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Exclusive: Brett Ratner Promises Hard R In ‘Reinvention’ Of ‘Bevery Hills Cop’
Exclusive: Brett Ratner Promises Hard R In ‘Reinvention’ Of ‘Bevery Hills Cop’
Brett Ratner wants everyone to be clear about one thing: he is not about to screw up the first “Beverly Hills Cop” in over 15 years—so everybody just chill out. “It’s a hard R,” the director promised MTV News in an exclusive interview, rebutting web gossip that he’ll be helming a watered-down ...
Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media
Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media
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Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media
Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media
variety.com — Reliance flexes dealmaking muscle The fallout between DreamWorks and Universal isn't stopping Reliance Big Entertainment from flexing... its dealmaking muscle. The Indian media conglom has acquired Rob Liefeld's iconic graphic novel “Youngblood” for ... (more) Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, ...
Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, Film Festivals, Media
Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, Film Festivals, Media
variety.com — Reliance flexes dealmaking muscle The fallout between DreamWorks and Universal isn't stopping Reliance Big Entertainment from flexing... its dealmaking muscle. The Indian media conglom has acquired Rob Liefeld's iconic graphic novel “Youngblood” for ... (more) Brett Ratner boards 'Youngblood' - Entertainment News, ...
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Brett Ratner Says Babies Will Die And Eddie Will Kill People In R-Rated 'Beverly Hills Cop 4'
:: The Playlist :: — ... “It’s a reinvention,” the director revealed to MTV. “I’m going to reintroduce it to a contemporary audience. I’m going to take the best of the first two films and put it into the new one.” ...

Brett Ratner Promises 'Hard R' Beverly Hills Cop Reboot
FirstShowing.net — ... Last year we sadly learned that Brett Ratner would be bringing us another Beverly Hills Cop reboot with Eddie Murphy. I've been neglecting to mention this project as much as I can just because I really don't want it to ever see the light of day. But alas, it'll probably get a greenlight soon enough, and it'll probably make a lot of money at the box office. Regarding the whole thing, MTV talked with Ratner recently and got some updates on where it's heading - including that it'll be "hard R" and that instead of Beverly Hills Cop ...

Ratner Vows 'Beverly Hills Cop' Will Be Rated R
Get The Big Picture — ... will not be the family-friendly romp it was once believed to be. Talking to MTV, The Rat said, "It's a hard R," inferring that there will be plenty of violence and bad language. That's good, at least as far as this film goes. ...

Brett Ratner Promises an R-Rated ‘Beverly Hills Cop’
Film School Rejects — ... Yet word comes via MTV News that Ratner hears you, angry film fans, and that the movie “will be a hard R,” not some PG-13 nicety. Not only that, he promises a reinvention of the series akin to what Rob Zombie recently did with Halloween. ...

Brett Ratner talks his Beverly Hills Cop
Total Film News — ... what of web leaks about Axel Foley joining forces with a tubby cop to investigate crime? Bogus, apparently.  “There was all this stuff on the Internet and they’d read a script. It’s not the script I’m making.” Hopefully the combination of the Wanted writing team and the man who made X-Men: The Last Stand won’t have us wanting to track down every print and burn it… [Source: MTV] Do you trust in Ratner’s ideas? Or are you outraged ...

Ratner: “Beverly Hills Cop” To Be R-Rated
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... The MTV Movie Blog spoke to Brett Ratner about his planned reboot (I am so tired of that word) of “Beverly Hills Cop,” the movie that made Eddie Murphy a mega-star in the 1980s. Ratner wanted to diffuse rumors that his new version would be a kid-oriented, PG-13 film–he says it will be a “hard R,” and to not pay attention to any of the rumored scripts that are floating around the web. The actual script is being written by “Wanted” team Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. ...

Brett Ratner Talks Beverly Hills Cop Remake
Movie Moron — As some of you may have heard, Brett Ratner (Director of the Rush Hour films and X-Men 3) has been tapped to direct the Beverly Hill Cop remake (sorry, REIMAGINING) that will feature the original star of the franchise Eddie Murphy as the eponymous Cop. MTV has the story - “It’s a hard R,” the director promised MTV News in an exclusive interview, rebutting web gossip that he’ll be helming a watered-down PG-13 reboot of the beloved action comedy… …“It’s a reinvention,” the director revealed. “I’m going to ...

Ratner says 'Beverly 4' gets R, but who cares?
The Screening Log — I'm sure by now you've heard Brett Ratner will direct the fourth "Beverly Hills Cop" movie. Personally, I couldn't care less about this, but if you're excited about it, good for you. We've heard plenty of rumors about the film's rating and acript over the past months, but now Ratner finally clarified some of the things that have been surfacing on the Web lately. In an interview with MTV, Ratner promised the film will be rated R. “It’s a hard R,” he told MTV News. He also said he's not going to call ...

Beverly Hills Cop 4 is R rated
Filmstalker — ... , is apparently not the one he is making. Which is I guess why they told us to take it down... There was all this stuff on the Internet and they’d read a script. It’s not the script I’m making. Ratner was talking to MTV Movies Blog . Well, it's good we are getting the foul mouthed Axel Foley of old. And he does seem more interested in what made the first two films work. I guess we will have to wait and see what script he really is making, and if it's a decent one. Could this be the beginning of ...

Original 'Ghostbusters' Cast Onboard For Reboot, Harold Ramis Says
MTV Movies — ... and "Beverly Hills Cop") and anything supernatural is really hot ("Twilight" and, uh, "Twilight"). To capitalize on these trends — or maybe just because it's not fair to deny longtime fans any longer — Columbia Pictures announced that a third "Ghostbusters" movie is in the works, two decades after the last one came out. ...

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splashpage.mtv.com 3/20/2009 — He’s the rumored front-runner to call the shots on a “Conan” revamp , he’s officially onboard to produce and direct an adaptation of Rob Liefeld’s “Youngblood,” and he already has one financially successful comic book adaptation under his belt (2006’s ...