is threatened, teaming up with her ex-boyfriend (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his old pals John Taggart (Ashton) and Billy Rosewood (Reinhold).
A fourth film has been in development on and off for decades, but it was never the right script. Reinhold said that when Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the first two films, got involved, then he felt like the movie may actually happen this time.
“We wanted to use the first one as a template, to be so lucky to reach that level, so that’s what we were after,” Reinhold told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s Beverly Hills premiere on Thursday. “The night that all three of us were in the unmarked car [in the new movie] was the first time we’d seen each other in years. We were two blocks from the original location downtown, the original one in 1984, and the chemistry between the three of us was just wild. It’s like we picked up where we left off.”
He added that the original group of actors — which also includes returning stars Paul Reiser and Bronson Pinchot — have kept in touch throughout the years, and he has remained particularly close to Murphy.
“Eddie probably wouldn’t want anybody to know this but he’s an avid duck hunter, we go duck hunting every year up in Minnesota,” Reinhold revealed, joking, “He’s got a lot of stuffed ducks that he’s not allowed to keep around the house. He has a duck room.”
Throughout the film’s press tour, Murphy has admitted the difference in doing an action movie in his 60s versus in his 20s when the franchise began, but director Mike Molloy teased that his approach was, “I just pretended like he was 25 and made him do it.”
The directed continued that the star has said “that I nearly killed him, but I just wanted to do everything in camera, all the action in camera, so that meant asking Eddie to do a lot of things he didn’t want to do but he did it. He was game, he was always like, ‘Hey man, just remember my age.'”
“The script was great but he’s making stuff up all the time and I love just throwing it back to him,” Gordon-Levitt said at the premiere, as Bacon added, “I’m not an improv-er, I’m not a comic genius like Eddie is, but I really like the fact that it keeps me on my toes when he is very relaxed, very present. When you’re improv-ing, if you’re a good improv-er, I think, you have to listen and watch and see what the other person is doing. I have to do that now because I know anything is going to come at me, so that’s cool, man, I like that.”
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