EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Murphy will continue his long collaborative relationship with Imagine Entertainment. He’s set to star in Playas Ball, a comedy that will be directed by Kyle Newacheck, who just helmed the Netflix hit Happy Gilmore 2. They’re keeping the logline under wraps, but it’s described to me as an action comedy about the undead.
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody will produce with Eddie Murphy Productions’ Eddie Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster. Myles Murphy is scripting.
Eddie Murphy has just opened in The Pickup, the Amazon MGM comedy he stars in with Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer and Eva Longoria. The film just dropped on Amazon Prime.
It has been 40 years since Grazer and director Ron Howard formed Imagine after teaming on the hit Splash. Murphy has been a regular contributor to the company’s ascension, headlining films that include The Nutty Professor franchise, Bowfinger, Life, Boomerang, Candy Cane Lane, and Tower Heist.
Murphy and Newachek are repped by WME.
