Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson Eddie Murphy in 'Dolemite Is My Name!'
This cast is looking good: Rudy Ray Moore.
Also on board: Tituss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"), and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, who received a Tony nomination for her role as psychic Oda Mae Brown in "Ghost the Musical."
According to Craig Brewer directing.
Moore, who ed away in 2008, produced and starred in the 1975 movie "Dolemite," as a pimp with a harem of kung fu-fighting hookers. Its tagline: "Bone-crushing, Skull-splitting, Brain-blasting ACTION!"
Murphy is playing Moore and Snipes is D'Urville Martin as "Dolemite"'s director and villain.
The movie will debut on Netflix in 2019.
Snipes last appeared in Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" and the short-lived NBC series "The Player."
Robinson stars on Fox's "Ghosted." No word yet if it's been renewed or canceled.
"Next Friday" star Epps appeared in last year's "Girls Trip" and next appears in "The Last Black Man in San Francisco."
[Via THR]
