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Movie Review – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

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Dolemite Is My Name, 2019. Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Titus Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Chris Rock and Snoop Dogg. SYNOPSIS: When the struggling stand-up Rudy Ray Moore adopted the foul-mouthed stage persona of Dolemite, he became an overnight success. But stage dominance […]

Eddie Murphy says Coming to America sequel will be PG-13

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Well, here’s something that may well dampen some of the enthusiasm for Coming 2 America, as Eddie Murphy has revealed during an interview with CinemaBlend that the upcoming sequel to the 1988 comedy classic will be PG-13, as opposed to the R-rating of the original film. “I think what happened was, there was a period […]

Eddie Murphy plans to make Beverly Hills Cop 4 next

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25 years after the release of Beverly Hills Cop III, Eddie Murphy has announced the next film he will be working on is Beverly Hills Cop 4. In an interview with Collider during press for Dolemite Is My Name, Murphy revealed his future film plans which includes the next instalment in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise after his work […]

First poster for Dolemite Is My Name featuring Eddie Murphy

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 to reunite Eddie Murphy with director Craig Brewer

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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 […]