Netflix is continuing its run of working with some of Hollywood’s biggest talent with news from Deadline that Eddie Murphy is set to join their ranks for a new film.
The on-demand service is preparing Soul Soul Soul: The Murray Murray Story, a fake documentary about a fictional soul singer in the 1960’s which will act as his “life story” as he tries to “put his old bank back together.” Murphy is set to play the lead in the film with Brett Ratner (Hercules, Rush Hour) directing.
Soul Soul Soul will see Murphy re-team with producer Brian Grazer, who was behind such Murphy hits as The Nutty Professor, Life and Bowfinger. Tyler Mitchell (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) is also producing.
Murphy is returning to the big screen later this year with Mr. Church alongside Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland) and has been linked with the upcoming Richard Pryor biopic Is It Something I Said? alongside Mike Epps, Kate Hudson and Oprah Winfrey.
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Originally published June 7, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
