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The latest trailer for Amazon\u2019s \u201cCandy Cane Lane\u201d is little different than the previous announcement teaser, just with more visuals and slightly more exposition offered up.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the same beat, with Murphy as a husband\/father who takes the concept of Christmas decorations way too far and accidentally sells his soul to an evil elf played by Jillian Bell. That wish brings about not world peace but the 12 Days of Christmas coming to life via unleashing PG-rated chaos on the town.<\/p>\n
Directed by Reginald Hudlin and written by Kelly Younger, \u201cCandy Cane Lane\u201d co-stars Murphy and Bell alongside Tracee Ellis Ross, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Robin Thede, Chris Redd, Genneya Walton, Madison Thomas, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Lombardo Boyar, D.C. Young Fly, Danielle Pinnock, Timothy Simons, Riki Lindhome and the always welcome Stephen Tobolowsky. Murphy is a producer alongside Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder and Charisse Hewitt-Webster while Doug Merrifield is executive producer.<\/p>\n
As previously noted, Eddie Murphy has spent much of the last 27 years making kid-friendly flicks like \u201cImagine That\u201d and \u201cDaddy Daycare.\u201d As such, it\u2019s a little surprising that \u201cCandy Cane Lane\u201d represents his first Christmas\/holiday flick. That\u2019s the hook for this latest Amazon Prime original feature, as well as it being directed by Reginald Hudlin 31 years after \u201cBoomerang.\u201d<\/p>\n
That (R-rated) rom-com, featuring Halle Berry in one of her earliest roles, was considered the first \u201ccomeback\u201d for Eddie Murphy following a post-\u201cComing to America\u201d commercial slump. His big-deal comeback came in 1996 with \u201cThe Nutty Professor. That also marked a turn whereby Murphy would go from being the creator of chaos in \u201ccomedies like \u201cBeverly Hills Cop\u201d or \u201c48Hrs\u201d to the straight man reacting to chaos in films like \u201cDoctor Dolittle\u201d or \u201cA Thousand Words.\u201d<\/p>\n
That is a frankly normal progression as onscreen comics get older, as seen in the later works of Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey. If the first two trailers are any indication, it looks like Murphy will again be the guy who reacts in amusing ways to (holiday-related) antics and peril. We\u2019ll find out when \u201cCandy Cane Lane\u201d debuts globally on Prime Video on Dec. 1.<\/p>\n
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