After he dusts off his red leather jacket – he is wearing that again, right? – for the next ‘’Beverly Hills Cop’’, Eddie Murphy will likely pull the fat suit and whoopee cushion out of storage.

Paramount are on the hunt for someone to write the next “Nutty Professor” sequel, a series Murphy inherited from Jerry Lewis, who initiated the role of the clumsy scientist in the classic 60s film of the same name, says THR.

Murphy hasn’t committed, and probably won’t until he sees what the guns-for-hire come up with script-wise, but it’s assumed he’ll be back. I mean, why wouldn’t he? Not like he won an Oscar or anything…