AwardsWatch - eddie murphy

Eddie Murphy to star in Reginald Hudlin-directed holiday comedy ‘Candy Cane Lane’ for Prime Video

Erik Anderson July 19, 2022

It was announced today that Academy Award-nominee and Emmy-winner Eddie Murphy will star in Prime Video’s holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane. Reginald Hudlin (Boomerang) will direct the... Read More

Eddie Murphy signs three-picture deal with Amazon Studios

Erik Anderson September 22, 2021

The deal follows the success of Coming 2 America on Prime Video Amazon Studios has closed a three-picture and first-look film deal with Academy Award-nominee... Read More

Film Review: ‘Coming 2 America’ should’ve let Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall stay put

Film Reviews

Film Review: ‘Coming 2 America’ should’ve let Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall stay put

Jon Negroni March 4, 2021

Around the midway point of Coming 2 America, one of our new central characters, Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler), remarks that the only movies being made today... Read More

First Look: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and more in ‘Coming 2 America’

Erik Anderson December 17, 2020

Amazon Studios has released the first looks at Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones and more in the upcoming Coming 2 America, set for... Read More

Amazon sets ‘Coming 2 America’ for March 2021 debut

Erik Anderson November 20, 2020

Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Coming 2 America from Paramount Pictures. This long-awaited sequel to the iconic comedy Coming to America will launch worldwide in over 240... Read More

How the Creative Arts Emmys did, history-making wins and what we can expect on Saturday night in the Guest categories

Erik Anderson September 18, 2020

We did it! We made it through four nights of the Creative Arts Emmys in the middle of the week, in the middle of a... Read More

Emmy Predictions: Guest Actress and Actor in a Comedy Series could be a matter of time

Erik Anderson August 11, 2020

How much does size matter? In the case of the guest acting Emmy award, sometimes more is better and this year could definitely prove that.... Read More

Emmy Predictions: Will ‘Mrs. Maisel’ sweep Comedy Guest Actor and Actress again?

Amanda Spears July 6, 2020

The four hardest categories to predict in every Emmy cycle are the Comedy and Drama Guest Actor and Actress nominees. It’s difficult to anticipate if... Read More

Razzie Awards: ‘Cats’ wins Worst Picture, Supporting Actor and Actress

Erik Anderson March 16, 2020

The Razzies weren’t going to let coronavirus ruin their yearly ‘worst of’ list for films and today announced that Universal’s Cats took home the Worst... Read More

Razzie Awards: ‘Cats’ coughs up 9 Golden Raspberry nominations

Erik Anderson February 8, 2020

While Universal is poised to possibly win Best Picture at the Oscars with 1917 this weekend, they’re also likely going to win Worst Picture at... Read More