Wayans replaces Murphy in Pryor biopic

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Marlon Wayans is in talks to play Richard Pryor in Sony's biopic of the legendary stand-up, reports Entertainment Weekly.

Eddie Murphy had been lined up to reunite with his Dreamgirls director Bill Condon in Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?, but dropped out after clashing with the project's previous backers Paramount.

Wayans allegedly won the role by recording a 13-minute screen test that impressed producers Chris Rock, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Mark Gordon and Adam Sandler.

Pryor, considered one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, died of a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 65.