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Vulture Exclusive! Brett Ratner’s Script for ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ Revealed!

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Well, worry no more, Axel Foley fans! Just as we got the first look anywhere at Michael Bay's Transformers 2 screenplay, Vulture can exclusively reveal two pages* from Ratner's rewrite of Beverly Hills Cop 4, just finished days ago. We think we can safely say that the old Axel Foley magic … is back!
Well, worry no more, Axel Foley fans! Just as we got the first look anywhere at Michael Bay's Transformers 2 screenplay, Vulture can exclusively reveal two pages* from Ratner's rewrite of Beverly Hills Cop 4, just finished days ago. We think we can safely say that the old Axel Foley magic … is back!
Some fans of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise have been worried by Brett Ratner's attachment to the just-announced fourth movie in the series. "Ten-year-old kids, 12-year-old kids don’t really know the old Beverly Hills Cop," Ratner told MTV. "So it’s an opportunity to make it new for kids.” Does this mean that the famously R-rated series will be downgraded to a PG-13 or PG rating? After all, since 1994, when Beverly Hills Cop 3 was released, Murphy has made a name for himself with family comedies like The Nutty Professor and Doctor Doolittle. What will happen to the Detroit police detective we know and love?
*Totally not fake! Nope!