EDDIE MURPHY

Eddie Murphy’s iconic Beverly Hills Cop may be skipping the small screen and heading straight to the theaters.

According to Deadline.com, Paramount has decided to back Murphy’s return as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop IV, which would be written by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec. The two were also the screenwriters behind big-name movies like Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remake.