EW broke the lingering news today that it looks like Bill Condon’s long-gestating Richard Pryor movie is about to settle in at Fox Searchlight, after developing with The Weinstein Company and then having a brief dalliance with Paramount, where they sought to slice the price dramatically.
Indeed, Eddie Murphy is not only attached, but deeply committed to doing the film, even with no room for any movie star salaries. Another actor with recent Oscar experience is looking to jump into another key role in the film… Redd Foxx. Yes, Virginia, the make-up nomination is already a mortal lock.
The film’s third act will get into some of the toughest times of Pryor’s life, so a hard R is expected. But this will also be, by far, the most intense dramatic role of Murphy’s career.
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