Eddie Murphy Commits To ANOTHER Talking Animals Pic

This is just utterly ridiculous. According to Risky Business, Eddie Murphy is in talks to produce and possibly star in another movie with a plot that revolves around talking animals. Man, this guy is hellbent on keeping his live-action flop streak intact, isn’t he? Imagine That, Meet Dave and now this?

Well, the good news is that the project is apparently going to be rated R. Phew. If that’s indeed true, then that is terrific news. I think his average R-rated flick has turned out much better than his average non-R one. Let’s be honest here — Eddie is just not very funny when he’s not being dirty.

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The A-lister is attached to produce and could potentially star in “The Misadventures of Fluffy,” a new buddy comedy that’s been set up at Paramount.

Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly sold the pitch for the R-rated comedy and will write the script. The project is described as a road trip pic through New York featuring talking animals, and with an element of social comedy reminiscent of Murphy’s 1980’s hit “Trading Places.”

Insiders emphasize that while Murphy is formally attached to produce, he is not formally attached to star at this point.

But can he really resist? There’s no way. Especially if there’s an opportunity for him to hop inside a fatsuit.

Then again, the R-rating is one of several extremely encouraging signs. Roughly 12 years ago, Eddie got caught with a transvestite prostitute, an event which caused him to move away from R-rated comedies and into family friendly ones. Apparently, he felt the switch was best for his family. Now, Edie’s kids are growing older and he has been divorced for three years.

Is this why he’s lining up projects like this, The Trump Heist (supposedly starring him Chris Rock, Chris Tucker and Dave Chapelle), The Incredible Shrinking Man (based on a classic science fiction film), Beverly Hills Cop IV and Fantasy Island (based on the Ricardo Montalbán show of the same name)? He was also considering a Richard Pryor biopic, but it doesn’t look like that will happen now. Is it just me or so each one of those sound like movies that will be targeting adults more than kids?

Hopefully, Eddie either won’t do Fluffy or it will turn out surprisingly good. In the meantime, it’s hard to stay encouraged about a full-fledged Eddie Murphy comeback when news like this breaks.