Eddie Murphy joins the cast of the upcoming screen version of "Dreamgirls"
- Jun 16, 2005
AceShowbiz - Eddie Murphy is joining the cast of the upcoming "Dreamgirls," which is the screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical that first ran on Broadway in the early 1980s. The Bill Condon direction, stars Jamie Foxx and Beyonce Knowles, revolves the rise of a trio of women who form a group called The Dreamettes in the 1960s. There Murphy will play James "Thunder" Early, a singer for whom the Dreamettes sing backup before taking over the spotlight themselves.