CB - Just four months ago, a comeback for Eddie Murphy seemed not just possible, but likely. He was co-starring opposite Ben Stiller in Tower Heist, the first movie he'd made in years that got anything from critics but outright disdain, and he was set to host the Oscars, a chance to return to his stand-up roots and remind millions of people how funny he could still be. But that all fell apart with astonishing speed, when Tower Heist disappointed at the box office and Murphy bailed on the Oscar gig after Brett Ratner was fired as a producer.
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I don't know if he's back but sometimes he's funny. I liked him in Tower Heist.
I think his comeback should be through animation. I don't see why this crew (and a lot of others) don't respect animation as a film. "he hasn't made a film in years" yet he has been making bank off Shrek....
Honestly he has a good voice for certain characters in cartoons and could do it well. As for making a live action movie he needs to be the main character again, he deserves that right, but needs to find a script and production crew that are good. Lets face it Tower Heist was made by people for the same people to make a quick buck, and nothing more.