Eddie Murphy Reprises Iconic Role

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — It’s been almost three decades since he first played the oddball cop Axel Foley, but Eddie Murphy is returning to that role next year. The trailer was released last week for the newest incarnation of the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise, which will appear on Netflix early next year. Murphy last played Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop 3,” which debuted in 1994. Netflix also announced that the film will make its debut as a summer release. The trailer appeared last Thursday, two days after the streaming platform teased the film in a post shared on X, formerly Twitter. The teaser featured a photo of Murphy in character as Foley wearing his trademark Detroit Lions jacket and simply said: “He’s back. Axel Foley returns in 2024!” The fourth film in the franchise was supposed to be released many years ago, but ran into multiple production delays and problems. The original, which many still consider the finest of the franchise, turned Murphy into a superstar in 1984. It featured him as a Detroit cop who came to California to investigate a complicated case of corruption and interstate crime. It was also one of the cop-buddy films of...