9 TV Show Reboots That Were Mercifully Cancelled

8. Beverly Hills Cop

Axel Foley was the precursor to every brash, wise-cracking, uninhibited character in a position of authority throughout the 80s and 90s. Eddie Murphy was a dynamo in Beverly Hills Cop (and its sequels), injecting a fresh perspective into American comedy.

For a brief moment in 2014, we were led to believe we'd see Axel Foley resurrected on the big screen, with Murphy making his cinematic comeback in Beverly Hills Cop 4. Sadly, that project is currently resting in Development Hell, with no release date in sight.

What led to the possibility of a fourth film was actually the development of a Beverly Hills Cop series. Except this would star Axel Foley's son, played by Brandon T. Jackson, whose biggest credits were Tropic Thunder and Percy Jackson. Still, casting a relatively unknown wasn't the problem because, after all, Murphy wasn't exactly a star when he landed the part of Foley.

The big issue was the tone the show was planning to take. Rather than focus on a 50/50 blend of comedy and action as they did in the films, they opted to bring in Shawn Ryan, who's best known as the creator of The Shield. Which... was not so much with the ha ha. Ryan was also the creator of The Chicago Code, a bland police procedural, and Last Resort, a bland mystery-drama about Navy SEALs.