Release Dates: 'Transformers 5' and 'Star Trek 3' in 2016, 'Bourne 5' Moved to Same Year

Michael Bay told us Transformers: Age of Extinction was the start of a new trilogy with Mark Wahlberg basically confirming it, and now we see Paramount taking steps to prepare for the franchise's future. Whether that will include Bay's direction is still kind of up in the air, but we do know the film will arrive in 2016.

The announcement was made today at CineEurope that not only will Transformers 5 arrive that year, but the studio will be going sequel and remake crazy in 2016 with Star Trek 3, Beverly Hills Cop, G.I. Joe 3, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2, and Paranormal Activity 5, which apparently won't come out in 2014 after all. They will also release Timur Bekmambetov's remake of Ben-Hur that same year. Star Trek 3 recently gained a director in longtime screenwriter Roberto Orci, and the plan to release it in 2016 coincides with plans to have the film ready by the franchise's 50th anniversary.

Over on the Universal lot, they've bumped the fifth 'Bourne' film eleven months to July 15th 2016. Justin Lin recently came aboard to direct the returning Jeremy Renner, reprising his role from The Bourne Legacy as super-agent Aaron Cross. [THR]

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New 'Beverly Hills Cop' Movie Set for 2016

Multiple attempts to relaunch or follow-up Beverly Hills Cop have failed on the big and small screen, but it seems nothing will keep Axel Foley down. After the TV series attempt tanked, the decision was made late last year to try again for a film, bringing back Eddie Murphy and retaining his Tower Heist director, Brett Ratner. Now it looks like development has progressed far enough that Paramount has set aside a release date.

The new Beverly Hills Cop will open on March 25th 2016...and that's pretty much all the information there is right now. Jerry Bruckheimer will be producing and last we heard this film will take wise-cracking cop Aexel Foley "back to his Detroit roots", which still sounds counter intuitive for a film titled Beverly Hills Cop.

Makes me wonder if any elements from the failed TV show will make their way into the new movie. Maybe Brandon T. Jackson can turn up as Foley's son?  [TheWrap]

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Paramount Moves Forward on 'Beverly Hills Cop' Reboot and 'Top Gun 2'

While fans may not be all that excited about seeing long-dead classics Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun revived, the only guy that really matters is producer Jerry Bruckheimer. He's been gung-ho on the idea for years, and we've seen numerous attempts to get a Beverly Hills cop sequel off the ground, including a failed try at a TV series. As for Top Gun 2, the most recent attempt was shelved with the tragic loss of Tony Scott. Bruckheimer hasn't given up, though, and now that he's parted way with Disney he's found a new partner in Paramount.

Deadline reports Bruckheimer and Paramount have a struck a 3-year partnership, with plans to reboot Beverly Hills Cop and move forward on Top Gun 2. Brett Ratner has been attached to a new 'Cop' film for some time, and he'll stay on board as director. Of course Eddie Murphy will return as fast-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley, partnering with Ratner again after they worked together on Tower Heist. Remember that movie? Me neither.  The script is apparently being written now with the plan to take Foley "back to his Detroit roots", which sounds counter-productive for a film titled Beverly Hills Cop. Whatever. Ratner will get to work on this after he wraps up Hercules.

There isn't much in the way of new information on the Top Gun sequel except that Deadline seems convinced Tom Cruise will strap in as Maverick once again. Whether or not that remains true now that Cruise is busy with Mission: Impossible 5 remains to be seen.

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Only in Hollywood: Failed 'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Show Leads to New Film

It seems Hollywood just can't quit Axel Foley or Beverly Hills Cop. The long dead cop comedy franchise led by Eddie Murphy has been revived a couple of times only to fall flat before ever going anywhere, but maybe this next time will be the charm? A couple of years ago Beverly Hills Cop 4 was put into development, but was shelved in favor of a television series starring Brandon T. Jackson as Axel Foley's son. The series was picked up by CBS and the pilot had a ton of attention, mainly due to a cameo by Murphy, but the network decided in the end not to add it to their line-up. Normally that would be it, but not for the ever-unkillable Beverly Hills Cop.

It all started with some tweets by producer Shawn Ryan, updating fans on the status of the series, which he had been trying to shop to other networks...

Ryan: "Sad to report that efforts to land Beverly Hills Cop pilot at another network have failed. This iteration is dead for now. Good news for fans of franchise is that the pilot tested so well, it has caused Paramount to put another #BHC movie into development."

Now Deadline reports that Paramount is indeed moving forward with a new film, with Murphy set to reprise his role as the fast-talking Axel, and hiring Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec to pen the script. So all of this is based on a TV series that "tested so well" and has so much enthusiasm that no network wanted it? Only in Hollywood does that make any kind of sense.

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Brandon T. Jackson to star in the 'Beverly Hills Cop' TV Series

Lots of TV talk around here lately, but when they all have to deal with such high-profile properties as Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. and Beverly Hills Cop, it's tough to sit back and ignore them. In development seemingly forever, we learned earlier this year that CBS was moving forward on a Beverly Hills Cop TV series from Shawn Ryan(The Shield), and now we're hearing that Brandon T. Jackson is in negotiations to star as Aaron Foley, the son of Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley.

While it's unlikely we'll ever see Murphy take on the character in a Beverly Hills Cop 4, he will reprise the role in the pilot and occasional future episodes. Now the chief of police in Detroit, it's Axel's legacy in Beverly Hills that Aaron struggles to escape as he busts the elite and privileged just like his father did.

Jackson is perhaps the best choice for the role as he's a guy with a deep comedy background and an on-screen presence that I think is similar to Murphy's. After starting his career as a stand up comedian, he gained attention with scene-stealing turns in Tropic Thunder and the first Percy Jackson film.[Humor Mill via Shadow & Act]

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