Murphy, 53, has been recruited to portray Pryor's boxer father in the film, which will star fellow comic Mike Epps in the role of the legendary comedian, said the Hollywood Reporter.
Pryor was raised by his grandmother, a hard woman who ran a brothel, and by his father. Stories of both were frequently told as part of his routine
According te reportes Kate Hudson would play Jennifer Lee Pryor, who was Pryor's fourth wife (they married in 1981 and divorced in 1982) as well as his seventh; they remarried in 2001.