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‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot Isn’t Moving To A New Network

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

The “Beverly Hills Cop” TV spin-off planned for CBS seemed to be a foregone conclusion, with a star in place (Brandon T. Jackson), a TV vet as the new police chief (Christine Lahti), and even the promise of occasional visits from original star Eddie Murphy as Detective Axel Foley. But in May, it was announced that CBS had passed on the hour-long drama, leaving the pilot’s future up in the air.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post

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Beverly Hills Cop TV Series: How Much Axel?

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One of the more high-profile pilots CBS has in the works for the next season is Beverly Hills Cop – a sequel to the film series, in which Axel Foley’s police officer son, Aaron (played by Brandon T. Jones), comes to Beverly Hills. Eddie Murphy is an executive producer on the project, alongside writer Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Last Resort), and will guest star as Axel, who is now the chief of police in Detroit.

Today, at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, I asked CBS president Nina Tassler if Murphy had indicated how often he’d be willing to appear, should Beverly Hills Cop go to series. Replied Tassler, “He has. He’s in the pilot and he said he wants to come back multiple times during the first order

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

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Who’s Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actor?

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Who’s Hollywood’s most overpaid actor?
Forbes says it’s Eddie Murphy. The comic actor has had a string of flops since his brief comeback with an Oscar nom for Dreamgirls, most notably Imagine That, A Thousand Words, Meet Dave and more recently Tower Heist.

“We estimate that for every $1 Murphy was paid for his last three films, they returned an average of $2.30 at the box office,” according to Forbes.
Murphy may sit at the top of Forbes’ list of the 10 most overpaid actors, but who else is on it? Forbes claims it “looked at the last three films each actor starred in over the last three years that opened in more than 2,000 theaters, calculating the return on investment for the studios who pay his (or her) salary.”
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Source: IGN Movies