{"id":9426,"date":"2022-04-01T19:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T23:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:49:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:49:58","slug":"eddie-murphy-in-talks-to-play-george-clinton-in-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=9426","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Murphy in Talks to Play George Clinton in Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Dolemite is My Name <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>Coming to America 2 <\/em><\/strong>actor Eddie Murphy is in talks to play Godfather of Funk George Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old Parliament-Funkadelic leader is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and winner of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/baylifecompoundingpharmacy.com\/wp-content\/themes\/apexclinic\/inc\/import\/pharm\/cymbalta.html\">cymbalta over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/eddie-murphy-george-clinton-biopic-1235220578\/\">Variety<\/a>\u00a0said the film is expected to chronicle Clinton&#8217;s childhood in 1940s North Carolina and New Jersey to the height of his fame in the late 1960s as a contemporary of James Brown and Sly Stone to his influence on other musical artists like Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Outkast and the Wu-Tang Clan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/03\/eddie-murphy-playing-george-clinton-parliament-funkadelic-godfather-of-funk-1234991977\/\">Deadline<\/a>\u00a0reported that Murphy, 60, will serve as producer alongside Davis Entertainment\u2019s John Davis, Catherine Davis and John Fox on the Clinton biopic, but\u00a0they have not finalized a deal yet for the movie.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/baylifecompoundingpharmacy.com\/wp-content\/themes\/apexclinic\/inc\/import\/pharm\/nolvadex.html\">nolvadex over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>No writers or studio home for the project have been determined yet. 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