Bad Boys for Life directors could helm Beverly Hills Cop 4
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Just a week ago, most people would have greeted those names with “Who?!”. That’s changing really quickly though thanks to the Belgian-born feature film newcomers pulling off what appeared to be impossible for the longest time: Making another Bad Boys sequel.
Not only that, but that actually made a good Bad Boys sequel. (Suck on that, Michael Bay!) With Sony already greenlighting a sequel to Bad Boys for Life, there’s a good chance that Adil & Bilall (as they prefer to be called) will take the reins to direct again. But with that Bourque not even in early production yet, what will the filmmakers do in the meantime? Well, how about reviving another classic action-comedy franchise that has also been stuck in development hell for years?
As announced late last year, after numerous previous failed attempts, Netflix will be developing Beverly Hills Cop 4, with Eddie Murphy set to reprise his iconic role as fast-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley. Besides for original franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer returning, we don’t know much else about the film though.
Bruckheimer is, of course, also the producer on the Bad Boys franchise and rumors have recently swirled that he wanted to take Adil & Bilall over to Beverly Hills Cop 4 to work their magic again. And speaking to Collider during an interview prior to the release of Bad Boys for Life, the co-directors didn’t shoot down the rumors at all.
In fact, they were very open to the possibility, saying that “Everybody asks us this question, which is good because we really want to do that! That would be an honor.”
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