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Thought you saw the end of Axel Foley' Think again. BEVERLY HILLS COP IV...
Hey folks, Harry here... In the history of truly awful terrible unwatchable loads of shit... BEVERLY HILLS COP 3 towers up there amongst the most aromatic of cinematic dung heaps. So, of course, there must be a sequel! When I first received this email from Franco, I thought... Ha... Ha... funny, he try fool Harry, but then that feeling began to sink in. That one that thought COYOTE UGLY 2 was just a lie. That feeling that, no, in fact this could be reality. So I poked around, and absolutely, it seems that hot sequel boy Jason Richman has written the latest draft of BHC4 and that he's also busy at work on RUSH HOUR 3. Indeed this is in the works, indeed Eddie is attached and indeed they are seeking directors. Of this project I can only say... It is metaphysically impossible for BEVERLY HILLS COP IV to suck more that BEVERLY HILLS COP III. That's a fact. Will "Serge" be back?
Salut!
hi from cannes harry!
some fantastic goings-on over the past couple of weeks - do yourself a favour and check out Van Sant's "Elephant" and also, "
Anyway, bit of a news item for you. Was speaking to a Paramount representative this week, who has been staying at the same hotel, Villa Toboso, and he let me in on a couple of films in the works there.
We were talking about the surprising success of Eddie Murphy's "Daddy Day Care" and he started telling me not to underestimate Eddie, that he's still got it, blah, blah, blah.
He said they're doing another Beverly Hills Cop within the next twelve months, and it's currently in rewrites. The guy that did it, also did the chris rock film bad company, and he said it's really good, a return to the first film, and that it'll have both Billy, played by Judge Reinhold and Taggart, played by John Ashton back in it. He wouldn't say what the story was about, just told me it's action from the first scene and they're going to skip the campiness and humor of beverly hills cop 3 with a tone more reminiscent of the first film.
he said they're still throwing ideas around, but it'll most likely take place in bh again. martin brest is interested in directing it, as is michael bay and tony scott. it'll get going as soon as they have a script thats right.
he also said that there won't be another "star trek" movie for a while now, and when there is, it won't be with picard etc.
hope this helps,
franco.
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I thought he left this world a couple of years back. Apologies if not...
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May 28, 2003 7:24:35 AM CDT
Michael Bay interested in directing COP IV? Yeah, right.
by morrissey'sghost
Well, it MIGHT be good. The first film was excellent and the second not too bad. All depends on a decent script. But I'm not sure we should hold our breaths for this flick to go into production. Beverly Hills Cop IV sounds like just another sequel that gets announced every so often but never gets made (remember Rambo IV: Night of the Taliban, Die Hard IV, etc.?). And Martin Brest, Tony Scott and Michael Bay are interested in directing it, are they? Mmmm, sure.
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May 28, 2003 7:25:38 AM CDT
wasn't there a script floting about a while ago where Axel Foley
by jon lee ander
obviously leading to much culture clash "hilarity" (i heard there was a scene where he was supposed to meet prince charles....god help us). And Harry, a sequel can ALWAYS be worse than the one which came before it. Always. Remember that. (Rambo's two and three anyone?)
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Urge to kill... growing...
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Why?
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...a Beverly Hills Cop vs. Lethal Weapon movie, called Lethal Weapon 4, with Chris Rock in the Axel Foley role?
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You know it makes sense.
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I did and I was stunned at how ugly, egotistical, wildly misogyinistic and ignorantly homophobic it is.
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May 28, 2003 7:45:12 AM CDT
two words why this will suck the sweat from a dead dog's nuts...
by tommy5tone
jason. richman. that asshat wrote 'bad company' - gee, only his identical twin can complete the mission that will save the world! - and he recently landed a big-ass payday for some script that sounded like the most generic secret agent bullshit ever put to paper. (look back though elston gunn's weekly recaps and you might find a synopsis - it was fucking lame.) i know this sounds like sour grapes but i fucking hate this cunt. as for bay, t. scott and brest lining up to direct 'BHC4'? one word: BULLSHIT. okay, maybe brest...but only because his affleck/j.lo movie's going to flop like a fat fuck from the high diving board and he'll need what seems like a sure thing. but bay and scott have enough juice at the minute to just say no to this turd-in-the-making. who the fuck is gonna wanna see what is bound to be a PG-13 'beverly hills cop' flick anyway? you KNOW the suits are never going to let it get the R rating, so it'll be a sanitised suck job that might have a halfway-decent opening weekend and then fade into oblivion...not unlike 'BHC3'. if this must be made, give it to some hack like ratner, f. gary gray or paul hunter. but i'd rather it just didn't happen.
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May 28, 2003 7:52:24 AM CDT
Time was when there'd have been an automatic rumor...
by morrissey'sghost
...that Quentin Tarantino was going to have a hand in writing Beverly Hills Cop IV.
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...maybe COP IV should feature Axel taking down an evil rapper/music mogul (played by, ooh, I don't know, Puff Daddy, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J) who's also dealing in guns and drugs. Move the action between said mogul's Hollywood mansion and South Central L.A., throw in Samuel L. Jackson as Axel's estranged father, give Axel a partner/love interest in the shape of Beyonce Knowles or someone similar, let Reinhold and Pinchot do their schtick, get James Gandolfini as a supporting villain, and there you have the makings of... well, of something that might conceivably be good.
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What am I thinking? That people like Samuel L. Jackson and James Gandolfini would sign up for Beverly Hills Cop IV. Yeah, that'll happen. Like the movie will! Hahahaha!
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was the original plan for Beverly Hills Cop 3 until the release of the similarly-plotted Black Rain. Eddie was going to escort a Kray-esque gangster back to the UK who then escapes him and kills Paul Reiser in the process. He would then have teamed up with John Cleese's ever-so-British detective to track him down. We would no doubt have been treated to such 'hilarious' scenes as Eddie driving down the wrong side of the road and inspiring a party of stuffy Brits to 'get jiggy with it' by playing some gangster-rap lite. Actually, seeing as Hollywood never tires of this 'classic' formula, I can see this being resurrected and directed by 'cockney expert' Sir Guy Ritchie of Mockney with Vinnie Jones as the bad guy. Add in the obligatory cameo from Maddona and this could make Beverly Hills Cop 3 seem like the Godfather. Please make this!
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May 28, 2003 8:29:10 AM CDT
I think there should be werewolves and vampires in the BHCIV, oh
by alpojones
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The story line is: The beverly hills cop arrests Eddie Murphy for picking up transexuals on Sunset Boulevard. Eddie- I mean Axel denies this and then goes home to his lovely wife and kids.
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I swear to God, I'll watch that movie right off, I aint even gonna lie. It was no more corny then any other movie coming out of hollywood right now, but that story line had saturady night cinema written all over it. SUBMIT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm serious, submit it to someone... for something.
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Thanks. Yeah, I thought it was a winner - gangsta rapper drug dealers and so on. You're right, I should submit it, could make a few bucks. Anyone know the head of development at Paramount's e-mail?
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They made that fil already. Actually, they made both those films already. One's called Rush Hour. The other's called Hollywood Homicide. Sucks, huh? They last time Eddie made an adult film that made me laugh was Boomerang. Which 11 years later seems like a misogynistic POS. (the shame!). Metro sucked, be he had a scene or two that brought back a glimpse of the hardass from 48 Hrs. and BHC 1. Emphasis on "glimpse". I thought he was great in Showtime, which suffered from a shit script and the lack of balls to take the premise past cliche. I think he still has antoher hardass action hero in him; he hit the gym for I Spy (another film that shoulda had balls. Why Kathryn Bigaleow or Mimi Leder didn't have a crack at that is beyond...oh, wait, THAT script sucked as well!!), but not BHC4. I think he's apologized enough to the viewing public for the tranny hooker thing with all this PG-13 horseshit. Somebody give the man a sharp script w/some cojones and room for improv. surround him with hella supporting actors and a good leading lady. Mix it up, get him a director that won't take his bullshit. Blow up some shit. Curse. He CAN act, bring that hunger out again. Make an adult WANT to see an Eddie Murphy film that requires getting a babysitter, for fuck's sake.
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May 28, 2003 8:50:58 AM CDT
Seriously, what if they tried to make BHC4 a really good flick?
by morrissey'sghost
Picture the scene: Jerry Bruckheimer decides to go back to the franchise that made his name (as well as Don's) IN A BIG WAY. Decides he wants to make a really good fourth movie, to be a blockbusting summer action/comedy flick like, uh, Bad Boys II. A sequel designed to bring "quality" back into a dead, derided franchise, like Halloween H20. I'm not talking about Axel Foley going to London, or hiring expensive directors like Bay and Ratner (who wouldn't be interested anyway), but making an energetic, action-packed, laugh-a-minute semi-remake of the original Beverly Hills Cop. Easier said than done, of course, but who knows, maybe this is what's being planned.
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May 28, 2003 8:53:01 AM CDT
Make BHC4 funny in an adult, non-PC way, and also violent
by morrissey'sghost
"Make an adult WANT to see an Eddie Murphy film that requires getting a babysitter, for fuck's sake." My sentiments exactly.
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May 28, 2003 9:08:35 AM CDT
Lethal Weapon 4 was also supposed to have a tone more reminiscen
by granhalcon
... and it turned out to be Lethal Weapon 3 part II. Any third or fourth part is announced as "a comeback to the spirit of the first movie". Besides, the only genre that Murphy seems to have success nowadays is with dumb kid's movies, and anything involving comedy+cops flops (Showtime, I Spy... of course it didn't help that they were crap) so I guess he'll be busier doing Another Daddy Day Care or The Nutty Professor vs Dr Dolittle.
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Can't he make up his mind whether he wants to be a Disney-style movie star or a Raw-style movie star? Guess he needed the image makeover (Dr. Doolittle, Nutty Professor, etc.) after they caught him with that transexual hooker. "HOnest, I was just giving her a "ride" officer."
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Start off with Axel Foley in retirement. Then have Judge Rienhold come to him and convince him to come back as the world is about to be destroyed by (insert rapper here...or Jeffrey Wright) who has also killed John Ashton....Then throw in a teenage daughter who spends the whole film running from abusive husbands whose wives she works for, only to be caught in a cougar trap by a gun wielding hispanic.....Axle is off to London, where he meets the queen and looks up her dress, gets her drunk and has her lead the parlament in a funky dance number to "I've got the Power"....He finally catches up to the rapper who is stopped from blowing things up only to make one last phone call to the man really running the show, Victor Maitland's brother Klaus, played by Rutger Hauer.....And thus, I have read marketing reports! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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May 28, 2003 9:21:45 AM CDT
Harry, is'nt there a bit missing from the opening paragraph of t
by schnorbitz
It reads: 'do yourself a favour and check out Van Sant's "Elephant" and also, "
Anyway, bit of a news item for you. ' Just wondered what the other film was.
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They could call it "The Axel Follies"! Anh? Anh? sk
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May 28, 2003 9:32:46 AM CDT
As long as Axel goes up against Werewolves and Vampires ...
by theaflacduck
after realizing he's in the Matrix ... then count me in!!! & also, Hulk Hogan should obviously be involved somehow as others have pointed out! The man is pushing 50, people!!! He's only got a few good years of saying "Brother" left! Get with it Hollywood Producers! ... and ANOTHER thing! If Eddie is going to continue this "pussified" version of himself into the new Beverly Hills Cop sequel - then he might as well just quit now. The Eddie of the early 80's would pistol whip this new "Family Friendly" Eddie within an inch of his frickin' life. AFLAC!!!
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May 28, 2003 10:10:23 AM CDT
With all due respect, there's something really effed up about a
by the g-man
One normally does not hear "quality" and "Halloween H2O" in the same sentence, unless it is something like "Halloween H20 had an overblown cynical quality to it."
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May 28, 2003 10:27:32 AM CDT
What I meant was that H20 actualled AIMED to be "quality"
by morrissey'sghost
Look at Halloweens III through to VI. Pieces of sh1t, the lot of 'em, on miniscule budgets. H20 was at least an attempt to bring the franchise back up to the quality level of Carpenter's original. Whether it succeeded or not is another topic. But it did have a good stab at it (thank you, I'll be here all week). Look at its all-star cast: Jamie-Lee, Adam Arkin, Josh Hartnett (okay, he was a nobody at the time), LL Cool J for Chrissakes! Kevin ("hot off Scream") Williamson was involved in writing it! Steve Miner directed it! (Not exactly an A-list helmer, but a bigger name than Dominique Othenin-Girard, Dwight Little, etc.).
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Am I to understand that there is going to be a Coyote Ugly 2? After that horrible tit-less piece of crap cocktease they're making a sequel? Lord help us.
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Scott and Kimball kickin' ass, Murphy offering to shave Brigitte Nielsen's legs. Streets ahead of COP III, surely?
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Foley doesn't have to come back to Los Angeles becasue a friend of his gets shot or killed then I migt go see it. This movie better not suck or else I swear to God I will boycott everything Eddie Murphy has ever done good or otherwise.
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May 28, 2003 10:49:40 AM CDT
Funny we're all so busy getting jazzed about BHC4 that no one's
by morrissey'sghost
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May 28, 2003 10:50:21 AM CDT
"What is worse news: Dady Day Care is a hit, there will be a fou
by bannthisucommies
Everything else just seems like we bit the bullet.
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Both franchises last installments sucked ass... why bring back BHC and not bring back Star Trek? Star Trek films at their worst are a thousand times more entertaining than any of the movies Eddie Murphy has made recently. Give the Next Gen. cast one last film, so they don't go out being remembered as the cast of "NemASSis" - as it's most commonly refered. Eddie Murphy hasn't been funny for years. Let him continue to make straight-to-video quality movies until he's broke. I'll watch another Eddie movie when he makes "Eddie Murphy RAW 2 *Now with 25% more cuss words!"
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Pretty much sums it up.
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May 28, 2003 11:26:32 AM CDT
Maybe they've learned from their mistakes and decided to go more
by theginger twit
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why studios continue to greenlight his shitty projects. Eddie Murphy has not been an A-List star since the late 80s. Somebody should be fired for this. And I REALLY don't understand why Eddie Murphy keeps doing these terrible films. Is his taste in scripts THAT bad? It's not like he is desparate for cash. He could easily be well-paid for a role in a decent movie. I also think it all has to do with the tran-itute. That all but assured he would never return to stand-up.
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May 28, 2003 11:41:33 AM CDT
Axel Foley: Beverly Hills Cop: The Amazing Axel Foley: 2 Trannie
by earthworm
He was funny in the 80's and thats about it. Will Smith has more gravitas, and lets be honest, does Eddie better than Eddie himself. That said, his (modestly budgeted) films still keep making money, just can't see him being given Pluto Nash style money again. And I can't see him risking his family audience either.
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is wrong with you? Raw was funny in a way that is no longer allowed in today's P.C. world order, just like Richard Pryor or George Carlin stuff from the 80's. Hell, even Robin Williams has all but nutered himself in his recent efforts at stand up. God how I miss my childhood.
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May 28, 2003 12:23:26 PM CDT
You knew this was coming "Bevery Hills Cop 4" with Clair Danes a
by mbaker
"I've got a wife and three kids. I haven't seen a fifty in twelve years, brother!"
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Yes Raw is offensive and un-PC...and thank God for it! At least it's fuckin' funny...oh, I'm sorry Cash, did I offend you by cursing?
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Here's how to do BEVERLY HILS COP 4: get Seth Green or Jamie Kennedy as Axel Foley's new partner. Get gangstas and bling. Get a nu-metal soundtrack. Get CGI-stuffed car chases. Get a running gag about a foxy-as-hell Latino skank who's really a pre-op transsexual but none of the guys in the movie ever notice because they're too busy drooling. Get Bronson Pinchot to be all gay and funny as Serge. Get one really baffling and pointless celebrity cameo (instead of Hugh Hefner, how about, uh... Bill Clinton?). Do all those things and you're talking a $400 million+ gross, easy.
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It is a cross between "A Night at the Opera," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Beverly Hills Cop." It's briliant! It's stupendous! It is so utterly stupid that I am surprised they haven't thought of it yet. The last good movie Eddie Murphy made was the Original BHC. Let this series end, and let Eddie fade away! Otherwise, be looking for Pluto Nash 2.
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May 28, 2003 1:06:39 PM CDT
Okay, all joking apart, BHC4 really does have the potential to b
by morrissey'sghost
I'm sure they'll learn from Beverly Hills Cop III and know not to repeat the mistakes John Landis' entry made, with way too much fun-for-all-the-family comedy and Axel taking kids to theme parks. Besides, no one even remembers III anyway, all people remember are Brest's Part I and Scott's Part II.
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Hi gang, I hated "Cop III," loved the first two films. Yes, the 1987 sequel was great, building on the momentum of the first film. Part 3 was just garbage, made during Eddie's slide into oblivion (He was resurrected by Sherman Klump in 1996). NOW MORE BAD NEWS: FRIGGIN' AVRIL LAVIGNE IS MAKING A MOVIE BASED ON HER "SK8TER BOI" SONG. MAN, THIS FILM IS GONNA MAKE COYOTE UGLY LOOK LIKE LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. WHAT'S NEXT? CHRISTINA AGUILERA MAKES A FILM CALLED "BEAUTIFUL" ABOUT PEOPLE WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM? I AM GIVING UP ON THE MOVIE FAN BIZ! Notch out.
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The worst thing about Eddie's suckage is his enormous talent. Such a waste. He could be a great actor both comically and dramatically if he would read these scripts before he cashed the checks.
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And by the way, didn't Eddie buy the rights to August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning play "Fences" years ago? This would be a better project for him to pursue than BHCIV.
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May 28, 2003 1:38:07 PM CDT
I can't wait how they'll pull off everyone's favorite '80s wisea
by axelfoley
I loved the first movie. I'm pushing 23, and I think the original was one of the best movies of the 1980s bar none. But if you try that formula today, it wouldn't work. Just to let you guys know, Beverly Hills Cop is the REASON why police detectives on film had personality. It wasn't a masterpiece of film. It was, however, a turning point in cinema where it allowed for other films after it to break away from having the law enforcers depicted as being monotone and said one line sentences. Movies like Bad Boys and Rush Hour would never be made if it wasn't for Beverly Hills Cop. This went from a shitty vehicle for Sly Stallone to the 2nd or 3rd(soon to pushed back because of Matrix Reloaded) highest grossing R-rated movie in America. Regardless though, let me also point out that movie audiences have long since moved on. Beverly Hills Cop III, where he paraded around an amusement park to battle counterfeiters was silly because it was more violent then the other COP movies and tried to have a kiddish gag the next second to cover it up.
That was nearly ten years ago, and that movie fizzled worse than Polar Seltzer in a paint can shaker. I'll be in the theatres for this next one, but don't be surprised if it makes Metro look like the original. Bottom line is, there is a reason why Eddie Murphy has made 3 consecutive shitty movies (with "Daddy Day Care" ironically ending his slump)...This is because, I'm guessing he doesn't care anymore. He's so rich and famous and content with his family life, he doesn't lose too much sleep if his agent pitches an abysmal premise. I just hope he does some comedy again. I remember in an interview a few years back, Murphy said if he ever did stand up again he'd like to do a broadway show. I, and all of his other fans of his old school works can attest that it would be welcome, since it would restore his classic material. -
May 28, 2003 1:38:17 PM CDT
I can't wait how they'll pull off everyone's favorite '80s wisea
by axelfoley
I loved the first movie. I'm pushing 23, and I think the original was one of the best movies of the 1980s bar none. But if you try that formula today, it wouldn't work. Just to let you guys know, Beverly Hills Cop is the REASON why police detectives on film had personality. It wasn't a masterpiece of film. It was, however, a turning point in cinema where it allowed for other films after it to break away from having the law enforcers depicted as being monotone and said one line sentences. Movies like Bad Boys and Rush Hour would never be made if it wasn't for Beverly Hills Cop. This went from a shitty vehicle for Sly Stallone to the 2nd or 3rd(soon to pushed back because of Matrix Reloaded) highest grossing R-rated movie in America. Regardless though, let me also point out that movie audiences have long since moved on. Beverly Hills Cop III, where he paraded around an amusement park to battle counterfeiters was silly because it was more violent then the other COP movies and tried to have a kiddish gag the next second to cover it up.
That was nearly ten years ago, and that movie fizzled worse than Polar Seltzer in a paint can shaker. I'll be in the theatres for this next one, but don't be surprised if it makes Metro look like the original. Bottom line is, there is a reason why Eddie Murphy has made 3 consecutive shitty movies (with "Daddy Day Care" ironically ending his slump)...This is because, I'm guessing he doesn't care anymore. He's so rich and famous and content with his family life, he doesn't lose too much sleep if his agent pitches an abysmal premise. I just hope he does some comedy again. I remember in an interview a few years back, Murphy said if he ever did stand up again he'd like to do a broadway show. I, and all of his other fans of his old school works can attest that it would be welcome, since it would restore his classic material. -
Maybe this will be a good thing. He hasn't done many things(that I want to see) for a while. I always liked the guy, why no more props for him?
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I think Avril sucks, but I'd see her movie if Curtis Hansen directs it.
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Some people here really are dumbasses. First off, Eddie Murphy IS an A list star, like it or not. Right now, his only success is realy in family films but he can still open a movie (Pluto Nash excepted). It just so happens that his movies suck and fade quickly. I SPY and Showtime both opened decently. If either of them had been any good, they would have been huge hits. And as much as the movies sucked, Murphy was funny in them. Also, how is BHC 4 such a horrible idea. BHC1 and 2 were both great movies. Th third one sucked but it had a weak script, it was PG-13, and it was directed by John Landis. With a decent script and a good director, this could be good. Murphy is still in great shape and surely more confident now then he was when he made BHC3.
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Done properly with requisite Vampire
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First off, 'Cop III' was NOT PG-13. And yes, I agree it was crapalicious. It was R like the first two movies. Secondly, even though the second one had great box office it was widely panned by both critics and bitched about by a lot of people because they complained that the Foley character was a misogynistic jerk and wasn't as likeable or something stupid like that. Regardless, the second was a big hit and the number one grossing movie of '87, but again, that's not saying too too much because that year was shit for movies. Another thing...this is according to a biography written on Murphy, the whole plot of Murphy going to London was actually a first draft, or one of the early drafts of BHCII. The premise involved Murphy suffering culture shock in the UK while helping the police force in Scotland Yard. I think that storyline was fathomed because the director Tony Scott was British. But I'm probably wrong. -
May 28, 2003 2:20:23 PM CDT
Axel Rose has a beer and cheets on the sexiest tomboy beanpole v
by zerocorpse
"They're thinking about setting it in BH again"... HELLO? It SHOULD be in Beverly Hills- I mean, it's called BEVERLY HILLS COP! Argggg!
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May 28, 2003 2:21:51 PM CDT
Avril Levigne's "Sk8ter Boi" is a ripoff of an old song by a ban
by zerocorpse
She's a hack playing recycled music.
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May 28, 2003 2:43:05 PM CDT
To all those saying "It might be good" and "It could work"...
by morrissey'sghost
...Yeah, that's true but, come on, you can hardly expect people to get excited over Beverly Hills Cop 4, now can you?
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May 28, 2003 3:02:49 PM CDT
zero corpse, you forgot that Axel Foley has to go back on the be
by ray garraty #47
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BHC was a classic. BHC II was a visual masterpiece. BHC III was funnier than both of the first ones put together. This is the best news since the announcement of Episode One. I hope they bring back everyone! Balki! Judd Reingold, Big Bad Tagger, and even Paul Risner! This is gonna rock. How can you go wrong with a series that started out being directed by the guy who did Midnight Run, part two directed by Ripley "Gladitor" Scott, part three directed by John "Blue Brother" Landos, and part four written by the guy who wrote the totally under-rated Bad Company ("Yeah, but does it play DVD's? - BOO YAH!)I'm lining up now to buy tickets. I hope they have a scene where Eddie puts a banana in someone's tailpipe, then Judd Reingold gets embarrased, and the fat guy glowers and simpers until Eddie says something funny. Those are the best parts of these.
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How can you mention the downfall of Hollywood without mentioning 'Jeepers Creepers 2' and 'Seriously Dude, Where's my Car'. Pretty Sure Jennifer Garner will be avoiding the latter.
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Numberface, change your user name to Numbernuts! Who the heck is John Landos? Some Latino director by the sounds of it. And yes, the talented Mr Ripley Scott. It's RIDLEY Scott who directed Gladiator, and, besides, he didn't direct BHC2, that was his brother Tony.
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I saw a the unaired pilot "North Hollywood" from Judd Apatow( "Freeks & Geeks", "Undeclared").
Judge Reinhold plays himself in it and theres a scene where one of the main characters brings up making BHCIV. They sit around doing writing the basic storyline. It's pretty funny.
It was part of "The Other Network". A traveling showcase of unaired pilots & unaired episodes of regular series.
The one I caught had "Heat Vision & Jack" from Ben Stiller with Jack Black & Owen Wilson (I have this on DVD, It's great!), "North Hollywood", and an unaired episode of "Family Guy" (wasn't a big fan of this show, but this episode was just too damn funny!).
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there is reason to doubt. I've said it many times before and I'll say it again: "Beverly Hills Cop III" ranks among the top 5 worst sequels of ALL TIME! And it really does break my heart because the first two are such fun to watch -- they bring back great memories of when I was a kid. I remember standing in line with great excitement for "Cop II" in '87 and I was not let down. So I was extremely let down when 7 years later, "Cop III" came out and sucked ass. It should not even be called "Beverly Hills Cop III." I know at that time Eddie was hungry for a comeback and going back to one of his biggest hits seemed like the thing to do. BUT DID HE EVER BOTHER LOOKING AT THE FUCKING SCRIPT?! All the things that made the previous "Cop" films enjoyable were gone. Most of the characters were gone, no connection to the other two films, AND THEY KILLED OFF INSPECTOR TODD! NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT AXEL FOLEY WAS A COMPLETE HUMORLESS FUCK IN THIS ONE! NOTHING, NOTHING FUNNY TO SAY! NO CONS OR CHARACTERS FOR FOLEY! NOTHING! I MEAN, THEY HAD HIM DRESSING UP LIKE A FUCKING ELEPHANT, THEN AT THE END THERE'S A CHARACTER NAMED AXEL FOX! AND WHY WAS HE STILL WEARING THE DETROIT LIONS JACKET? BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO CONNECT TO THE OTHER MOVIES!! PLUS NO NUDIE BAR SCENE!!!! Anyway, if this can be done, I beg the powers that be to do it right, and justice. Plus, if Reinhold does another "Beethoven" movie, then that means "Vice Versa 2" is not far behind...
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You're breaking my heart, asswipe.
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Eddie Murphy is just a huge waste of potential. The guy is funny, has charisma, you can buy him playing an action role.....but his filmography of the past decade is absolute shit. Make BHC4 some hard-ass gangsta shit or please don't bother
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......noooooooooooooooo!!!!!
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...the dead will walk the earth...has no one in la la land got one new idea, rather than rehash this bullshit.....next thing you know it will have a Jan Hammer soundtrack....jesus fecking christ almighty...
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First off, Ashton's not dead. At least according to imdb. Second, the script for BHC3 was adapted from a Die Hard knockoff set in an amusement park (which idea had a lot of unrealized potential). Third - on to Star Trek - I have zero inside track on any of this, but I get the impression that Rick Berman's basically got one last chance to redeem himself after two blase seasons of Enterprise and an even-numbered Trek movie tanking. That's why there's a new Big Bad on Enterprise and they're throwing the Star Trek commando squad into the mix next season (one of the ideas they rejected for the next Star Trek series when they chose to put Quantum in the Federation's past).
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Don't tell me youse guys never saw Shrek. That movie proved Eddie still has it. Oh, so it's a FAMILY film. Never before has a FAMILY film gotten away with so many ADULT jokes. And you can't tell me it was a smash because of Mike Myers (*gasp*) reusing the Fat Bastard voice as the title character. Donkey kicked ass, and you all know it!!! That film would not have been the same without Eddie.
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May 28, 2003 4:50:25 PM CDT
COP III was WAY better than II! Tony Scott (aka Michael Bay Seni
by doom ii
Are you people sniffing glue? Beverly Hills Cop 2 was HORRIBLE. Watch the first one and then tell me all the class and subtle humor wasn't drained from the series when Tony (RAPID CUT) Scott got ahold of it. At least 3 was cohesive enough to actually watch! This talkback brings back the anger I had when rushing to the theater to see Cop 2 and how let down I was. In my book, Cobra is a better film and THAT was terrible! Blah!
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No props to Elliott & Rossio for the script??? Murphy's voice work was great in Shrek, but that doesn't mean there weren't any of a dozen other actors who couldn't have pulled off that with aplomb (Orlando Jones comes to mind. Dana Carvey. Bill Murray....). Oh, and Myers did NOT use the same voice he used for Fat Bastard.
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Well, duh, of course it was a joke post. As was my reply.
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Back during the late 70's-early 80's, Landis could do no wrong as a director. Animal House, Blues Brothers, American Werewolf In London, & Trading Places are all fucking classics! Since then, nothing but one turd after another from Landis. I miss the old John Landis. Sort of the way I miss the old George Lucas, Steven Speilberg, Brian DePalma, John Milius, & Francis Coppola !!
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note the usage of the "-"
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Does anyone know why Delirious has never been on DVD and hasn't even been on video in like seven years or something? I heard that since Eddie has all these kid-oriented films now, he doesn't want to be associated with the humor in Delirious, so he doesn't want it on the market. Granted, the movie is pretty sexist/racist/homophobic, so he may just not want to be seen like that anymore. But it is a real product of its time, even if his beliefs have evolved somewhat.
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May 28, 2003 8:57:10 PM CDT
Delirious? Or was it Raw that had the Ralph Cramdon(sp?)-Ed Nort
by red raider
Ralph: "NORTON! HEY NORTON! Come on down here, I wanna show you somethin'." Ed: "Hey, whatcha say der, Ralphie boy!" Ralph: "You know Norton, I've been watchin' you. And you've been watchin' me. You're watchin' me Norton, I know!" Ed: "So like Ralph, whatcha gettin' at?" Ralph: "Norton my friend...how would you like to fuck me up the ass? I know you wanna fuck me, Norton. And you know that I know that you know that I know that you wanna fuck me. So I'm gonna bend over. And when I do, START FUCKING! Ok, here I go." Ohhh...Owwwwwww.....hamana-hamana-hamana-hamana!" Ed: "Way to go there, Ralphie boy!" ____________ARGUABLY THE FUNNIEST EDDIE MURPHY ROUTINE EVER! A FUCKING CLASSIC(pun both intended & not intended)!!!
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That some people are trying to take movies back to the eighties. Here's to hoping Spielberg redeems this decade as he did the last one.
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May 28, 2003 11:52:52 PM CDT
okay: this Hulk Hogan and monkey molestor garbage is stale
by beamish13
I had no idea that Murphy owns the rights to "Fences". Wonderful play, but I don't think it would translate well to the screen.
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May 29, 2003 1:46:54 AM CDT
The obvious way to go is to pair Eddie with a rookie cop played
by jules windex
Special apperance by George Lucas as "guy who doesn't get to get head this time". Btw Harry, Cop 3 was WAY better than Cop 2. And Coyote Ugly 2 will be worth watching cuz Piper Perabo is the sexiest damn beantoy tompole on the planet.
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May 29, 2003 6:40:00 AM CDT
Well, if there is people out there that consider Martin Lawrence
by granhalcon
"I spy" costed $100 million (!!)between budget and marketing and made $33 million back. "Showtime" costed $105 million (!!!) also considering budged and marketing and made $38 million back. Best Top Ten position for both films?: third place. And to think that, a few years ago, "Metro" was considered a flop... the best was yet to come. No wonder he wants to do the fourth entry of a saga that ended, badly, a decade ago. That is by no means desperate. No sir.
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Outline: On a training excursion to to the big apple, Axl is seperated from his partners. Not wanting to miss a golden opportunity he sets himself up in a swanky hotel, (coutesy of Reinhold's credit card), and gets up to hijinks at the expense of the staff.
Finale: In central park, involving burglars, a bag lady and some pigeons.
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Sorry dude, the Elektra movie is being filmed this summer. That one's actually gonna happen.
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May 29, 2003 12:02:55 PM CDT
At this point, AUDIE Murphy would probably be a surer box office
by shanghai nicky
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Just no. Really. I realise the London idea seems to be off the cards, but maybe that's cause it automatically sucks. Honestly, even the immense charm offensive of Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson couldn't overcome the shortcomings in a London base for Shanghai Knights, so can't see how Eddie could manage it. There are only so many bad teeth, wrong side of the street and rain jokes in the world. Not that I think Beverley Hills will be much better. Oh dear. Just don't.
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He should play James Evans in a "Good Times" feature set in the '70's
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That film is the most abysmal full-length animated feature I have EVER seen. Humor? Yeah-about 2 minutes worth.
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May 29, 2003 8:57:36 PM CDT
BHCIV: Axel Foley will kick you in the balls and eat out your gi
by orchunter01
This is crap. What the hell is Eddie thinking? Actually I should have asked this after Dolittle but really....
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The movie opens in of all places China where Jackie Chan's wife is brutally killed in a botched kidnapping gun/drug ransom bust. Dolph Lundgren flees to the U.S. after narrowly escaping Chan's wrath in pursuit of his shipment of guns and drugs. Of course, the shipment is headed to Detroit disguised as ancient artifacts. Murphy and Reiser intercept Lundgren and american baddie buddy Hogan breaking into a warehouse to retrieve the goods. Reiser is kewled. Murphy is saved at the last second by Chan, but Lundgren and Hogan escape again. Hogan drops a card for a hip hop club in Beverly Hills, where they intend to sells the goods. So, Chan and Murphy head to L.A. in this buddy cop/fish out of water action comedy. Chan makes that BH comedy fresh again. What's better than 1 aging action star? 4 aging action stars!!! Murphy can introduce Chan to Reinhold, Taggert, and Serge for big laughs along the way to avenging his wife's and Murphy's friends death.
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Aren't they going to use the script that Judge Reinhold wrote with Kevin Hart, where Kevin plays Eddie's cousin Teddy (The Scrappy Doo to Eddie's Scooby)? No one is going to get this reference (Judd Apatow's "North Hollywood"), so why do I bother?
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My post was not a joke. The only joke around here is the one that's going to be played on the people who think COP IV is going to suck by Paramount, who will be laughing at their own joke when they walk from the box office to the bank with hundreds of millions of movie-goers dollars in their pants. And that, my fine fellows is NO JOKE! Eddie Murray rocks!
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Give the Next Gen. cast one last film, so they don't go out being remembered as the cast of "NemASSis" - as it's most commonly refered...that's the problem with you folks. Why is hollywood going to give anyone anything. give em a sript that they can sell, c'mon jake. sit down and write one for christs sake. I'm serious. Do it.
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