(Retard Pig loves this movie)
From the website www.DearGodNo.com comes the news that lead role in the upcoming Richard Pryor biopic will be played by none other than Marlon Wayans, who was recently named “the funniest Wayans brother” by Opposite Magazine.
Last February, it appeared as though Eddie Murphy would reunite with his “Dreamgirls” director Bill Condon to [play the lead]. To put it bluntly, things have changed. Condon is still moving forward with “Richard Pryor,” but Murphy is out and so are potential distributors Paramount Pictures and Fox Searchlight. Instead, HitFix can confirm that Marlon Wayans has auditioned and is now in negotiations to play the iconic entertainment figure. Additionally, the film will now be produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison productions at Sony Pictures.
Marlon impressed producers and executives with his dramatic audition featuring two scenes directly from the film.
Oof. “The story of a legendary comedian, from the people who brought you Paul Blart: Mall Cop, and the star of White Chicks” is not a tagline that inspires confidence. Anal leakage, maybe, but definitely not confidence. Then again, you don’t have to be a good comedian to play a good comedian, just a good actor. Here’s to hoping Marlon Wayans is better in this than he was in… well, everything.
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There’s a part of me that thinks this is exactly what people thought when they heard Jamie Foxx was going to play Ray Charles.
There’s a much bigger part of me that hopes they start by filming the scene where Pryor lights himself on fire and all of their extinguishers jam.
There’s a part of me that got a boner when you said that, Stinky.
Wayans was really good in Requiem for a Dream and White chicks
My favorite part of White Chicks was when they got gang-raped by the guys they used to gang-rape white chicks with.
This is bullshit, Jack you should have fought harder for this. This is the role you were born to play.
I feel I need to Wayan here. Dane Cook will almost certainly get cast as Gene Wilder.
God is dead.
In related news, Wayans has backed out of Dance Flick 2 due to a Pryor engagement.
omg this means that in 10 years i may have a chance of starring in the George Lopez biopic *crosses fingers*
Fuck you, assholes.
Pryor would be rolling in his grave if he wasn’t propped up in my closet holding up a sign that says “I love you”
Ultimately, Wayons got the job for his shaky reputation.
*tap dances off stage*
Look at the bright side, at least they look exactly alike.
Point 1: Marlon was awesome in Requiem.
Point 2: This will fucking suck so much ass you’d think it was your mom on date night.
Things I like best about Richard Pryor;
Stir Crazy
He went Jiggabooom
The way he said “honkey” and “motherfucker.”
He never put on a fucking fat suit or dressed in drag.
Yea, I’m pretty sure Michael J. Fox is better suited for this role than any of the Wayonsesesseesss.
DeFrank, thank God they don’t hire any black people here, because that last comment would have gotten me hustla’d for sure.
I still can’t believe the Wayanseseses haven’t made a Homie the Clown movie yet.
Oh shit, Vince delete this quick!
LEAVE IT.
That was the only funny thing they’ve done in years.
The funny thing is that people don’t get how prophetic Richard Pryor was. For instance, when playing word association games, the first thing that pops into my head when somebody says “Chevy Chase” is “Dead Honkey”.
I like Aronofsky, but Requiem for a Dream was a gimmicky, cartoonish, depressing pile of crap.
Requiem for a dream may have been gimmicky, cartoonish, and depressing, but I’m saving my kids the waste of going through a DARE program by showing that film to them once a day for two weeks straight.
By the end of it, they’ll either be too terrified to go anywhere near drugs, or smart enough to know that you can get chicks to do ass-to-ass if you use them like underground currency instead of taking them.
I like Aronofsky, but Requiem for a Dream was a gimmicky, cartoonish, depressing pile of crap.
“Ass to ass! Ass to ass!!”
Only redeeming quality in the film. Am I obsessed with Connelly? The Connelly sized cavity in my crawl space says ‘maybe’.
It’s too bad Aries Spears didn’t get the part, right Stoney?
Dammit, Donkey, you’re more topical than my
tranny rashpoison oak ointment.I heard Mike Epps was originally going to portray Richard Pryor.
Oh, well i guess he is waiting to film, “Friday Sucks Even Harder 4 After Chris Tucker Left”.
Heroin movies normally are. Consider Trainspotting. Love the movie, but it was gimmicky and cartoonish as well.
*puts on coconut bra and grass skirt, rereads Bubb Rubb’s post*
Fuck…
Eddie Murphy is hoping to land the lead role in either the Loni Love or the Mo’nique biopic.
*Rubs Mai-Tai on open crotch sore, reads Donk’s post*
No, no….you were on the right track, my friend.
If Craig Robinson method acted his way to 170 lbs. he would be perfect for the role. Plus, he’s already got the ‘I’ma f*ck a white b#tch’ aspect down.
Eddie Murphy will be lucky if he gets cast in the Charlie Murphy biopic.
Ah yes, when I think of trailblazing black comedians that were not kid-friendly, I think of Adam Sandler and Happy Madison.
Reqiuem doesn’t work as an anti-drug for the exact same reason D.A.R.E. doesn’t — you don’t have tell me that pot is as addictive as heroin for me to not smoke pot, just like you don’t have to tell me my arm’s going to fall off if for me not to shoot heroin. Now I do both just to spite you, and I learned it by watching you, Dad!
Remember when the druggy kid at school would wear a D.A.R.E. shirt to be ironic? Ha ha. He works at Jiffy Lube now.
Soooo…what exactly is wrong with drugs?
Jacking off makes you go blind!!
However, Requiem did teach me that abusing prescription weight loss supplements can lead to extreme over-acting and film-schoolish camera effects. Seriously, how f*cking bad was the mom in that picture? Totally distracted from Shooter McGavin’s Peabody worthy performance.
Marijuana isn’t bad, only drugs are.
Yeah, but the only two things that are truly effective as an anti-drug are totalitarianism and peer pressure. People who treat their kids like peers are already fucking them up anyway, so drugs don’t matter there and I’m too laid back to be a super-strict asshole to my kids (also, that tends to turn them into emos and strippers).
I mean, there’s always good, involved parenting, but that’s hard work!
(BTK, I saw ‘Requiem’ while both drunk and stoned. It didn’t stop me from doing those two things, nor is it the reason I never moved on to anything harder).
New unfunny up!
In the year two thouuusaaaand, in the year two thouuusaaaand… Marlon will remake See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and his brother Shawn will don a jew suit everyday to play Gene Wilder.