Eddie Murphy has been cast in the superspy action comedy ‘Blue Falcon’ for Sony.
Murphy will play a retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son and finds himself in proximity to his arch-rival.
Penned by ‘London Has Fallen’ scribe Chad St. John, the project will be produced by Davis Films’ John Davis, Cliff Roberts through Syndicate Entertainment, and Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster through Eddie Murphy Productions.
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Murphy was last seen reprising his iconic role as Axel Foley in Netflix’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’. He is also set to reprise his voice role as Donkey in ‘Shrek 5’, alongside Mike Myers as Shrek and Cameron Diaz as Fiona with DreamWorks Animation setting a December 2026 release date. His other projects include reuniting with Bill Condon on the life of Parliament-Funkadelic founder George Clinton.