Eddie Murphy is back with Dolemite Is My Name, which is a new original comedy movie coming to Netflix!
Stung by a string of showbiz failures, floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy) has an epiphany that turns him into a word-of-mouth sensation: step onstage as someone else. Borrowing from the street mythology of 1970s Los Angeles, Moore assumes the persona of Dolemite, a pimp with a cane and an arsenal of obscene fables. However, his ambitions exceed selling bootleg records deemed too racy for mainstream radio stations to play.
Moore convinces a social justice-minded dramatist (Keegan-Michael Key) to write his alter ego a film, incorporating kung fu, car chases, and Lady Reed (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), an ex-backup singer who becomes his unexpected comedic foil. Despite clashing with his pretentious director, D’Urville Martin (Wesley Snipes), and countless production hurdles at their studio in the dilapidated Dunbar Hotel, Moore’s Dolemite becomes a runaway box office smash and a defining movie of the Blaxploitation era.
Comics and rappers have praised Moore as a pioneering influence over the past few decades, and Dolemite Is My Name is a hilarious celebration of a singular talent who made his own legend. The new film comes from director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Empire); Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, The People vs. O.J. Simpson); and the producing team of Oscar and Golden Globe nominee John Davis (Ferdinand, Joy), Golden Globe nominee John Fox (Joy) and Murphy with costumes designed by Academy Award winner Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther).
Starring Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor), Keegan-Michael Key (Friends From College), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (People of Earth), Wesley Snipes (Blade), Mike Epps (Resident Evil: Apocalypse), Craig Robinson (This Is The End), Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In), Snoop Dogg, Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us), Barry Shabaka Henley, Tip ‘TI’ Harris, Luenell, and Tasha Smith.
Dolemite Is My Name premieres October 25th on Netflix.
