According to Deadline.com, Indianapolis comedian/actor Mike Epps is the front runner to play Richard Pryor.
The exclusive report stated that Epps impressed during his audition for the role in the Lee Daniels directed film. Reportedly Michael B. Jordan and Marlon Wayans and Nick Cannon have auditioned for the Pryor role. Both Epps and Wayans had been tapped to play Pryor in previous attempts to get his biopic made.
Epps was reportedly hand-picked by Pryor himself for the role when he was still alive and the Next Friday star was still a relative unknown.