Eddie Murphy Joins Ben Stiller for Brett Ratner's 'Tower Heist'« FirstShowing.net

Just last week we found out that Alan Aldawould be playinga Bernie Madoff type villain in Brett Ratner's long gestating action comedyTower Heistfrom Universal Pictures. NowDeadlineis reportingEddie Murphyis also joining the cast. Apparently he had been mentioned for the project back when it was still calledTrump Heistand was supposed to feature a predominantly African-American cast. Instead the story simply follows a variety of operations and maintenance workers attempting to rip off the Wall Street crook (Alda) who lifted their pension funds to maintain his luxurious lifestyle in a spectacular Manhattan high-rise.

The combination of workers (including Murphy and Stiller) join together and use their combined knowledge of the building to pull off their heist. Since Muprhy hasn't made a decent live-action comedy in forever, it'd be nice to see him return to form with a film like this. He's got a lot to make up for though considering his track record outside of theShrekfranchise for the past decade, but a return to his glory in films likeTrading PlacesandComing to Americawould be nice. Since the project has been changed and rewritten so many times (with the most recent revision byCatch Me If You Canwriter Jeff Nathanson) it's already on shaky ground.What do you guys think?

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