Eddie Murphy turned 61 years old this year, which makes him roughly the same age John Wayne was when he played the out-to-pasture codger Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit." That film, and Wayne's subsequent Westerns, had an elegiac, one-last-ride feeling to them. Yes, the Duke's cancer was in remission at this point, but he still looked washed. When he finally succumbed to the disease on the eve of the 1980s, the book quietly closed on an outmoded era of Hollywood filmmaking. It was time. Of all the golden age stars, Wayne was uniquely unsuited to the coked-up, strip-club glitz pioneered by producing teams like Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Peters/Peter Guber.
Of all the big-screen '80s superstars, no one was more at home in this olio of excess than Eddie Murphy. His fast-talking, nimble-minded riffing was perfectly attuned to the hurtling energy of the decade's blockbuster action-comedies. Murphy...
Of all the big-screen '80s superstars, no one was more at home in this olio of excess than Eddie Murphy. His fast-talking, nimble-minded riffing was perfectly attuned to the hurtling energy of the decade's blockbuster action-comedies. Murphy...
- 9/21/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Eddie Murphy is set to take on the role of the godfather of funk George Clinton in an upcoming biographical picture.
The film will tell the story of the iconic musician’s humble beginnings in North Carolina in the 1940s to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic and ultimately to becoming a major influence on artists of the hip-hop generation including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Outkast and Wu-Tang Clan, among many others.
Murphy will serve as producer with John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment banner. Talks are currently in place to obtain the rights to some of Clinton’s catalogue of music before setting the screenwriters.
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Murphy’s latest projects were the Netflix film ‘Dolemite Is My Name,’ which got him a lot of accolades for...
The film will tell the story of the iconic musician’s humble beginnings in North Carolina in the 1940s to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic and ultimately to becoming a major influence on artists of the hip-hop generation including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Outkast and Wu-Tang Clan, among many others.
Murphy will serve as producer with John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment banner. Talks are currently in place to obtain the rights to some of Clinton’s catalogue of music before setting the screenwriters.
Also in news – Sharon Stone set to play villain in HBO’s ‘Blue Beetle’
Murphy’s latest projects were the Netflix film ‘Dolemite Is My Name,’ which got him a lot of accolades for...
- 4/1/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Academy Award-nominee Eddie Murphy is in talks to play funk legend and Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in an upcoming biopic.
Dubbed the Godfather of Funk, Clinton is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and widely regarded as one of the most important innovators of the musical genre, along with James Brown and Sly Stone.
The developing project is said to chronicle Clinton’s life and legacy, from his childhood in 1940s North Carolina, to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic in the late 1960s. The movie will also explore Clinton and the bands’ impact of the future of hip-hop and artists like Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Outkast and the Wu-Tang Clan.
In addition to embodying the iconic musician on screen, Murphy will also serve as producer, alongside John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment banner.
Dubbed the Godfather of Funk, Clinton is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and widely regarded as one of the most important innovators of the musical genre, along with James Brown and Sly Stone.
The developing project is said to chronicle Clinton’s life and legacy, from his childhood in 1940s North Carolina, to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic in the late 1960s. The movie will also explore Clinton and the bands’ impact of the future of hip-hop and artists like Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Outkast and the Wu-Tang Clan.
In addition to embodying the iconic musician on screen, Murphy will also serve as producer, alongside John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment banner.
- 3/31/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Eddie Murphy is in early talks to play Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in an upcoming biopic.
Murphy also will serve as producer with John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment banner. They are tying down rights with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and then they will set writers and shop the project.
Murphy has a three-picture deal with Amazon that came after the success of Coming 2 America, and this is a passion project for him.
Clinton is widely considered to be the Godfather of Funk, rivaling James Brown and Sly Stone as the foremost innovators in that musical genre. The film will tell the story of the iconic musician’s humble beginnings in North Carolina in the 1940s to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic and ultimately to becoming a major influence on artists...
Murphy also will serve as producer with John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment banner. They are tying down rights with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and then they will set writers and shop the project.
Murphy has a three-picture deal with Amazon that came after the success of Coming 2 America, and this is a passion project for him.
Clinton is widely considered to be the Godfather of Funk, rivaling James Brown and Sly Stone as the foremost innovators in that musical genre. The film will tell the story of the iconic musician’s humble beginnings in North Carolina in the 1940s to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic and ultimately to becoming a major influence on artists...
- 3/31/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
After seventeen years away from our screens, Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett made their long-awaited return in Bad Boys For Life, which scored widespread critical acclaim and still remains the highest-grossing movie of 2020 after raking in almost $420 million at the box office before the Coronavirus pandemic sent the industry into the shutdown from which it still hasn’t emerged.
Not content with bringing back one dormant action franchise, directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have set their sights on a series that’s been in hibernation for even longer, with the duo being the latest names tasked with steering Beverly Hills Cop 4 out of development hell. We haven’t seen Eddie Murphy’s Alex Foley since the third installment was released in 1994, but after countless false starts, it seems to be picking up some serious momentum, with Netflix footing the bill and Mission: Impossible writers Andre Nemec and...
Not content with bringing back one dormant action franchise, directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have set their sights on a series that’s been in hibernation for even longer, with the duo being the latest names tasked with steering Beverly Hills Cop 4 out of development hell. We haven’t seen Eddie Murphy’s Alex Foley since the third installment was released in 1994, but after countless false starts, it seems to be picking up some serious momentum, with Netflix footing the bill and Mission: Impossible writers Andre Nemec and...
- 6/24/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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