{"id":16949,"date":"2011-10-26T17:12:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T22:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=16949"},"modified":"2011-10-26T17:12:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T22:12:28","slug":"eddie-murphy-states-there-will-be-no-beverly-hills-cop-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/26\/eddie-murphy-states-there-will-be-no-beverly-hills-cop-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Murphy States There Will Be No BEVERLY HILLS COP 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The action comedy Tower Heist<\/strong> looks to be a return to form of the type of films that Eddie Murphy first built his movie career on in the1980s and early 90s. But while out doing the publicity rounds for the upcoming film, he put to rest the idea that he might be revisiting one of his classic earlier movie characters one more time.<\/p>\n

Rolling Stone has a big interview piece with Murphy coming up in their next print issue and they teased it online today with a quote where Murphy rules out the possibility of fourth Beverly Hills Cop<\/strong> film. Instead, he states that he would like to see the franchise transition to television and focus on a hitherto unseen son for his Axel Foley character.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re not doing it [Beverly Hills Cop IV<\/strong>]. What I\u2019m trying to do now is produce a TV show starring Axel Foley\u2019s son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit. I\u2019d do the pilot, show up here and there. None of the movie scripts were right; it was trying to force the premise. If you have to force something, you shouldn\u2019t be doing it. It was always a rehash of the old thing. It was always wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is Murphy also obliquely referring to some of the broad family comedy films that he\u2019s done in recent years that haven\u2019t performed so well at the box office when he states \u201cIf you have to force something, you shouldn\u2019t be doing it\u201d?<\/p>\n

Possibly, as Murphy went on to say –<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have any interest in that [family films] right now. There\u2019s really no blueprint, but I\u2019m trying to do some edgy stuff. And I only want to do what I really want to do, otherwise I\u2019m content to sit here and play my guitar all day. I always tell people now that I\u2019m a semiretired gentleman of leisure, and occasionally I\u2019ll go do some work to break the boredom up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is great news as far as I\u2019m concerned. As a teenager in the 80s, an Eddie Murphy film meant you were getting a certain blend of action and comedy in films like Beverly Hills Cop<\/strong> and 48 Hours<\/strong> or the straight up comedy of Trading Places<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But as he transitioned over to family films, and often times not very good ones at that, he seemed to dilute his brand. Even appearances in good films like Bowfinger<\/strong> and Dreamgirls<\/strong> couldn\u2019t totally polish up his tarnished image. Hopefully by picking and choosing his projects more carefully, we can avoid such things such as Pluto Nash<\/strong> and Meet Dave<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now if he can just explain how doing the voice for Hong Kong Phooey<\/strong> is part of the \u201cedgy stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And no more kids flicks either.\n<\/div>\n

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