Award-wining writer-directors
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are set to helm 'Beverly Hills Cop IV.' El Arbi
and
Fallah
are filmmakers of Moroccan heritage who studied at the
Luca School of Arts
in
Brussels
, reported Ace Showbiz.
Both directed short film 'Broeders' and feature film 'Image.' The duo gained recognition after winning TIFF's Discovery Award last year when they premiered their edgy drama 'Black.'
Eddie Murphy's ninth child will be baby girlThe drama focuses on a 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels who falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang, who later must choose between loyalty and love. Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer and
Eddie Murphy were impressed by the duo's work on 'Black' '
They met El
Arbi
and Fallah and were surprised to find out that the original '
Beverly Hills
Cop' was very important to El Arbi and Fallah as filmmakers. The two were tapped to tackle the helming duty after
Brett Ratner dropped out of the project.
The story will center on
Axel Foley
(Murphy), who returns to
Detroit
after leaving his job in Beverly Hills.
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