The release of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F capped off 30 years of development, as the series’ producers struggled to find a way forward after 1994’s disastrous Beverly Hills Cop III. In the 2000s, we almost got a fourth Cop about Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley investigating the murder of his buddy Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold); at some points the project could have been … Read more
Can’t wait to watch the new Beverly Hill Cop? You can already stream the opening scene online. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F marks the first Beverly Hills Cop movie in 30 years, since the poorly received Beverly Hills Cop III. In between producers tried making a Beverly Hills Cop TV show that never made it to the air (it would have starred … Read more
Eddie Murphy and Jerry Bruckheimer confirm they are already developing Beverly Hills Cop 5. “We have a couple of stories in mind.” Just two weeks out from the release of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F on Netflix, Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are already thinking about Beverly Hills Cop 5. “They’re developing it,” Murphy … Read more
After 30 years, Axel Foley is back. (Beverly Hills Cop III was so bad, it took a long time to wash the stink of it from the franchise.) Eddie Murphy is starring in a new Cop, officially titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, coming to Netflix as the streaming service’s big July 4th weekend release. (It’s only coming … Read more
The Black Sheep looks back at the 2007 sequel-to-a-remake The Hills Have Eyes 2, co-written and produced by Wes Craven The Hills Have Eyes 2. No, not that one. That’s The Hills Have Eyes PART 2 and has one of the greatest things ever filmed where a dog, an actual dog, has a flashback and … Read more
It’s been 30 years since the last Beverly Hills Cop movie. That last sequel, Beverly Hills Cop III (directed by John Landis!) bombed spectacularly! For decades, no one wanted them to screw up this beloved franchise any further. And now… well, I guess they do! Enter: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, featuring the return of one of Eddie Murphy’s most iconic film … Read more
That image has a sound. Can you hear it? All I hear right now is Harold Faltermeyer synthesizers. That’s particularly apt here, because it turns out the new Beverly Hills Cop sequel — the first in 30 years — is officially titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Obviously the name comes from the title character, Eddie Murphy’s Detroit cop Axel … Read more
What year is it?!? Well, the calendar on my computer tells me it is 2023. But somehow, in the year 2023, there is a new Beverly Hills Cop movie, and it somehow stars Eddie Murphy as wise-cracking Detroit cop Axel Foley. A fourth Beverly Hills Cop film has been in development for many years. (Beverly Hills Cop III, … Read more
Johnny Hardwick, also known as the voice of conspiracy theorist Dale Gribble on King of the Hill, has passed away at 64. There’s an empty spot in front of a fence in Arlen, Texas, today after we’ve learned about the death of Johnny Hardwick, known to many as the voice of Dale Gribble on King of … Read more
At long last, Eddie Murphy is set to reprise his role as street-smart cop Axel Foley in the fourth installation of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, which is set to hit Netflix later this year. It’s been nearly thirty years since we last saw Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley and many of the classic Beverly … Read more