Eddie Murphy is set to star as Rudy Ray Moore in an upcoming biopic “Dolemite Is My Name”. Moore was the creator and star of the blaxploitation “Dolemite” films where he starred as a kung fu pimp ghetto hero who stuck it to ‘The Man’. Production for the Netflix Original movie is set to begin later this month.
Source: Deadline
blimey I’d forgotten about Eddie Murphy he seems to have just disappeared