Eddie Murphy Undoubtedly a box office success in the late 90s and early 2000s, the now Emmy winner appears to have set his sights on conquering the streaming world with his three-picture and first-movie contract with Amazon Studios. The brilliant comedian is ready to get to work on the first picture of this holiday comedy contract. candy lane where he will wear double hats as a producer and lead man, Deadline reported.
candy lane promises to be a big project considering it has some of the biggest names on its roster of crew members who have done it. The comedy film will reunite Murphy with his regular associates. Brian Grazerand top notch director Reginald Hudlin who were both on board of Murphy’s 1992 romantic comedy hit Boomerang widely regarded as one of Murphy’s greatest works of the 90s. candy lane will join the growing list of Murphy and Grazer collaborations that already includes Nutty Professor (1996) Bow Finger (1999) Life (1999) and tower robbery (2011). While Amazon Studios is keeping the storyline under wraps, it has come to light that Kelly Younger will write the script for candy lane drawing inspiration from their childhood holidays. Younger, Disney’s protagonist, is known for his masterful storytelling of family stories. His extensive portfolio includes work on moana, frozen 2, Raya and the last dragonas well as Encanto.
Eddie Murphy has already begun to prove that he can replicate his box office success on streaming platforms with the success of Netflix. Dolemite my name as well as Arrival 2 America. The last one, which is a continuation of the 1988 classic - Arrival in America, achieved impressive streaming performance after switching from Paramount to Prime Video at the peak of the COVID pandemic. It was Prime Video’s most watched movie in its opening weekend and also the most watched in 2021.
Amazon executives are optimistic that they can continue this success with Candy Reed Lane. “As we know firsthand from our hit Coming 2 America, Eddie is someone who brings the global audience together and we can’t wait for that to happen again,” said the head of Amazon Studios. Jennifer Salke. Salke also expressed her excitement about Hudlin joining the direct addition; “We look forward to meeting the talented Reggie Hudlin as he takes charge of bringing this future holiday classic to life!” Similarly, Hudlin is also excited about the Christmas project, telling Deadline; “The holiday season is my favorite time of the year – just ask my family about my nine o’clock Christmas playlist. I’m excited to be working with Eddie Murphy, Brian Grazer and Amazon again.”
It will be produced by Eddie Murphy Productions with Amazon Studios and Imagine Entertainment. No release date yet, but candy lane It will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries. Production is due to begin later this winter in Los Angeles. Murphy also has another streaming project in the works with Netflix. you people what co-stars Jonah Hill and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Watch the trailer for Arrival 2 America below:
Source: Collider
