Eddie Murphy teams up with Jonah Hill for Netflix comedy directed by black-ish creator Kenya Barris
Comedy stars Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill are set to team up for the first time.
The veteran actors will appear opposite one another in a currently untitled Netflix film directed by black-ish creator Kenya Barris.
Barris and Murphy, 60, worked together in 2019 to make Coming 2 America which was released earlier this year
Joining forces: Comedy stars Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill are set to team up for the first time
Barris and Hill, 37, co-wrote the script. The movie is being produced by the former’s production company, Khalabo Ink Society. Kevin Misher of Misher Films is also set to produce.
While most plot details are still under wraps, the film will supposedly focus on family dynamics, modern love and the ways differences between people affect relationships.
This is the first feature film Barris has directed. He’s worked mostly as a writer since hopping into the film industry in 2016. Before that, the writer worked almost exclusively in television.
A Netflix regular: The Trading Places star, pictured here in 2020, appeared as the titular character in the 2019 film Dolemite Is My Name, a Netflix Original
This won’t be Murphy’s first Netflix film. The Trading Places star appeared as the titular character in the 2019 film Dolemite Is My Name. The biopic told the story Rudy Ray Moore, an actor who created the character Dolemite for blaxploitation films during the 1970s.
The movie, including the comedy legend’s performance, was critically acclaimed and received a number of award nominations after its release.
In addition to his work on Dolemite Is My Name and this upcoming film, Murphy also appeared in Coming 2 America, the sequel to his classic 1988 film Coming to America, and he is also working on a sequel for the Beverly Hills Cop franchise.
Bringing back the classics: Murphy, seen here in 2020, a;ready made a sequel to one of his 80s films, Coming to America, and is working on another Beverly Hills Cop movie
His co-star, the 21 Jump Street actor, is also no stranger to Netflix productions. He starred in the 2018 series Maniac alongside Emma Stone for the platform, and he will also appear in Don’t Look Up, and upcoming Adam McKay movie set to be released on Netflix this fall.
Don’t Look Up will follow two low-level astronomers as they try to tell the world that go on a tour around the world to tell people about an asteroid headed to destroy earth.
The Superbad actor will play the president’s son and Chief of Staff in the film. Oscar-winner Meryl Streep will play the President of the United States.
Look out for Don’t Look Up: Also a Netflix veteran, Hill will appear in the Adam Mckay directed movie Don’t Look Up which is scheduled for release on the platform in December of this year