Appearing at the Television Critics Association on Saturday to promote the upcoming "Uncle Buck" sitcom, actor Mike Epps spoke about the Lee Daniels-directed Richard Pryor biopic in the works which he's slated to star in.
In a surprising reveal, Epps spoke about the amount of classic standup we will see in the film: "50% of the script is performances. I can't give it all up but a lot of his bits and routines that we are familiar with is what we'll be seeing in the film."
Speaking about his director, Epps says: "Lee Daniels is one of those directors, he likes it real, he likes it gritty. The content has definitely changed. It's a lot more dark, it's a lot more fun. You know what Lee Daniels brings to a film."
Epps' background as a standup comedian came in handy as he delved back into Pryor's history: "Studying Richard Pryor for this role,...
In a surprising reveal, Epps spoke about the amount of classic standup we will see in the film: "50% of the script is performances. I can't give it all up but a lot of his bits and routines that we are familiar with is what we'll be seeing in the film."
Speaking about his director, Epps says: "Lee Daniels is one of those directors, he likes it real, he likes it gritty. The content has definitely changed. It's a lot more dark, it's a lot more fun. You know what Lee Daniels brings to a film."
Epps' background as a standup comedian came in handy as he delved back into Pryor's history: "Studying Richard Pryor for this role,...
- 1/11/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Fresh from producing the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner Fruitvale, Forest Whitaker has taken over the nearly 20-year effort to bring the turbulent life of stand-up comedy legend Richard Pryor to the big screen. Whitaker is teaming with the late comedian’s widow, Jennifer Pryor, to produce the film through his Significant Productions shingle. Whitaker will develop a new script with input from Jennifer Pryor, and Significant Productions’ Nina Yang-Bongiovi, will also produce. The Pryor biopic has been attempted numerous times, and the most recent version had Bill Condon poised to direct Marlon Wayans in the starring role for Sony Pictures, where Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison had set the project. Condon was certainly passionate about Pryor, but everything took a back seat when he signed on to helm the final two Twilight Saga installments. The project languished. This was just the latest of many prior incarnations.
- 3/28/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
CAA has signed Marlon Wayans. Though Wayans spent the last six years at WME, the move amounts to a homecoming. Wayans had been a longtime client at CAA along with his brothers Keenen and Shawn, until they left as a group and headed to WMA. Keenen has since moved to UTA, which helped set up his next directorial effort, It Takes A Village. Shawn doesn't have an agent, though ICM books him for stand up comedy work. Marlon Wayans is expected to reprise his role in a sequel to Paramount's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. His big opportunity, though, comes when he plays Richard Pryor in Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? That film is set up at Sony Pictures Entertainment and will start next year, after the film's writer/director Bill Condon completes the final two installments of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. Wayans continues with...
- 9/8/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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