Way back in de jaren tachtig toen Eddie Murphy nog een verdomd coole grof gebekte stand up comedian was, speelde hij de hoofdrol in de film Beverly Hills Cop. Deze was een groot succes en een tweede deel (onder de regie van Tony Scott) was onvermijdelijk, net als de stinker die het derde deel was. Hier in was Murphy al te oud en deed hij een poging om zijn jongere zelf te spelen.

Het leek er op dat de hele Beverly Hills Cop franchise een stille dood was gestorven, maar gisteren werd bekend dat Eddie Murphy nu in onderhandeling is om een gelijknamige TV serie van de grond te krijgen. Laat hier onder even weten of je er wel of niet op zit te wachten.

As first reported by Vulture, the pitch is being taken to broadcast networks Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday.

Murphy, who starred in the three films as a crafty Detroit detective working in Beverly Hills, is attached to have an onscreen role in the spinoff. Murphy and Ryan would executive produce the project, which is described as an hourlong crime procedural with comedic elements. Murphy would appear in the pilot and a few episodes throughout the first season, according to Vulture.

Speaking to Rolling Stone in November, Murphy confirmed that there wouldn't be a fourth movie in the franchise and that he was interested in telling a different story about his former alter ego.

"What I'm trying to do with Beverly Hills Cop now is produce a TV show starring Axel Foley's son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit," he said at the time. "I'd do the pilot, show up here and there. None of the movie scripts were right; it was trying to force this premise. If you have to force something, you shouldn't be doing it. It was always a rehash of the old thing. It was always wrong." [THR]