Eddie Murphy to Star in ‘Blue Falcon’

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Eddie Murphy in the documentary ‘Eddie’. Photo: Netflix.

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Eddie Murphy is attached to a new action comedy called ‘Blue Falcon.’
He’ll play a former superspy unexpectedly reunited with his archrival.
Chad St. John wrote the script.

Eddie Murphy may never have had the chance to play James Bond, and he’s probably a little too old for the role now. Let’s be honest, though: who needs to be the stodgy old spy when you’re Axel Foley?

Regardless, after appearing in one espionage-themed action comedy, 2002’s ‘I Spy,’ Murphy is getting the chance to be one himself. Or at least, a former superspy.

The actor is now attached to star in new comedy project ‘Blue Falcon,’ which Deadline reports Sony Pictures is developing from a script by ‘London Has Fallen’ writer Chad St. John.

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What’s the story of ‘Blue Falcon’?

Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley in 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.'

St. John’s script will see Murphy play a retired spy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son and finds himself in proximity with his archrival.

Awkward situations around relationships and families has become something of a theme in the actor’s recent work –– in ‘You People,’ he had to deal with his daughter becoming engaged to a quirky character played by Jonah Hill, ‘Candy Cane Lane’ saw him as a father trying to protect his kids (and Christmas), while even last year’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ had that character teaming up with his estranged daughter to solve a case.

‘Blue Falcon’ marks a somewhat surprising script from St. John, who is better known as an action writer who has been behind the likes of ‘Peppermint,’ ‘Replicas’ and the fourth ‘Expendables’ movie.

He has been dabbling with comedy of late, though, including ‘My Own Worst Enemy,’ which has Kevin Hart attached.

His next project to hit screens will be ‘Motor City,’ set in 1970s Detroit.

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‘Reacher’s Alan Ritchson stars in that one as Miller, who falls in love with a local gangster’s girl.

In retaliation, the gangster enacts a frame job to send the innocent man to prison. Life ruined, Miller plots a revenge campaign against the man who took his girl away.

Potsy Ponciroli directed that one, and it’s awaiting a release date.

Where else can we see Eddie Murphy?

Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley and Paul Reiser as Jeffrey Friedman in 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.'

With his career heating back up again in the last decade or so, Murphy has been busy, with a variety of action and family-friendly projects.

He’s worked on Tim Story’s new action comedy ‘The Pickup’ (which is awaiting a release date) and has a number of projects in development including a reunion with his ‘Dreamgirls’ director Bill Condon on the life of Parliament Funkadelic founder George Clinton.

Also on his list? A new take on the ‘Grumpy Old Men’ movies, a fresh adaptation of ‘The Pink Panther’ (which would see Murphy as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau and a new animated movie ‘Bodacious’ about a fearsome bull who becomes a rodeo champion.

And while he’ll be heard rather than seen, Murphy has already been back at work on a new outing of DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Shrek’ franchise.

Here’s what he said about that last June to Collider:

“We started doing Shrek four or five months ago. I recorded the first act, and we’ll be doing it this year. We’ll finish it up.”

Walt Dohrn, who worked on the second and third films as a writer and artist and as Head of Story on the fourth film, is directing the fifth.

‘Shrek 5’ (assuming it doesn’t take a new title), will be in theaters on December 23rd, 2026.

(L to R) Shrek (Mike Myers) and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) in ‘Shrek’. Photo: DreamWorks Animation.

Finally, there is a new documentary called ‘Eddie’ about his life and career coming from Netflix this year.

In ‘Eddie,’ Murphy looks back on his extraordinary journey and looks ahead at what’s still to come, for the first time.

The film chronicles his meteoric rise from teen comic phenomenon to ‘Saturday Night Live’ breakout and stand-up supernova to box office titan. It illuminates the evolution of Eddie Murphy –– the trails he blazed and records he broke on his way from Brooklyn upstart to Hollywood icon.

He opens up his home and dives deep into his eclectic, nearly 50-year career. In his own words, he talks about entertaining three generations of fans with a filmography that spans comedy, action, drama, animation, musicals, and family fare.

Will it also address his troubles and failures? We’ll have to wait and see on that front.