Richard Pryor Biopic to Be Written and Directed by ‘Black-ish’ Creator Kenya Barris

In 2009, Eddie Murphy was set to star in a Richard Pryor biopic for Dreamgirls director Bill Condon.

Years later, Mike Epps was supposed to play Pryor for filmmaker Lee Daniels.

Neither of those versions never ended up happening, but Hollywood is still itching to mine comedic and dramatic glory from Pryor’s whirlwind life.

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