Will Axel Foley Die in 'Bev Cop 4'?
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Ever since director Brett Ratner accidentally said something along the lines of making a Beverly Hills Cop 4 the kids can all enjoy, folks everywhere cried bloody murder -- afraid this latest installment in the action-comedy franchise would go PG-13 ... or, gasp, PG! But lately all those involved are dancing to a new, much darker tune, and it would appear the sequel will try its best to imitate the heart, soul and badassery of the original ... that is, according to co-writer Michael Brandt. In an interview with Cine Fools, Brandt talks about the new Bev Cop 4 and the different drafts they've gone through, as well as how one of his older scripts, Dying Day, was re-tooled to ultimately become Beverly Hills Cop 4. On that original script, Brandt notes, "It was kind of a buddy cop thing set in LA with buddy FBI agents- but it wasn't jokey at all, it was pretty hardcore. Everybody died in the end and it was the kind of movie/script that everybody who read it really liked but nobody was ever going to make.. Too dark. And [Paramount] said they would like to turn Dying Day into Beverly Hills Cop 4." Everyone dies? Really? Does that mean Axel Foley may finally meet his demise?
Brandt does say that since then they've "gotten farther and farther away from our original script," and these days I can't see a studio killing off a franchise character just in case Eddie Murphy can still play Axel when he's 90. So don't freak out yet. Good news is the sequel will play it rough and dirty, and so long as Ratner doesn't completely muck it up, this is one R-rated cop flick I'm really looking forward to. You?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-11-2009 @ 2:32PM
Kurt said...
I dunno, Murphy's been dying in other comedies, why not this one too?
Ba-dum, tish!
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3-11-2009 @ 3:27PM
Michael said...
i see what you did there
3-11-2009 @ 5:09PM
carg0 said...
while the '87 sequel wasn't as good as the original (what is, i know) at least it wasn't the embarrassment BH3 was.
for the love of god, stop destroying the integrity of the original and just leave this franchise ALONE.
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3-11-2009 @ 5:25PM
Alan Bacchus said...
This is one sequel that doesn't need to be made. I hope Axel gets killed off in the opening reel.
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3-11-2009 @ 6:54PM
Zack said...
as long as Brett Ratner is attached to direct, I refuse to see this movie. Plus, Eddie Murphy isn't so great nowadays...
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3-11-2009 @ 9:35PM
Julio said...
Unless the trailer andthe buzz is out-and-out amazing, I'm not gonna fall for the banana in the tailpipe.
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3-12-2009 @ 9:15AM
Janus Polenceus said...
A 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' is a great film to work on. As long as it is not so disapointing as 'Die Hard 4.0'. Also it will be a very bad idea if Axel Fox dies in this film. It may be a good idea that in part four he has a son, or even better a daughter...
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3-12-2009 @ 9:30AM
ML said...
The bad news: that Dying Day sounds like something I'd much rather see than Beverly Hills Cop 4 and it looks like they've just grabbed it and changed it around so it's lost what little chance it ever had of getting made. Sigh.
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