The first official trailer for the highly anticipated Dolemite is My Name film, starring Eddie Murphy as late comedian Rudy Ray Moore.
Murphy is joined by a star-studded cast, including Luenell, Tituss Burgess, Craig Robinson, Mike Epps, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Snoop Dogg, and Wesley Snipes. The film is being directed by Hustle & Flow's Craig Brewer, who spoke about why Moore's story appealed to him.
He told Entertainment Weekly, "As much as Rudy Ray Moore comes off as this wonderfully strong character, his story is really an underdog story, and I’ve always been drawn to movies of people who don’t have much but do a hell of a lot with it, and that’s what got me really interested once I read the script that Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander sent to me. At first I thought it was a Dolemite remake, and I was like, 'I know that there’s probably a way you can make fun of it, but I don’t know if I feel comfortable doing it.' But finally when I got past the first page, I was like, 'Oh, this is about Rudy,' and then it felt like it made sense to me."
