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A Better Fit Than You Thought? Have The Wayans Been Clocking The Richard Pryor Biopic For More Than 6 Years?
theplaylist.blogspot.com - 10/9/2009
A Better Fit Than You Thought? Have The Wayans Been Clocking The Richard Pryor Biopic For More Than 6 Years?
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When it was announced yesterday that Marlon Wayans was taking over for Eddie Murphy as the lead in the proposed Richard Pryor biopic , " Richard Pryor: Is it Something I Said ," most the of the Internet reaction was, "huh? him ?" A deal is currently being discussed by Sony Pictures with ...
Exclusive: Marlon Wayans in talks to play Richard Pryor
hollywoodinsider.ew.com - 10/7/2009
Exclusive: Marlon Wayans in talks to play Richard Pryor
— hollywoodinsider.ew.com — Funny man Marlon Wayans is in advanced discussions to play one of comedy’s most iconic figures in... the biopic Richard Pryor: Is it Something I Said for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Prods. and Sony Pictures. The project has been written and ... Exclusive: Marlon Wayans in talks to play Richard Pryor

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hitfix.com - 10/7/2009
Confirmed: Marlon Wayans to replace Eddie Murphy as 'Richard Pryor'
— hitfix.com — Marlon Wayans has replaced Eddie Murphy in the title role of "Richard Pryor," a new biopic from... Oscar winning filmmaker Bill Condon. Confirmed: Marlon Wayans to replace Eddie Murphy as ...

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Eddie Murphy Out, Marlon Wayans In As Richard Pryor
getthebigpicture.net - 10/8/2009
Eddie Murphy Out, Marlon Wayans In As Richard Pryor
— getthebigpicture.net — If they could make a great (but admittedly mostly fictional) movie about Mozart, as Milos Forman did... with the brilliant Amadeus , then I guess they can make a movie about another one- of-a-kind performer like Richard Pryor . That's the plan, and somehow it involves Marlon Wayans .  ... Eddie Murphy Out, Marlon Wayans In As Richard Pryor

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Scene-Stealers:  Wayans to Play Pryor in Proposed Biopic

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Wayans to Play Pryor in Proposed Biopic
Scene-Stealers — ... The Playlist is reporting that after being in the hands of several different studios, Sony Pictures seems to have picked up the film with Wayans in the lead role and Bill Condon (”Gods and Monsters,” “Dreamgirls”) to direct. ...

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