Eddie Murphy is about to make historical past as the primary Black actor to play the notorious Inspector Clouseau in a brand new adaption of The “Pink Panther.”

The famed actor and comic is in talks to star in MGM’s upcoming “Pink Panther” movie, Selection experiences. The reboot remains to be within the improvement course of however would comply with within the footsteps of being a live-action/CG hybrid (through Hollywood Reporter) that captures Inspector Jacques Clouseau and the Pink Panther’s seek for the well-known Pink Panther diamond.

The position of Inspector Clouseau was first made well-known by Peter Sellers within the 1963 authentic. Sellers would go on to reprise the position in 1964’s “A Shot within the Darkish,” 1975’s “The Return of the Pink Panther,” 1976’s “The Pink Panther Strikes Once more” and 1978’s “Revenge of the Pink Panther.” Actors Alan Arkin, Roger Moore, and Steve Martin adopted in Sellers’ footsteps in reprising the position in future movies.

Now, Murphy is ready to hitch the franchise as the primary Black actor forged within the iconic position. The Golden Globe award-winning actor was final seen in Netflix’s “You Individuals” alongside Nia Lengthy, Lauren London, and Jonah Hill.

He launched the highly-anticipated sequel to his 1988 cult traditional “Coming to America,” in 2021 referred to as “Coming 2 America.” The movie noticed Prince Akeem return to New York to seek out his long-lost son and convey him again to Zamunda in hopes of securing a male inheritor to the throne.

Murphy is greatest generally known as a breakout SNL star who left the present and went on to star within the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise, his “Coming to America” movie, “The Nutty Professor,” and voicing the position of Donkey within the “Shrek” franchise. There are experiences that Murphy’s expressed curiosity in a Donkey spinoff is perhaps coming sooner or later after assembling the forged for a fifth “Shrek” movie. Antonio Banderas has seen success together with his two “Puss in Boots” spinoff movies.

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