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Everything we know about Eddie Murphy’s ‘Candy Cane Lane’

Get ready to have Eddie Murphy as a part of your holiday season as he takes on a role in the upcoming comedy Candy Cane Lane, under the direction of Reginald Hudlin

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Everything about Candy Cane Lane
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The release date for Candy Cane Lane, a Christmas comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Tracee Ellis Ross, has been made public on Prime Video. Releasing on December 1, this movie—which also stars Jillian Bell, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, D.C. Young Fly, and Anjelah Johnson-Reyes—can be streamed globally.With
With this film, Reginald Hudlin, Eddie Murphy, and Brian Grazer reunite after working together on their 1992 success Boomerang. Kelly Younger, who wrote the screenplay for Candy Cane Lane, was inspired by his own childhood holiday memories on Candy Cane Lane in El Segundo, California.
The plot
In the movie, Eddie Murphy plays Chris, a driven individual who enters the annual Christmas home decorating competition in his neighborhood. To increase his chances of winning, Chris unwittingly makes a deal with the cunning elf Pepper, played by Jillian Bell. When Pepper does this, she casts a spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life and causes havoc in the town. Chris, his wife Carol (Tracee Ellis Ross), and his three children must work quickly to break Pepper's spell, deal with crafty magical creatures, and preserve Christmas for everyone if they want to keep their family's holiday from being spoiled.
After being first revealed in July 2022, the project has advanced significantly, putting it for a later 2023 release in December. Notably, this is Murphy's second movie to be produced in partnership with Amazon Studios; his much anticipated sequel, Coming 2 America, was released in 2021.
Release date and other details
Candy Cane Lane is the first motion picture produced by Murphy's collaboration with Amazon Studios, which was started in 2021 after Coming 2 America. More of Murphy's work will reportedly be available on the streaming platform thanks to this relationship. All that is left is for us to eagerly await his holiday film. Candy Cane Lane will make its debut release on December 1st on Amazon Prime.