Jerry Bruckheimer To Produce ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4,’ Still Developing ‘Bad Boys 3’ And ‘Top Gun 2’
People under the age of 25 might be too young to remember what the names “Simpson/Bruckheimer” meant when appearing in front of a movie. With films likeTop Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, Days of Thunder, Bad Boys, The Rock, odds were ifJerry Bruckheimerand the lateDon Simpsonproduced a movie in the Eighties or Nineties, it was awesome. After Simpson’s passing in 1996, Bruckheimer did his best to carry on the legacy. In recent years, he has faltered.
With one of Bruckheimer’sbiggest films now delayed, the producer is turning his attention back to another franchise he helped create.Varietyreports despite not having anything to do withBeverly Hills Cop IIIor the failed TV pilot, Bruckheimer is in talks to produceBeverly Hills Cop IV. He’s also still working onTop Gun 2and developingBad Boys 3, among other things.
According toVariety’sstory, Paramount talking to Bruckheimer to come aboardBeverly Hills Cop IVmeans they are getting very serious about making the movie. The script, with input fromEddie Murphy, will be written byJosh AppelbaumandAndre Nemec(Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Murphy will star.
Bruckheimer boarding a project definitely doesn’t have the excitement it did a decade ago. Hopefully, though, he can provid an experienced eye to a film that probably shouldn’t happen in the first place. TheBeverly Hills Copfranchise took some exponential dips after the first film. A fourth movie, made 20-plus years since the last one, isn’t something the public is clamoring for.
What I’m wondering is whether or not the plot of the failed pilot, with Axel Foley’s kid, will play into the movie at all. That’s an idea that seems safe if you hope to continue the franchise, instead of totally tarnish it.
Personally, I hope Bruckheimer finds success getting Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Tom Cruise signed up with solid scripts forTop Gun 2 and Bad Boys III. In my mind, those are sequels people are actually curious about and potentially excited for. Before we blindly trust Eddie Murphy like we would 20 years ago, he first needs to do something to prove to audiences he’s still the down and dirty Eddie.
What are your thoughts on Jerry Bruckheimer,Beverly Hills Cop IV, Top Gun 2, Bad Boys IIIor anything else?
