Stories Related to Eddie Murphy In Universal's 'tower Heist'

MIKE FLEMING, Deadline.com
Wed, 10/13/2010 - 1:21pm

EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Murphy is set to join Ben Stiller and Alan Alda in Tower Heist, the Brett Ratner-directed caper film for Universal Pictures. Imagine's Brian Grazer is producing, and Murphy will join Karen Kehela Sherwood and Kim Roth as executive producers. Jeff Nathanson, Ratner's accomplice in the Rush Hour films, is rewriting the latest version by Ted Griffin.

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Topics: alan alda ben stiller brett ratner casting eddie murphy tower heist universal

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