10.07.09 MARLON WAYANS AS RICHARD PRYOR IN BIOPIC
(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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MARLON WAYANS AS RICHARD PRYOR IN BIOPIC
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
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