Wesley Snipes is teaming up with Eddie Murphy for the Netflix biopic Dolemite Is My Name!, based on the life of comedian and movie producer Rudy Ray Moore.
Snipes has been cast to play D’Urville Martin, who directed Moore in the 1975 Blaxploitation film Dolemite, Netflix said Thursday.
Murphy – whose role was previously announced – stars as the late Moore.
Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess and Da’Vine Joy Randolph round out the cast.
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Netflix describes the film as the “real life story of the irreverent Rudy Ray Moore, a ‘larger than life’ comedian, musician, singer, actor, and film producer in the 1970s. When he couldn’t get work in Hollywood, he simply created his own – including the most well-known Blaxploitation film of all time, Dolemite.”
Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer is helming the film, which began production in Los Angeles on June 11 .
The movie will debut on Netflix in 2019.
