Eddie Murphy will play a retired superspy in Blue Falcon, an upcoming motion comedy from London Has Fallen scribe.
Deadline stories that Eddie Murphy is ready to star in Blue Falcon, an motion comedy scripted by Chad St. John (London Has Fallen). Murphy can be enjoying a “retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son, and finds himself in proximity with his archrival.” It makes me consider that Andy Warhol quote: “In the future, everyone will play a retired superspy.” I feel that’s the way it went.
Blue Falcon can be produced by Davis Movies’ John Davis, Cliff Roberts by way of Syndicate Entertainment, and Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster by way of Eddie Murphy Productions.
Murphy most just lately reprised his position as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, however he has loads of different upcoming initiatives on his slate. He’s set to reunite with Dreamgirls director Invoice Condon for a biopic about legendary funk musician George Clinton. Scripted by Virgil Williams from an authentic draft by Max Werner, the biopic relies on the funk legend’s memoir Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Exhausting On You? The story chronicles Clinton’s difficult evolution from a musician hoping to make his mark to forming the Parliament Funkadelic, a collective synonymous with good vibes, angle, and boundless power.
He’s additionally set to star alongside Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Andrew Cube Clay, and Eva Longoria in The Pickup, a heist movie directed by Tim Story. Murphy can also be returning to the realm of twisted fairy tales with the fifth installment of the Shrek franchise. It’s been fifteen years for the reason that launch of Shrek Perpetually Ever, however the gang is all again for the brand new sequel. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz are returning to reprise their roles as Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona, with Walt Dohrn and Conrad Vernon set to direct. Murphy beforehand teased that he’d already achieved some recording on Shrek 5 final 12 months and revealed {that a} Donkey spinoff film can also be within the works. “We started doing Shrek 4 or [Shrek] 5 months ago. I did this, I recorded the first act, and we’ll be doing it this year, we’ll finish it up,” Murphy mentioned. “Shrek is coming out, and Donkey’s gonna have his own movie. We’re gonna do Donkey as well. So we’re gonna do a Shrek, and we’re doing a Donkey [movie].” Shrek 5 is slated to hit theaters on December 23, 2026.
