Eddie Murphy, Oprah Winfrey join stellar cast of Richard Pryor bioSeptember 1, 2015 - 14:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The long-in-development untitled Richard Pryor biopic seems to take a significant step as it has finalized its cast ensemble. Among the star-studded cast members are Eddie Murphy, Oprah Winfrey, Mike Epps and Kate Hudson. As AceShowbiz reports citing Deadline, the Weinstein Company is ready to greenlight the biopic which will be directed by Lee Daniels. Mike will take the lead role as the late Richard, one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians responsible for changing the face of stand-up comedy forever. Eddie will star as the central figure's father, Leroy "Buck Carter" Pryor, and Oprah will play Richard's grandmother. While this will be the first time Eddie works with Lee, the film will reunite the director with Oprah, whom he directed in blockbuster "Lee Daniels' The Butler". Additionally, Kate has been confirmed to play Richard's widow Jennifer Lee Pryor. Before Kate, Anne Hathaway was up for the role. The script is written by Bill Condon and Lee's "Empire" collaborator Danny Strong and Bruce Cohen. The biopic is scheduled to start filming in March 2016. Jennifer is involved as producer in the film which will feature Richard's meteoric rise, starting with his childhood and moving through his harder years in entertainment industry. It will also chronicle how Richard maintains his career while going through ups and downs. The official release date has yet to be announced, but the movie is expected to arrive in 2016. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |