It might seem like Hollywood should be running out of well-worn franchises to reboot, but there’s always a new one around the corner — and in a couple of years Beverly Hills Cop will be getting the treatment. Paramount has set a release date of March 25, 2016 for a new entry in the series, and while it’s being casually described as a reboot Eddie Murphy will be returning to star as Axel Foley yet again. Director Brett Ratner is expected to helm the project, and while he’s a filmmaker with a decidedly uneven track record he did have action-comedy success early in his career with the Rush Hour films. In any case, producer Jerry Bruckheimer — who is also hatching a new Top Gun — is spearheading the project, providing some additional continuity to the series even though Beverly Hills Cop III came out way back in 1994.
The new ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ is coming to theaters in 2016
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