‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?’ Netflix Remake Starring Eddie Murphy: What We Know So Far

In an attempt to expand its library of comedies, Netflix are going to be producing a yet-untitled feature from Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris and starring Eddie Murphy. The project reunites Barris and Murphy as Barris wrote Coming 2 America that released earlier this year at Prime Video. The film are going to be a contemporary remake of the 1967 classic movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?.

The movie are going to be the directorial debut for Emmy nominee Kenya Barris, who already has a powerful script-writing resume under his belt (Black-ish, Grown-ish, The Witches). The creator notably has an overall affect Netflix but recently departed that deal in favor of a replacement one at ViacomCBS.

The script for the movie was written by Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill.

Exec producing are Mychelle Deschamp and Hale Rothstein for Khalabo Ink Society, Strong Baby’s Matt Dines and Ali Goodwin and Andy Berman of Misher Films. Also exec producing are David Hyman and Charisse Hewitt Webster.

What’s the plot of the movie?

Plot details are being kept under the cloche, but it’s said to be a contemporary check out the themes tackled in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, the 1967 classic that saw a white couple’s daughter surprise her parents with a Black fiancé. (The movie starred Tracy , Hepburn , Poitier and Katharine Houghton.)

In this version, however, it’ll be Jonah Hill’s character Ezra who will invite his Black girlfriend over for a dinner together with his conservative Jewish family. Here is that the movie’s logline:

When Ezra and Amira, an interracial couple, plan to marry , they leave it up to their families to plan their wedding. They quickly realize that their love for every other might not be enough for them to urge through all this!

Who is cast within the movie?

The cast of the upcoming movie are going to be led by global stars Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy. Hill will play Ezra, the person who decides to marry his Black girlfriend. Eddie Murphy will play Hakeem, Ezra’s future father-in-law.

What’s the assembly status of the movie?

Filming for the yet to be titled movie is currently planned to start on September 27, 2021 in l. a. , US consistent with numerous production lists.

What’s the Netflix release date for the movie?

Netflix hasn’t announced a release date for the Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill movie, but we might expect it sometime around late 2022 or 2023.