Memphis director Craig Brewer's Eddie Murphy movie, "Dolemite Is My Name," will have its world premiere during the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, which runs Sept. 5-15.
A comedic biopic, the movie stars Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, the raunchy "party record" comic and proto-rap raconteur who achieved cult fame in the 1970s as the pimp hero "Dolemite" in a series of low-budget action films.
Shot last summer in Los Angeles, the production went so well that Murphy tapped Brewer to direct "Coming 2 America," the three-decades-later sequel to his 1988 hit, "Coming to America," which begins shooting soon.
Produced for Netflix, the Toronto premiere ensures that "Dolemite" will have at least one or two big-screen presentations before it debuts on the pay-cable channel in October. Netflix has not announced whether the movie will receive a limited theatrical run, as happened with last year's Best Picture nominee, "Roma."
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