You read that right. Eddie Murphy will be donning Axel Foley’s sneakers and sunglasses one more time for Beverly Hills Cop IV. It’s been 12 years since the third installment of the maverick Detroit cop’s adventures in L.A., and Murphy hasn’t been getting any younger. Will Foley still be chasing bad guys down the street and rolling over car bonnets? And does anyone still have Judge Reinhold’s (right) number?

Murphy had been settling into family friendly fluff like “Dr. Dolittle” and “Daddy Day Care” in recent years, as well as giving Donkey a voice in “Shrek”. So maybe he’s thinking one last action movie before it’s too late.

I’m not sure how excited people are going to get for Beverly Hills Cop IV (no one got that excited for Beverly Hills Cop III if I remember rightly) but this is good news if only because we’ll be hearing that theme tune one more time.