Wow, talk about the role of a lifetime – Eddie Murphy has been tapped to play comedian Richard Pryor in a new biopic from writer/director Bill Condon. Murphy and Condon worked together on 2006’s “Dreamgirls.”

Eddie Murphy has long idolized Richard Pryor, who appeared in Murphy’s 1989 film “Harlem Nights.” No doubt there will be plenty of drama for Eddie Murphy to dig deep into with the role, as Pryor’s life had it’s ups and downs (including drug/alcohol abuse, broken marriages and illness).