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It was during NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 21 (December 9, 1995) when then-cast member David Spade dropped a joke about Eddie Murphy that the former SNL star, comedian, and actor didn't appreciate Spade's "Hollywood Minute" was one of the most vicious – and often times, one of the funniest – sketches that SNL had[...]

Candy Cane Lane has a new trailer and poster as the holiday comedy starring Eddie Murphy prepares to release on December 1st on Prime Video Joining him on the journey are Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Thaddeus J Mixson, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, Genneya Walton, Madison Thomas, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Lombardo Boyar,[...]

Starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Reginald Hudlin, it also stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Thaddeus J Mixson, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, Genneya Walton, Madison Thomas, D.C Young Fly, Riki Lindhome, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Lombardo Boyar, Danielle Pinnock, and Timothy Simons The screenplay is by Kelly Younger, and from the official synopsis[...]

You People is a new comedy from director Kenya Barris (black-ish) co-written with Jonah Hill, who also stars alongside Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Thunderbolts), Sam Jay (SNL), Mike Epps (The Hangover), Nia Long (Friday), Deon Cole (black-ish), Rhea Pearlman (Cheers), Molly Gordon (Booksmart), Andrew Schulz (Guy Code), La La Anthony (Power), and David Duchovny (X-Files)[...]

You People is a new comedy from director Kenya Barris (black-ish) co-written with Jonah Hill, who also stars alongside Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Thunderbolts), Sam Jay (SNL), Mike Epps (The Hangover), Nia Long (Friday), Deon Cole (black-ish), Rhea Pearlman (Cheers), Molly Gordon (Booksmart), Andrew Schulz (Guy Code), La La Anthony (Power), and David Duchovny (X-Files)[...]

You People is a new comedy from director Kenya Barris (black-ish) co-written with Jonah Hill, who also stars alongside Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Thunderbolts), Sam Jay (SNL), Mike Epps (The Hangover), Nia Long (Friday), Deon Cole (black-ish), Rhea Pearlman (Cheers), Molly Gordon (Booksmart), Andrew Schulz (Guy Code), La La Anthony (Power), and David Duchovny (X-Files)[...]

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a lifelong Eddie Murphy fan and was provided a unique opportunity to work with him on one of his biggest signature franchises in, Netflix's Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, the fourth film in the franchise The streamer is working in conjunction with Paramount Pictures, which has been its home since the[...]

Not that it was ever in question, but Eddie Murphy's bringing nearly the whole gang back together again in Netflix's Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, the fourth film for the Paramount franchise It was 28 years since Beverly Hills Cop III was released Joining Murphy, who plays the title character, are Judge Reinhold, John Ashton,[...]

Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley, and Taylour Paige and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will join him The film, now titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, is now in production and being directed by Mark Molloy from a script by Will Beall Murphy will produce along with Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer films[...]

Coming 2 America, the long-awaited sequel to the 80's Eddie Murphy classic, will come to Blu-ray on March 8th Amazon paid a ton of money for the rights to the film, which debuted on Prime Video last year and became their most-watched film The disc release will be pretty bare-bones, though there will be a[...]

Obviously, you can go down the Saturday Night Live/Eddie Murphy route which would make perfect sense Or if you're like us, you're feeling your fingers ache over not going with one of about three Rudy Giuliani jokes you have swirling around in your head right now (like his character's name would be "Drippy" or "Tucky")[...]

Eddie Murphy is returning to film, this time in a new Netflix comedy with Jonah Hill in tow The pair will star with Kenya Barris in the directing chair in the comedy, which Hill and Barris co-wrote Barris previously worked with  Eddie Murphy on Coming 2 America The film is untitled for now and will[...]

It's no secret Eddie Murphy has played enough characters over his long career to develop his own cinematic universe If it weren't for budget constraints, one could have happened While promoting his upcoming sequel Coming 2 America for Paramount and Amazon, the star appeared on CinemaBlend's Reelblend podcast to discuss what could have been crossing[...]

There are several moments in pop culture Eddie Murphy's been proud to create One of them was revealed by his brother Charlie Murphy as part of his sketch segment "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories" as part of the popular variety series Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central While promoting his latest Paramount and Amazon film Coming[...]

"No child support for thirty years and you came back? You are a dummy!" The trailer for Coming 2 America, the sequel to the original movie, with Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Jones reprising their roles, comes to Amazon Prime Video on the 5th of March 2021, globally And the trailer has just dropped "After 30[...]

Based on characters created by Eddie Murphy, directed by Craig Brewer, written by Kenya Barris, Barry W Blaustein, Justin Kanew and David Sheffield. The film stars Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Shari Headley, John Amos, Tracy Morgan, Wesley Snipes and James Earl Jones And here's a first look at Eddie Murphy from the new movie. And[...]

Starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Wesley Snipes James Earl Jones, John Amos, Teyana Taylor, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Paul Bates, Nomzamo Mbatha, and Bella Murphy the film will update us on what Akeem and Semmi have been up to for the last…32 years since the last film[...]

Things came full circle for Eddie Murphy Following his first appearance hosting Saturday Night Live in over 30 years, the actor and comedian won for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in the Creative Arts Emmys The ceremony was broadcast virtually with winners presenting their pre-recorded speeches airing on FXX Murphy won for his[...]

The original 1963 film starred Jerry Lewis as the title character with Eddie Murphy starred in the remake in 1996 There's no studio currently attached, nor is there confirmation on who's writing the script. L – Stella Stevens and Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor (1963)/ R – Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996) Images[...]

Vampire in Brooklyn, the Wes Craven directed, Eddie Murphy starring horror comedy, will see release on Blu-ray for the first time on September 15th from Paramount A modest hit when it was released in 1995, the film stars Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, and Zakes Mokae Charlie Murphy, Michael Lucker, and Chris[...]

This year's nominees are Eddie Murphy for Dolemite is My Name, Keanu Reeves for John Wick 3 and Toy Story 4, Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems, Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers, and Will Smith in Aladdin. With the entertainment industry bombarded by cancelations due to the Coronavirus outbreak, one awards show stands in defiance The Golden[...]

The animated dragon, voiced by Eddie Murphy in the 1998 film, is a Disney and fan favorite Sadly, it looks like fans holding out hope for an apperance are out of luck Recently, Caro was asked about Mushu being in Mulan and had this to say: "I think we can all appreciate that Mushu is irreplaceable,"[...]

Saturday, December 21st marked the triumphant return to NBC of one of Saturday Night Live's (SNL) most celebrated talents in Eddie Murphy His first appearance in over 30 years, Murphy delivered the goods starting with his monologue – which included this one: NBCUniversal "If you told me 30 years ago that I'd be this boring stay-at-home house[...]

SNL would come the closest it would ever come to being cancelled, saved by some "creative" behind-the-scenes decision-making – and the unmatched talent of young Eddie Murphy From 1980-1984, Murphy worked his way up from repertory player to feature player to writer – to show savior. Over the course of four season, Murphy introduced us to[...]

Eddie Murphy's nostalgia wave is complete with his return to Saturday Night Live, Coming to America sequel and now, the fourth film of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise Netflix and Paramount, who owns the IP, reached a one-time license deal with an option for a sequel for Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, according to Deadline[...]

Eddie Murphy is returning to his comedic roots on the grand stage at NBC's 30 Rockefeller when he hosts Saturday Night Live (entering its 45th season) for the first time since 1984 A featured player from 1980-1984, Murphy was the only cast member to host during his run – on December 11th, 1982 The last[...]

Saturday Night Live alum Tracy Morgan is joining the cast of the highly anticipated Coming to America 2, the sequel to the 1988 John Landis comedy starring Eddie Murphy, who also co-wrote with David Sheffield and Barry W Blaustein Morgan will be playing Reem, a hustler and brother of Leslie Jones' character, according to[...]

Carter is currently at work on her next film- Coming To America 2. The film will feature Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall returning to their iconic roles of Prince Akeem and Semmi in the sequel from Paramount Pictures And, as it turns out, Carter will be on board to create the costumes. 'Black Panther' costume designer Ruth E[...]

Paramount Pictures just announced an official release date for their upcoming Eddie Murphy-starring Coming To America 2. Craig Brewer, who just directed Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name, will be helming the picture from the director's chair. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Coming To America 2 will hit theaters on August 7th, 2020. Murphy previously said in a statement about the announcement of[...]

Obviously someone, somewhere, has been waiting for this moment, and his name is more than likely Eddie Murphy It would appear that Paramount Pictures is indeed developing a sequel to Coming To America, and Murphy will return to star as Prince Akeem. Deadline (and pretty much every other outlet) says that Craig Brewer, who just directed Murphy in Dolemite[...]