Eddie Murphy will play funk legend George Clinton in an upcoming biopic directed by Invoice Condon.
The script, written by Virgil Williams, is predicated on Clinton’s memoir Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Arduous On You?, which traces his roots in Forties North Carolina to changing into a pioneer of funk and founding the musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic.
Murphy is about to supply the movie by means of Eddie Murphy Productions, whereas Clinton can also be on board as an govt producer.
It’s not the primary time Condon and Murphy have joined forces, having beforehand labored collectively on 2006’s Dreamgirls – one other musical drama, impressed by Motown Information and the Supremes starring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson. Murphy acquired an Academy Award nomination for Finest Supporting Actor for his efficiency within the movie.
Clinton has beforehand been portrayed by Wiz Khalifa on movie, in 2023’s Spinning Gold.
Parliament-Funkadelic launched their final album ‘Medicaid Fraud Canine’ in 2018, marking their first new music in 38 years. Shortly after, Clinton introduced his retirement from the highway in 2019 and performed his closing UK reveals in 2022 after they had been delayed by the pandemic. This 12 months, he appeared on Kamasi Washington‘s new album ‘Fearless Motion’, on the monitor ‘Get Lit’.
In different Eddie Murphy information, in July it was introduced that Shrek 5 might be launched on July 1, 2026 – simply in time for the franchise’s twenty fifth anniversary. Murphy is about to return, alongside different franchise leads Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz.
Eddie Murphy let slip in June that he had begun recording for Shrek 5, in addition to a standalone Donkey movie. “We began doing Shrek 4 or [Shrek] 5 months in the past. I did this, I recorded the primary act, and we’ll be doing it this 12 months, we’ll end it up,” he shared. “Shrek is popping out, and Donkey’s gonna have his personal film. We’re gonna do Donkey as properly. So we’re gonna do a Shrek, and we’re doing a Donkey [movie].”
Murphy’s newest movie, Beverly Hill Cops: Axel F, scored a three-star overview from NME: “In fact, the movie isn’t fairly as humorous as you may hope. Murphy’s youthful cheekiness has lengthy gone, stripping this sequel of a few of its verve. However that is nonetheless an satisfying, affable reunion: the warmth is nearly again on.”
