NEWSBeverly Hills Cop Returns!
By:OK! Staff
May 29 2008, Published 2:00 p.m. ET
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First Indiana Jones, now Beverly Hills Cop!
The AP is reporting that Paramount Pictures has given the 'ok' to make a fourth installment of the '80s hit franchise Beverly Hills Cop, with Eddie Murphy reviving the role that made him a bonefied movie star.
Brett Ratner is in talks to direct the film, which is expected to begin filming next year for a summer 2010 release.
Murphy,47, reportedly approached the studio about reviving the film series in which he plays a Detroit police detective who ends up chasing criminals in Beverly Hills.
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The original 1984 film and its two sequels--the last of which opened in 1994--collectively grossed more than $735 million in theaters worldwide.
