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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - Fresh off the success of the "Indiana Jones" revival, another film franchise is set to make a long-awaited comeback.
Eddie Murphy will star in a fourth "Beverly Hills Cop" movie, 14 years after he last played wisecracking police detective Axel Foley.
According to Variety, it was Murphy who approached Paramount Pictures about reviving the action-comedy series, which follows the adventures of a Detroit cop (Murphy) who winds up fighting crime in Los Angeles.
The studio is in negotiations with Brett Ratner, director of the "Rush Hour" movies, to take the helm on this latest project.
The movie is expected to begin filming next year for a summer 2010 release.
The "Beverly Hills Cop" series launched in 1984 and was followed by two sequels, the last of which hit theatres in 1994. They have collectively grossed more than $735 million US worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
Murphy, 47, recently starred in the comedy "Norbit" and voiced Donkey in "Shrek the Third."
