Producers at Project X Entertainment have picked up the rights to the the film that revolves around an academic nerd who becomes handsome but heartless after drinking a magical elixir.
- August 25, 2020
AceShowbiz - "The Nutty Professor" character portrayed by comedy icons Jerry Lewis and Eddie Murphy is set for a film reboot.
Producers at Project X Entertainment have picked up the rights to the the film, which was previously developed for the screen in 1963 and then again in the mid-1990s.
Both films centre upon an academic nerd, who becomes a handsome but heartless alter ego after drinking a magical elixir.
In the 1990s remake, Murphy played the professor and a string of family characters. The hit spawned 2000's "The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps".
Murphy won't be involved in the new film.
