Beverly Hills Cop (franchise)#Television pilot
{{Short description|American action comedy franchise}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Beverly Hills Cop
| image = Beverly Hills Cop - official franchise logo.png
| caption = Franchise logo
| starring = (See detailed list)
| based_on = Characters created by Danilo Bach & Daniel Petrie Jr.
| distributor = Paramount Pictures (1984–1994)
Netflix (2024–present)
| released = 1984–present
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $260 million
| gross = $735 million
}}
Beverly Hills Cop is a film franchise of American action comedy films and an unaired television pilot based on characters created by Daniel Petrie Jr. and Danilo Bach. The films star Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop who travels to Beverly Hills, California to investigate a crime, even though it is out of his jurisdiction.
There, he meets Detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), Sergeant John Taggart (John Ashton), and Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox). Ashton and Cox do not appear in Beverly Hills Cop III. Murphy and Reinhold are the only actors who appear in all four films. Harold Faltermeyer produced the "Axel F" theme song heard throughout the series. The first three films have been distributed by Paramount Pictures, while Netflix distributed the fourth film. The films have grossed a total of $735 million at the worldwide box office.
Attempts to reboot the franchise have occurred over the years following the initial trilogy, including a 2013 TV pilot.{{cite web |date=July 29, 2013 |title=Eddie Murphy Resurrects Classic Character |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/beverly-hills-cop-4_n_3670262.html |access-date=July 16, 2016 |website=The Huffington Post}}{{cite web |author=The Deadline Team |date=May 2, 2014 |title=Paramount Sets 'Beverly Hills Cop' Starring Eddie Murphy For Spring 2016 |url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/beverly-hills-cop-release-date-reboot-eddie-murphy-723316/ |access-date=May 2, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} A fourth film, entitled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, was released in 2024, 40 years following the original film, and 30 years following the third film.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=2023-12-24 |title='Beverly Hills Cop 4' Star Eddie Murphy On Reprising His Axel Foley Role 40 Years Later: "It Was A Rough One" |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/beverly-hills-cop-4-eddie-murphy-axel-foley-1235681602/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} Returning to the franchise alongside Murphy are cast members from the previous films, as well as Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the first two films.{{Cite web |title=Everything You Need to Know About Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/beverly-hills-cop-axel-f-release-date-plot |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Netflix Tudum |language=en}}
Background
=Axel Foley=
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Films
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| Film
! U.S. release date ! Director ! Screenwriter(s) ! Story by ! Producers |
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| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|1984|12|05}} | Danilo Bach & Daniel Petrie Jr. | rowspan="2" | Don Simpson & Jerry Bruckheimer |
| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop II
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|1987|05|20}} | Larry Ferguson & Warren Skaaren | Eddie Murphy & Robert D. Wachs |
| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop III
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|1994|05|25}} | colspan="2" | Steven E. de Souza |
| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2024|07|03}} | Will Beall, Kevin Etten & Tom Gormican | Will Beall | Chad Oman, Eddie Murphy & Jerry Bruckheimer |
=''Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984)=
{{main|Beverly Hills Cop}}
Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is introduced as a Detroit cop who, after the murder of his best friend, travels to California to investigate and track down the killer(s), who he believes operates an art dealership as a cover in Beverly Hills. He teams up with two reluctant detectives from the Beverly Hills Police Department, Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton), who were ordered to keep a watch on him, especially after seeing Foley's differing approach to police work, tactics considered unacceptable by the chief of police.
=''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987)=
{{main|Beverly Hills Cop II}}
Axel returns to Beverly Hills, after finding out that Captain Andrew Bogomil (Ronny Cox) was shot. He once again teams up with Rosewood and Taggart, who, reluctantly and against incompetent and verbally abusive Police Chief Harold Lutz's (Allen Garfield) orders, assist Foley to find the person responsible for Bogomil's shooting. Axel, Rosewood, and Taggart discover that the alphabet crimes, a series of felonies (robberies and Bogomil's shooting) that have been perpetrated in the area, are masterminded by weapons kingpin Maxwell Dent (Jürgen Prochnow). With this information, the trio set out to find Dent and his lover, Karla Fry (Brigitte Nielsen).
=''Beverly Hills Cop III'' (1994)=
{{main|Beverly Hills Cop III}}
Axel returns to Beverly Hills once again. During an assignment, his boss, Inspector Todd (Gil Hill) is killed, and certain evidence points towards an amusement park called "Wonder World". Upon arriving in Beverly Hills, Axel looks up Rosewood, who has attained the title of DDO-JSIOC (Deputy Director of Joint Special Interdepartmental Operational Command). Taggart has retired and a new detective, Jon Flint (Hector Elizondo), serves as Rosewood's new partner.
=''Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F'' (2024)=
{{main|Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F}}
A fourth installment was initially announced for release in the mid-'90s, under the helm of Murphy's production company, though this never came to fruition.{{cite web|url=http://www.moviehole.net/201024876-billy-rosewood-may-live-if-beverly-hills-cop-4-ever-happens|title=Brett Ratner offers Beverly Hills Cop 4 Update|access-date=July 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703025108/http://www.moviehole.net/201024876-billy-rosewood-may-live-if-beverly-hills-cop-4-ever-happens|archive-date=July 3, 2010|url-status=dead}} The project was announced once again to be in development in 2006, with Bruckheimer once again serving as producer. This changed when Lorenzo di Bonaventura stepped in as producer.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=17753|title=Murphy Back for Beverly Hills Cop IV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183346/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=17753|archive-date=September 27, 2007|date=November 30, 2006|publisher=Coming Soon|access-date=October 17, 2009}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117954765.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|title=Murphy back for more 'Beverly Hills Cop'|last=McNary|first=Dave|author2=McClintock, Pamela|date=November 29, 2006|magazine=Variety|access-date=October 17, 2009}} After various versions of the script had undergone rewrites, Brett Ratner signed on to direct.{{cite web|first=Erik|last=Davis|url=http://www.cinematical.com/2006/11/30/beverly-hills-cop-iv/ |title=Beverly Hills Cop IV! |publisher=Cinematical |date=November 30, 2006|access-date=October 17, 2009}}{{cite web | first = Clint|last=Morris| url=http://www.moviehole.net/news/20060502_beverly_hills_cop_4_finally_un.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919215912/http://www.moviehole.net/news/20060502_beverly_hills_cop_4_finally_un.html|archive-date=September 19, 2006| title= Beverly Hills Cop 4 finally underway? | publisher=Moviehole| date=May 2, 2006 | access-date=October 24, 2007}}{{cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1590230/story.jhtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080829145843/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1590230/story.jhtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 29, 2008 |title= Eddie Murphy Quashes Retirement Rumours |first=Shawn|last=Adler|access-date=July 2, 2008 |work= MTV Movies |publisher= MTV |date= July 1, 2008 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=253956 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080828201824/http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=253956 |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 28, 2008 |title='The Third 'Beverly Hills Cop' Was So Horrible' |access-date=July 2, 2008 |publisher= MTV |date= July 1, 2008}}{{cite web |url= http://www.moviehole.net/200813794-axel-foley-back-where-he-belongs |first= Clint |last= Morris |title= Axel to keep it real! |access-date= July 2, 2008 |publisher= Moviehole |date= July 1, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160415093312/http://moviehole.net/200813794-axel-foley-back-where-he-belongs |archive-date= April 15, 2016 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/03/beverly-hills-cop-4-may-be-geared-towards-kids-says-brett-ratner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828192942/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/03/beverly-hills-cop-4-may-be-geared-towards-kids-says-brett-ratner|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title='Beverly Hills Cop 4' May Be Geared Towards Kids, Says Brett Ratner |last=Adler|first=Shawn|date=June 3, 2008|publisher=MTV Movies|access-date=October 17, 2009}} By July 2008, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas were hired as screenwriters to rewrite the existing script.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/beverly-hills-cop-4-writers-filmnerdjamie-3262/|title=Writers Attached To Beverly Hills Cop 4|last=Williams|first=Jamie|date=July 31, 2008|website=Screenrant|access-date=September 10, 2008}} After the script was completed, it was decided that the story needed another rewrite.{{cite web|url=http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080529_axel_foley_smells_a_rat.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531233018/http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080529_axel_foley_smells_a_rat.html|archive-date=May 31, 2008|title=Axel Foley smells a rat|last=Morris|first=Clint|date=May 29, 2008 |publisher=Moviehole|access-date=October 17, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moviehole.net/200921091-exclusive-ashton-in-cop-4|title=Exclusive : Ashton in Cop 4!?|last=Morris|first=Clint|date=October 15, 2009|publisher=Moviehole|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019040310/http://www.moviehole.net/200921091-exclusive-ashton-in-cop-4|archive-date=October 19, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni0564611/|title=Axel F Tune Will Be Back For Beverly Hills Cop IV|date=September 10, 2008|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=September 12, 2008}}
By October 2011, the fourth film was shelved in favor of a television series centered around Axel's son, Aaron (Brandon T. Jackson). Murphy signed on as producer for the series, citing issues with the script as the reason that the film was not being made.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/shreks_donkey_done_klumps_killed_off/271650|title=Shrek's Donkey Done For? The Klumps Killed Off? Eddie Murphy Ready to Get Raw Again|last=Grossberg|first=Josh|date=October 26, 2011|publisher=E! Online|access-date=October 26, 2011}} In December 2013 after filming a pilot episode, and when CBS passed on a series order, Paramount revived Beverly Hills Cop IV. Ratner was once again hired to serve as director, with Murphy reprising the role of Axel.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/jerry-bruckheimer-paramount-producer-deal-648151/|title=UPDATE: Jerry Bruckheimer And Paramount Ink First-Look Deal; Brett Ratner Attached To Direct 'Beverly Hills Cop'|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=December 6, 2013|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=December 6, 2013}} By May 2014, Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec were hired to write the screenplay. The state of Michigan approved $13.5 million in film incentives, based on an estimated $56.6 million of filmmaker spending in the state. The film, intended to be shot in and around Detroit and was estimated to provide jobs for 352 workers, was originally scheduled for a March 25, 2016, release,{{cite magazine|last1=Masters|first1=Kim|last2=Goldberg|first2=Lesley|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/eddie-murphy-will-be-back-in-detroit-for-beverly-hills-cop-4-20140627|title=Eddie Murphy Will Be Back in Detroit for 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=June 27, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} but was later pulled due to script concerns.{{cite news |url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/people/2015/05/07/beverly-hills-cop-sequel-postponed/70962646/ |title=Paramount postpones 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' |work=Detroit Free-Press |publisher=Gannett Company |date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/beverly-hills-cop-4-pulled-from-paramounts-release-schedule/ |last=Foutch | first=Haleigh |title=BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 Pulled From Paramount's Release Schedule |website=Collider |date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2015}}
In June 2016, it was announced that Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were hired to replace Ratner as co-directors.{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/beverly-hills-cop-sequel-adil-el-arbi-bilall-fallah-directing-eddie-murphy-jerry-bruckheimer-paramount-1201772591/|title='Beverly Hills Cop' Lands Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah To Direct Eddie Murphy|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 14, 2016|access-date=June 14, 2016}} In September 2018, the filmmakers expressed their interest in having Tom Hardy or Channing Tatum cast in supporting roles.{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/beverly-hills-cop-4-tom-hardy-channing-tatum/|title='Beverly Hills Cop 4' Targets Tom Hardy and Channing Tatum|date=September 18, 2017|website=Movieweb|language=en-US|access-date=August 20, 2019}} In October 2019, Murphy announced that principal photography would commence, once Coming 2 America had finished production.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/eddie-murphy-interview-beverly-hills-cop-4-snl/ |title=Eddie Murphy on 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' and Returning to 'Saturday Night Live' in December|date= October 1, 2019|website=Collider|first=Steve|last=Weintraub|access-date=October 4, 2019}} In November 2019, Paramount announced that they had licensed the property to be distributed by Netflix, with options for an additional sequel thereafter.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/beverly-hills-cop-sequel-netflix-eddie-murphy-jerry-bruckheimer-paramount-license-deal-1202785458/ |title=Netflix Licenses From Paramount Rights To Make 'Beverly Hills Cop' Sequel With Eddie Murphy & Jerry Bruckheimer|date= November 14, 2019|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|access-date=November 14, 2019}} By May 2020, after delays in the filmmaking business caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Arbi and Fallah confirmed they were still attached and that a new screenwriter was working on a new script.{{cite web |last=Sandwell |first=Ian |date=May 17, 2020 |title='Beverly Hills Cop 4' directors offer update on Paramount+ sequel |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a32475942/beverly-hills-cop-4-netflix-update/ |access-date=June 5, 2020 |website=Digital Spy}}{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/beverly-hills-cop-4-director-script-eddie-murphy/|title='Beverly Hills Cop 4' Script Starts Fresh, Directors Can't Wait to Work with Eddie Murphy|website=MovieWeb|last=Burwick|first=Kevin|date=May 18, 2020|access-date=June 5, 2020}} In February 2022, the film entered pre-production and received a California state tax credit of $16,059,000 total.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/tom-brady-movie-jerry-seinfeld-comedy-among-films-nabbing-california-tax-credits-1235101065/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Tom Brady Movie, Jerry Seinfeld Comedy Among Films Nabbing California Tax Credits|author=Cho, Winston|date=February 28, 2022|accessdate=February 28, 2022}} In April 2022, it was announced that Mark Molloy would replace Arbi and Fallah as director of the film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/beverly-hills-cop-4-mark-molloy-netflix-1234997041/|title='Beverly Hills Cop 4': Mark Molloy To Direct Next Installment For Netflix|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 8, 2022|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408175750/https://deadline.com/2022/04/beverly-hills-cop-4-mark-molloy-netflix-1234997041/|url-status=live}} In the same article, Will Beall was announced to have written the screenplay. In August 2022, Jerry Bruckheimer revealed the fourth installment was set to begin filming late August-early September.{{cite web | url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/beverly-hills-cop-4-production-starting-next-week/ | title=Netflix's Beverly Hills Cop 4 Production Starting Sooner Than You Think }} The same month, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Taylour Paige were cast.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/beverly-hills-cop-4-taylour-paige-joseph-gordon-levitt-eddie-murphy-netflix-1235100995/ | title='Beverly Hills Cop' Sequel Adds Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Taylour Paige; Netflix Pic Starring Eddie Murphy Gets New Title | date=August 29, 2022 }} In the same month, Paul Reiser and John Ashton were confirmed to reprise their roles as Det. Jeffrey Friedman and Sgt. John Taggart, respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.com.ng/eddie-murphy-back-as-axel-foley-filming-beverly-hills-cop-reboot/amp/ |title=Eddie Murphy back as Axel Foley filming Beverly Hills Cop reboot |author=NPR News Now |website=NPR |date=August 30, 2022 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928225320/https://www.npr.com.ng/eddie-murphy-back-as-axel-foley-filming-beverly-hills-cop-reboot/amp/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://moviehole.net/john-ashton-is-back-as-taggart-for-beverly-hills-cop-axel-f/|title=John Ashton is back as Taggart for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F |website=MovieHole |first=K.T |last=Simpson |date=August 31, 2022 |access-date=September 3, 2022}} In September 2022, it was confirmed that Judge Reinhold and Bronson Pinchot would reprise their roles as Det. William "Billy" Rosewood and Serge, respectively.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/beverly-hills-cop-cast-netflix-sequel-1235379225/ |title='Beverly Hills Cop' Original Cast Members Returning for Paramount+ Sequel 'Axel Foley' |first=Rebecca |last=Rubin |website=Variety |date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=September 22, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |title=Beverly Hills Cop 4 set photo confirms two original characters returning for Netflix sequel |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a41080649/beverly-hills-cop-4-set-photo-returning-characters/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=6 September 2022 |date=September 5, 2022}}
=Fifth ''Beverly Hills Cop'' film=
In June 2024, Eddie Murphy and Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that a fifth Beverly Hills Cop film was already in development.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/scene/columns/eddie-murphy-jerry-bruckheimer-beverly-hills-cop-5-1236044573/|title=Eddie Murphy and Jerry Bruckheimer Are Already Developing {{‘}}Beverly Hills Cop 5{{’}}: ‘We Have a Couple of Stories in Mind’|first=Marc|last=Malkin|publisher=Variety|date=June 21, 2024|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}
Television
CBS ordered a pilot with Brandon T. Jackson starring as Axel Foley's son, Aaron.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/beverly-hills-cop-brandon-t-jackson-eddie-murphy-cbs-383166|title=Brandon T. Jackson to Play Eddie Murphy's Son in CBS' 'Beverly Hills Cop'|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 13, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2013}} The hour-long crime drama was produced by writer Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Chicago Code).{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title=CBS Lands Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy's 'Beverly Hills Cop'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-beverly-hills-cop-shawn-ryan-eddie-murphy-367768|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 4, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2013}}
In January 2013, Ryan stated, "It's going to be a CBS procedural. We're going to solve a case every week, but we're going to do it with a lot of humor and a lot of fun. And I would say the stealth thing I would like to get in is, in a day and age when income inequality and class inequities dominate a lot of the country, this is going to be an opportunity to put a young working-class kid in Detroit in the middle of Beverly Hills, you can do a lot of stealth social commentary. My approach is to update it and make it feel modern and 2013. The pilot opens with a 4–5 minute sequence which I think is really harrowing and really dangerous, that would be something that you might have seen on Chicago Code or The Shield. I want it to feel grounded in that way. There'll be some opportunities for laughs after that. It's not a laughs come first show."{{cite web|last=Sepinwall|first=Alan|title='Last Resort' co-creator Shawn Ryan on the series finale, 'Beverly Hills Cop' and more|url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/last-resort-co-creator-shawn-ryan-on-the-series-finale-beverly-hills-cop-and-more/3|work=Hitfix|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2013}}
In February 2013, Kevin Pollak was cast as Rodney Daloof, an irritating and risk-averse in-house attorney for the Beverly Hills Police Department.{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title=Kevin Pollak to Co-Star in CBS' 'Beverly Hills Cop' Pilot|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kevin-pollak-star-cbs-beverly-hills-cop-418558|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 5, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2013}} David Denman was cast as Brad, an honest and likable but socially awkward detective, formerly a baseball player and a musician.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=David Denman Cast In 'Beverly Hills Cop' Pilot, Donal Logue Joins 'Copper' Season 2|url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/david-denman-cast-in-beverly-hills-cop-pilot-donal-logue-joins-copper-season-2-423334/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 6, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2013}} Director Barry Sonnenfeld agreed to both direct the Beverly Hills Cop pilot and serve as an executive producer.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Barry Sonnenfeld To Direct CBS' 'Beverly Hills Cop' Pilot|url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/02/barry-sonnenfeld-to-direct-cbs-beverly-hills-cop-pilot/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212055047/http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/barry-sonnenfeld-to-direct-cbs-beverly-hills-cop-pilot/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2013|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 8, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2013}} In May 2013, CBS decided to pass on the Beverly Hills Cop TV series.{{cite news|last1=Masters|first1=Kim|last2=Goldberg|first2=Lesley|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-rejects-beverly-hills-cop-520895|title=CBS Rejects 'Beverly Hills Cop' Pilot as Producers Explore Options|date=May 10, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2013|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} In August 2013, Jackson gave his reason about the pass:
I think we were very edgy for CBS. I think we were the edgiest as you could've went for CBS. It would have been like a Fresh Prince thing on CBS, like the edgiest you can go on network TV. But it doesn't agree to our franchise man."{{cite web|last=Duncan|first=JJ|title=Zimbio Exclusive Interview: Brandon T. Jackson Talks 'Percy Jackson,' Stand-Up, and Working with Eddie Murphy|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Zimbio+Exclusive+Interviews/articles/Q5bZIHii-uO/Zimbio+Exclusive+Interview+Brandon+T+Jackson|work=Zimbio|publisher=Livingly Media|date=August 7, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2013}}
In February 2015, Murphy stated that his cameo appearance in the pilot ironically doomed the show's chances: "I was gonna be in the pilot, and they thought I should be recurring. I'm not gonna do Beverly Hills Cop on TV. I remember when they tested it — they had this little knob that you turn if you like it or you don't like it. So when Axel shows up in the pilot, some people turned the knob so much, they broke it. So the network decided 'if he isn't recurring, then this isn't gonna happen'. So it didn't happen."{{cite magazine |last=Repanich |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-playboy-conversation-eddie-murphy |title=The Playboy Conversation: Eddie Murphy |magazine=Playboy |date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216094514/http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-playboy-conversation-eddie-murphy |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Four years later, in 2019, Murphy reiterates this statement:
The reason that didn't get picked up was because [the studio] thought that I was going to be in this show, because [the lead] was my son: "And you're going to pop in every now and then". I was like, "I ain't popping in shit". "Well, we ain't making this TV show". I was in the pilot, but they wanted me to be there every week. The pilot was really good. It tested where they have these knobs [that you] turn if you like it. And whenever I came on the screen, Axel Foley would come on the screen, they turned it so they literally broke the knobs on the thing. It was like, "Damn, they breaking knobs?"{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/eddie-murphy-interview-dolemite-1202197143/|title=Don't Tell Eddie Murphy 'Dolemite' Is His Comeback: "I'm Out There 24 Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week'|website=IndieWire|first=Tambay|last=Obenson|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 22, 2019}}
In a January 2016 interview, Ryan blamed personality clashes with the network: "The official answer is they decided they liked other pilots better. If you look at what pilots they picked up that year, I think that's kind of incredible. I would say there were a lot of 400 lb. gorillas involved in the show and sometimes the gorillas don't always get along." He also said that he was very proud of the pilot and loved working with Murphy.{{cite web |author=Jester McGree |url=http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/shawn-ryan-on-remaking-the-best-show-youve-never-heard-of/ |title=Shawn Ryan on Remaking the Best Show You've Never Heard Of Movie & TV News and Interviews |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date=January 21, 2016 |access-date=September 22, 2016}} After CBS passed on ordering the pilot episode to series, Paramount moved on to develop a fourth film instead. In December 2022, the pilot episode was leaked online.{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1171753/why-eddie-murphys-beverly-hills-cop-series-never-made-it-to-tv/|work=Slash Film|title=Why Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop Series Never Made It To TV|author=Brady, Erin|date=January 22, 2023|accessdate=March 19, 2023}}
Looking back Director Barry Sonnenfeld said:
The pilot was really good and I really enjoyed working with Eddie Murphy. There were two issues. The pilot wasn’t really about Eddie Murphy’s character, although he’s in it. And he’s really funny and really good. But it’s about Eddie Murphy’s son. But the other big issue, and I can’t say I know this for a fact, is the head of CBS [Les Moonves] And the head of Paramount, which was Tom Preston. But Les and Tom did not get along and Les, I think, wanted that job and Tom got it. Whatever. Somehow Les didn’t pick up that show in part because he didn’t want Tom to have that success. So there were internal politics involved. But the pilot was fantastic and I was really surprised that it didn’t get picked up.https://uproxx.com/movies/barry-sonnenfeld-the-addams-family-interview/
Cast and crew
=Principal cast=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="3" | Character
! colspan="4" | Films ! Television |
|---|
| Beverly Hills Cop |
| style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1984}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1987}} ! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1994}} ! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|2024}} ! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|2013}} |
| Axel Foley
| colspan="5" | Eddie Murphy |
| William "Billy" Rosewood
| colspan="5" | Judge Reinhold |
| John Taggart
| colspan="2" | John Ashton | rowspan="2" {{n/a|Mentioned}} | John Ashton | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Jeffrey Friedman
| colspan="2" | Paul Reiser | Paul Reiser | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Serge
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | colspan="2" | Bronson Pinchot | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Inspector Douglas Todd
| colspan="3" | Gil Hill | colspan="1" {{N/A|Gill Hill}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Andrew Bogomil
| colspan="2" | Ronny Cox | colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3; | | colspan="1" {{N/A|Ronny Cox}}{{ref|photo|P}} | colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3; | |
| Jeannette "Jenny" Summers
| colspan="4" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Chief Hubbard
| colspan="4" style="background:#d3d3d3;"| |
| Mayor Ted Egan
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Jan Bogomil
| style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | Alice Adair | colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Janice Perkins
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Jon Flint
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Uncle Dave Thornton
| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Jane Foley {{small|Jane Saunders}} | colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Detective Bobby Abbott
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Captain Cade Grant
| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Maureen Taggart
| colspan="2" {{n/a|Mentioned}} | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | | Sarah Abrell | style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
| Aaron Foley
| colspan="4" style="background:#d3d3d3;" | |
=Additional crew=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" | Film
! colspan="7" | Crew/Detail |
|---|
| Composer
! Cinematographer ! Editor(s) ! Production companies ! Distributing company ! Running time |
| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop
| rowspan="2" | Harold Faltermeyer | Billy Weber | rowspan="2" | Paramount Pictures | rowspan="3" | Paramount Pictures | 105 min |
| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop II
| Billy Weber | 103 min |
| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop III
| Dale Beldin | Paramount Pictures | 104 min |
| style="text-align:left" | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
| Eddie Murphy Productions | Netflix | 115 min |
Reception
=Box office performance=
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Film
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Box office revenue ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" text="wrap"| Box office ranking ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Budget ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Reference |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"| United States
! style="text-align:center;"| Other territories ! style="text-align:center;"| Worldwide ! style="text-align:center;"| All-time domestic ! style="text-align:center;"| All-time worldwide |
| Beverly Hills Cop
|align="right"|$234,760,478 |align="right"|$81,600,000 |align="right"|$316,360,478 | style="text-align:center;"| No. 61 | style="text-align:center;"| No. 193 |align="right"|$13,000,000 | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm|title=Beverly Hills Cop (1984)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 30, 2009}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=Word-Of-Mouth Gets Par's 'Cop' Into 1,971 Sites|date=December 5, 1984|page=3}} |
| Beverly Hills Cop II
|align="right"|$153,665,036 |align="right"|$146,300,000 |align="right"|$299,965,036 | style="text-align:center;"| No. 178 | style="text-align:center;"| No. 216 |align="right"|$27,000,000 | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop2.htm|title=Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 30, 2009}}{{AFI film|57554}}{{Cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=Top 50 worldwide grossers|date=July 15, 2002|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|page=52, Paramount at 90 supplement}}{{Cite web |title=Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987) - JP Box-Office |url=https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5946 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=www.jpbox-office.com}} |
| Beverly Hills Cop III
|align="right"|$42,614,912 |align="right"|$76,594,077 |align="right"|$119,208,989 | style="text-align:center;"| #2,047 | style="text-align:center;"| #1,244 |align="right"|$50,000,000 | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop3.htm|title=Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=November 30, 2009}}{{cite web |title='BEVERLY HILLS COP III' COULD FINALLY GET ROLLING THIS SUMMER |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1993-04-02-9303310774-story.html |website=Orlando Sentinel |date=April 2, 1993 |access-date=February 15, 2020}} |
| Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
|align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| |align="right"|$150,000,000 | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|last=Bart|first=Peter|title=Peter Bart: 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' Will Be Netflix's Latest Triumph, And Contradiction|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/beverly-hills-cop-axel-f-netflix-triumph-1235984787/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 27, 2024|access-date=July 3, 2024}} |
| style="text-align:center;" |Total
!$431,040,426 ! align="right" |$304,494,077 ! align="right" |$735,534,503 ! align="right" | !colspan=1| !align="right"|$240,000,000 ! |
colspan="8" | List indicator(s)
|
=Critical and public response=
=Accolades=
;Beverly Hills Cop{{cite web |url=https://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086960/awards |title=Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Awards |publisher=Internet Movie Database |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=October 17, 2009 |archive-date=May 4, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040504045543/http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086960/awards |url-status=dead }}
- Academy Awards
- nominated for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) – Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.
- British Academy Film Awards
- Nominated for Best Score – Harold Faltermeyer
- Golden Globe Awards
- Nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy – Eddie Murphy
;Beverly Hills Cop II{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092644/awards|title=Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Awards|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=October 17, 2009}}
- Academy Awards
- Nominated for Best Original Song for "Shakedown" – Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger
- Golden Globe Awards
- Nominated for Best Original Song for "Shakedown"{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19880106&id=p9dOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6925,1641726|title=Films in Close Race for Globe Awards|page=6D|work=Wilmington Morning Star|agency=Associated Press|date=January 6, 1988|access-date=January 23, 2014}} – Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, and Bob Seger
- Golden Raspberry Awards
- Winner for Worst Original Song for "I Want Your Sex"{{cite web|url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=27|title=1987 Archive|work=Razzies.com|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501200426/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=27|archive-date=May 1, 2014|url-status=dead}} – George Michael
;Beverly Hills Cop III
- Golden Raspberry Awards
- Nominated for Worst Director – John Landis
- Nominated for Worst Remake or Sequel
Music
=Soundtracks=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Title ! U.S. release date ! Length ! Label |
| style="text-align:left"| Beverly Hills Cop: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|1984|12}} | style="text-align:left"| 39:14 | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | MCA Records |
| style="text-align:left"| Beverly Hills Cop II: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|1987|5|18}} | style="text-align:left"| 45:14 |
| style="text-align:left"| Beverly Hills Cop III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|1994|5|10}} | style="text-align:left"| 41:20 |
| style="text-align:left"| Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|2024|7|3}} | style="text-align:left"| 41:24 |
=Singles=
- "Axel F"
- "The Heat Is On"
- "Neutron Dance"
- "New Attitude"
- "Stir It Up"
- "Cross My Broken Heart"
- "I Want Your Sex"
- "Shakedown"
- "Luv 4 Dem Gangsta'z"
- "The Right Kinda Lover"
- "Axel's Return"
In other media
=Novelization=
1987: Robert Tine: Beverly Hills Cop II: A Novel, Pocket; Mti edition, {{ISBN|978-0671645212}}
=Video games=
{{main|Beverly Hills Cop (1990 video game)}}
In 1990, Tynesoft released a loose adaptation of the first movie in the series. The game was released for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.
The second title based on the franchise is a first-person shooter developed by Atomic Planet Entertainment and published by Blast! Entertainment. It was released in Europe for the PlayStation 2 in 2006. The players take control of Axel Foley over six missions that are unfolding outdoors as well as indoors. There are six implemented weapons, such as pistol, machine gun and shotgun.{{cite web|title=Beverly Hills Cop|url=https://www.gry-online.pl/gry/beverly-hills-cop/z71f88|website=Gry Online|access-date=18 August 2022|language=en}} For WhatCulture, Padraig Cotter said the game was "poorly designed mess, with horrible stealth sections you can fail for no clear reason, appalling AI, a paltry number of levels and fiddly shooting mechanics."{{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Padraig |title=10 Obscure Video Game Movie Tie-Ins You Had No Idea Existed |url=https://whatculture.com/gaming/10-obscure-video-game-movie-tie-ins-you-had-no-idea-existed?page=2 |website=WhatCulture.com |access-date=7 June 2022 |page=2 |language=en |date=23 April 2016}} Zach Ames of smosh.com listed Beverly Hills Cop at #2 on his list "5 Video Games Based On Movies That Make No Sense". He criticized the fact that Foley's model didn't use Eddie Murphy's likeness in the game.{{cite web|url=http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/video-games-based-movies-make-no-sense|title=5 Video Games Based On Movies That Make No Sense|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2017|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911072125/http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/video-games-based-movies-make-no-sense|url-status=dead}} Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb referred to the game as "the 9/11 of video games".{{Cite web|title=Beverly Hills Cop (Game)|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/beverly-hills-cop/3030-33280/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Giant Bomb|language=en}}
See also
- The main theme music for the series titled "Axel F", which was composed by Harold Faltermeyer,{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=1172 |title=Beverly Hills Cop – Soundtrack details |publisher=Soundtrack Collector |access-date=October 17, 2009}} was covered and remixed by Crazy Frog.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE |title=Crazy Frog – Axel F |date=June 16, 2009 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=May 14, 2018}}
- In the NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode, titled "Wasilla Hills Cop" is a reference to the movie franchise.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Alan |date=2024-07-03 |title=The Oral History of 'Beverly Hills Cop' and Axel Foley |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/7/3/24191212/beverly-hills-cop-4-axel-f-netflix-eddie-murphy |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}
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