Amazon Studios Wins ‘The Pick Up’ Package; Eddie Murphy Eyeing Star Role, Tim Story To Direct Kevin Burrows-Matt Mider Spec In 7-Figure Deal
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deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In competition, Amazon Studios is in final talks for the package The Pick Up, with Eddie Murphy eyeing to star and Tim Story attached to direct.
John Davis and John Fox will produce through his Davis Entertainment banner. Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster are also in talks to produce through Eddie Murphy Productions, and Story will also be producer.
The package is based on a spec script written by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, and the prospect of the elements drove the bidding up to seven-figures for the script, sources said.
Three others bid for it. The scribes teamed on the 2018 comedy The Package and created the Conde Nast series Gentlemen Lobsters.
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