'Beverly Hills Cop' 4 back on the beat, thanks to Netflix deal

ABC/Randy HolmesAfter a 2016 big screen attempt at another Beverly Hills Cop movie fizzled, Eddie Murphy’s wisecracking Detroit Police Detective Axel Foley will be back on the beat, thanks to a deal with Netflix.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a “one-time deal” between the streaming giant and Paramount Pictures will result in a fourth Beverly Hills Cop film.

As he would have been with the scuttled 2016 project, Jerry Bruckheimer — who produced the 1984 original, as well as its sequels in 1987 and 1994 — is also backing the new sequel.

The Netflix partnership might come as no surprise, as it shelled out a reported $70 million to bring Eddie