• Netflix announced that they are making Dolemite is my Name! a film based on the real life story of Rudy Ray Moore starring Eddie Murphy
• Cast: Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes (Blade trilogy, The Expendables 3), Mike Epps (Next Friday, The Hangover), Craig Robinson (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Office), Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Office Christmas Party)
• Director: Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow)
• Producer: Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and John Fox, and Eddie Murphy
• Executive Producer: Michael Beugg
• Writers: Golden Globe and Emmy Award winners Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson)
• Logline: Real life story of the irreverent Rudy Ray Moore, a “larger than life” comedian, musician, singer, actor, and film producer in the 1970’s. When he couldn’t get work in Hollywood, he simply created his own – including the most well-known Blaxploitation film of all time, Dolemite.
• Filming began June 11 around Los Angeles
• Netflix will launch the film in 2019
