Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s first trailer for Dolemite Is My Name, Netflix has now released a poster for the biographical comedy drama featuring Eddie Murphy as Dolemite star Rudy Ray Moore. Stung by a string of showbiz failures, floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy) has an epiphany that […]
Eddie Murphy is Rudy Ray Moore in first trailer for Dolemite Is My Name
Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming biographical comedy drama Dolemite Is My Name. Directed by Craig Brewer, the film stars Eddie Murphy as actor Rudy Ray Moore, star of the 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite, and also features Keegan-Michael Key, Wesley Snipes, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, […]
Coming to America 2 director discusses the sequel as John Amos confirmed to return
Having teamed with Eddie Murphy on the upcoming Rudy Ray Moore biopic Dolemite Is My Name, director Craig Brewer now finds himself tackling Coming 2 America, the sequel to Murphy’s 1988 comedy classic – an experience he says is “both a joy and incredibly daunting.” “Every day we realize the legacy that we are playing […]
Coming 2 America adds James Earl Jones, Paul Bates, Rick Ross and Wesley Snipes
Casting continues on Coming 2 America, with Deadline reporting that James Earl Jones and Paul Bates will be reprising their roles as King Jaffe Joffer and Oha as they reunite with Murphy’s Prince Akeem and Arsenio Hall’s Semmi in the follow-up to the 1988 comedy classic. Along with Jones and Bates, it’s also been announced […]
Jermaine Fowler joins Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America
Deadline is reporting that comedian and actor Jermaine Fowler (Superior Donuts, Sorry to Bother You) has nabbed a leading role alongside Eddie Murphy in the Coming to America sequel, now titled Coming 2 America. Coming 2 America will see Prince Akeem discovering that he has a long-lost son and returning to the States to track […]
Coming to America 2 gets August 2020 release date
Last month it was announced that Eddie Murphy is set to reprise the role of Akeem, Crown Prince of Zamunda, for a sequel to the 1988 comedy classic Coming to America, and now comes word that Paramount Pictures has set a release date for the film. The as-yet-untitled Coming to America 2 will open in […]
Coming to America 2 to reunite Eddie Murphy with director Craig Brewer
Having just recently wrapped filming on the Rudy Ray Moore biopic Dolemite Is My Name, director Craig Brewer and star Eddie Murphy are set to reunite on the long-rumoured comedy sequel Coming to America 2. According to Deadline, the sequel to the 1988 classic will see Murphy’s Akeem learning about a long lost son and returning to […]
Eddie Murphy to star in Grumpy Old Men remake
Eddie Murphy has signed on to star in a remake of the Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau comedy Grumpy Old Men, which is in development at Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. The film is set to be directed by Tim Story (Ride Along), and will see Murphy portraying one of two ageing neighbours whose […]
Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Mike Epps and more join Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name
Last week it was announced that Eddie Murphy is set to star in Dolemite Is My Name, a biopic of Rudy Ray Moore, star of the blaxploitation film Dolemite, and now comes word of more additions to the cast. The film, which is being directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow), has added Wesley Snipes […]
Eddie Murphy to play Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name
Having been absent from the big screen since 2016’s Mr. Church, Eddie Murphy is gearing up for a return with Deadline reporting that he is set to portray Rudy Ray Moore, star of the blaxploitation film Dolemite, in a biopic entitled Dolemite Is My Name. Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow) is set to direct the […]