From L to R: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eddie Murphy, Taylour Paige.Photo: Sonia Recchia/Getty; Michael Kovac/Getty; Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Joseph Gordon-LevittandTaylour Paigeare headed to Beverly Hills.
Netflix announcedMonday that their upcomingBeverly Hills Copfilm,Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foleywill star Gordon-Levitt, 41, andZolaactress Paige, 31, alongsideEddie Murphy, who will return to reprise the role as Axel Foley from the first three films.
The film is still in production, the streamer said, and most details remain under wraps.
Deadlinewas the first to confirm the new casting.
Eddie Murphy inBeverly Hills Cop.Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Back in January 2021, Murphy, 61, shared an update on the upcoming movie telling Digital Spy and other reporters at the time, “Right now, they are writing a script. They are getting a script together.”
“We don’t have a start date, but we have directors and we have producers — and we have writers working on it,” Murphy said. “Axel Foley is ready to go. All we need is a script.”
This movie is not the first time Murphy has revisited a role decades after audiences first met them onscreen.
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In 2021, Murphy starred in a sequel to the hit 1988 filmComing to America. Coming 2 AmericasawMurphyreprise his role of Prince Akeem alongsideArsenio Hallas his best friend Semmi.
In 2021, the father of 10opened upon an episode ofMarc Maron’sWTFpodcastabout howhis childrenalways come before his career, calling them the “center of everything.”
“The whole idea of being out there and doing three movies a year, that s— is over … I found over and over again and along the way I realized that if you put your children first you never make a bad decision,” the comedian said.
He continued, “When you hit a crossroads moment or you have got some s—, you think, ‘Well, what is best for my children?’ If you go that route then you never make a bad decision.”
source: people.com
