From Ballarat to ‘Beverly Hills Cop’: Mark Molloy makes his feature debut directing Eddie Murphy in fourth outing

When director Mark Molloy picked up the phone to Jerry Bruckheimer in 2020, he was surprised to learn the Pirates of the Caribbean and Top Gun producer was a fan of his work and wanted to collaborate with him.

While that proved to be a no-brainer for the Victorian native, who had just had what would have been his first feature shut down due to COVID, it took a little longer to find the right project to take forward with the Hollywood powerhouse.

“He’d seen a lot of the commercial work I do, ...