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SHOCKER: ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Gets Pass At CBS, Likely To Be Shopped Elsewhere

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 5:50pm PDTTags: Beverly Hills Cop, CBS, Paramount, Primetime Pilot Panic
Nellie Andreeva

This has got to be one of the most surprising moves this season: I’ve learned that CBS has passed on the Beverly Hills Cop reboot from Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy. It is likely that the project, which had multiple suitors before landing at CBS in a bidding war last fall, will be shopped elsewhere. Beverly Hills Cop originally was produced by Sony TV. After it had already been picked up to pilot at CBS, Paramount – which is looking to enter the TV business — exercised an option to buy into the show, creating an odd pairing between former corporate siblings Paramount and CBS and making odd bedfellows of Les Moonves and Brad Grey. I hear the pilot, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, will likely be shopped to other networks. It stars Brandon T. Jackson as Axel Foley’s son and Murphy reprising his signature role as Axel.

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Paramount To Co-Produce CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 3:06pm PSTTags: Beverly Hills Cop, Big Deals TV, CBS, Paramount
Nellie Andreeva

Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills CopOn the heels of Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman’s remarks this morning that Paramount will be returning to TV production, Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Brad Grey just announced that the company is joining Sony TV as co-producer on CBS‘ Beverly Hills Cop pilot and potential series, based on the hit Paramount movie franchise. Dauman earlier today teased Paramount’s Beverly Hills Cop involvement, noting that the company plans to “get back, with very little investment, into the television production business.” Sony TV put the project, written by Shawn Ryan and exec produced by Ryan and Eddie Murphy, together and sold it to CBS where it has gone to pilot directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. As part of Sony TV’s rights deal with Paramount, the movie studio had the opportunity to join in, something which it is now doing. (Though the co-production deal is not official yet.)

Paramount used to have one of the largest TV studios, Paramount Network Television, which went to CBS in the 2005 split of Viacom, where it was merged with CBS Prods. Grey has plenty of experience to guide Paramount’s return to TV — he comes from a TV producer background as the head of Brad Grey TV, whose slate has included HBO’s The Sopranos and Real Time With Bill Maher and NBC’s Just Shoot Me!. Here is Grey’s memo:

FROM:  Brad Grey

TO:  All Staff

I would like to share some exciting news about a new Paramount project.

We have entered into an agreement with Sony Pictures Television to co-finance and co-produce a one hour pilot of “Beverly Hills Cop” for the CBS Television Network.  If the pilot is picked up, we will continue to work with Sony TV on the series.  As you know, “Beverly Hills Cop” is a highly successful Paramount film franchise which stars Eddie Murphy and was launched in 1984.

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Christine Lahti To Co-Star In CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot, Clark Johnson In Amazon’s ‘Alpha House’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 25, 2013 @ 10:01am PSTTags: Alpha House, Beverly Hills Cop, Christine Lahti, CLark Johnson
Nellie Andreeva

Christine Lahti will co-star opposite Brandon T. Jackson in the CBS drama pilot Beverly Hills Cop. The project, written by Shawn Ryan and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, is a continuation of the movie franchise and centers on Axel Foley’s police officer son Aaron (Jackson), who takes down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Lahti will play Helen, the Captain of the Beverly Hills Police Department. Kevin Pollak, David Denman and Argo‘s Sheila Vand co-star. Lahti has kept a presence on CBS since her Emmy-winning starring turn on Chicago Hope. She has been recurring on Hawaii Five-0 and toplined the network’s 2011 pilot The Doctor. Read More »

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‘Argo’s Sheila Vand To Play Female Lead In CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 21, 2013 @ 3:30pm PSTTags: Beverly Hills Cop, Sheila Vand
Nellie Andreeva

Sheila VandAfter making her studio feature debut in the Oscar-nominated Argo, Iranian-American actress Sheila Vand has landed her first series regular role — the female lead opposite Brandon T. Jackson in the CBS drama pilot … Read More »

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Barry Sonnenfeld To Direct CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 6:57pm PSTTags: Barry Sonnenfeld, Beverly Hills Cop
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EXCLUSIVE: Men In Black helmer Barry Sonnenfeld has come on board to direct and executive produce CBS’ Beverly Hills Cop pilot from Shawn Ryan, Eddie Murphy and Sony Pictures TV. The hourlong project, a continuation of the … Read More »

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David Denman Cast In ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot, Donal Logue Joins ‘Copper’ Season 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 6, 2013 @ 11:24am PSTTags: Beverly Hills Cop, Copper, Donal Logue
Nellie Andreeva

The Office‘s David Denman is set to co-star in CBS’ Beverly Hills Cop pilot from Shawn Ryan, Eddie Murphy and Sony Pictures TV. The hourlong project, a continuation of the movie franchise, centers on Axel Foley’s police officer son Aaron (Brandon T. Jackson), who takes down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Denman will  play Brad, a stand-up, extremely likable and socially awkward Beverly Hills detective, formerly a baseball player and a musician. Denman, repped by UTA, the Hofflund Co and attorney James Adams, will next be seen in the Steve Jobs biopic jOBS and M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth. Read More »

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Kevin Pollak Joins CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 5:30pm PSTTags: Beverly Hills Cop
Nellie Andreeva

Kevin Pollak has been cast in CBS’ Beverly Hills Cop pilot, from Shawn Ryan, Eddie Murphy and Sony Pictures TV. The hourlong project, a continuation of the movie franchise, centers around Axel Foley’s police officer son … Read More »

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‘Beverly Hills Cop’, ‘Backstrom’ & Dana Klein Comedy Get Pilot Orders At CBS

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 22, 2013 @ 6:35pm PSTTags: Backstrom, Beverly Hills Cop, CBS, Friends With Better Lives
Nellie Andreeva

CBS has given the long-rumored pilot order to Beverly Hills Cop. The network also has ordered to pilot drama Backstrom, from Bones creator/executive producer Hart Hanson, and comedy Friends With Better Lives, from writer Dana Klein and producer Aaron Kaplan.

Beverly Hills Cop, which had a pilot production commitment and had already cast Brandon T. Jackson as the lead, is a continuation of the movie franchise centered around Axel Foley’s police officer son, played by Jackson, who takes down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. The films’ star Eddie Murphy is set to appear in the pilot and will executive produce with Shawn Ryan, who wrote the script, as well as Ryan’s producing partner Marney Hochman. Read More »

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Brandon T. Jackson Set As The Star Of CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Reboot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 13, 2012 @ 4:49pm PSTTags: Beverly Hills Cop, Big Deals TV, CBS, Eddie Murphy, Shawn Ryan
Nellie Andreeva

CBS‘ Beverly Hills Cop reboot has gotten another step closer to a formal greenlight, with actor-comedian Brandon T. Jackson closing a deal for the lead. The films’ star Eddie Murphy and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan executive produce the Sony TV-produced project, which already has a pilot production commitment. Its pilot order is considered a formality once the script written by Ryan is delivered. Read More »

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‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Series Lands At CBS With Pilot Production Commitment

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 4, 2012 @ 10:45am PDTTags: Beverly Hills Cop, CBS, Eddie Murphy, Shawn Ryan
Nellie Andreeva

Beverly Hills Cop CBS Eddie MurphySherlock Holmes, meet Axel Foley. In a very competitive situation, CBS, which has new Sherlock Holmes drama Elementary coming this fall, has landed Beverly Hills Cop, a series offshoot from the blockbuster movie … Read More »

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Eddie Murphy & Shawn Ryan Shop ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Sequel Series, Murphy To Reprise His Role

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 28, 2012 @ 8:42pm PDTTags: Beverly Hills Cop, Big Deals TV, Eddie Murphy, Shawn Ryan
Nellie Andreeva

The next generation Beverly Hills Cop — that is a hot hourlong pitch from Beverly Hills Cop star Eddie Murphy and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, which is making the rounds right now. I’ve learned that the project is envisioned … Read More »

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