<p>#Roommates, the celebrity biopic train continues to run and this time iconic comedian/actor <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/lee-daniels-no-longer-to-direct-richard-pryor-biopic/">Richard Pryor</a> is up next. It has just been confirmed that “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris is on board to write, direct and produce a forthcoming biopic about the life of Richard Pryor.</p>
<p>As if he didn’t already have enough on his plate, Kenya Barris has just added a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kenya-barris-to-write-direct-richard-pryor-biopic-at-mgm">very big project</a> that comedy fans will be eager to check out. According to @HollywoodReporter, Kenya is officially on board to take the helm of a Richard Pryor biopic as the project’s writer, director and producer. In what industry insiders have described as a bidding war for the film, MGM Studios finally landed the rights to it in a very lucrative deal.</p>
<p>In addition to the writing and directing, Kenya Barris will also produce the biopic through his Khalabo Ink Society, along with Richard Pryor&#8217;s widow Jennifer Lee Pryor. When discussing his role in the highly-anticipated project, he had this to say:</p>
<p><em>“The way Pryor did what he did — with truth and specificity that was somehow self-aware and self-deprecating, and said with an unmatched level of vulnerability — that was the power and impact of his work. Pryor had a voice that was distinctly his and, in many ways, comedy since then has been derivative of what he created. To me, this is a film about that voice, the journey that shaped it, and what it took for it to come to be.”</em></p>
<p>There is no word yet on if the Richard Pryor biopic will be a theatrical release or drop exclusively on Netflix as part of Kenya’s current $100 million deal with the streaming service.</p>
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