Washington,
(ANI):
Eddie
Murphy
is
in
final
talks
to
star
in
new
DreamWorks
comedy
A
Thousand
Words.
The
deal
will
see
Murphy
reuniting
with
Brian
Robbins,
who
directed
him
in
DreamWorks" Norbit,
as
well
as
the
upcoming
20th
Century
Fox
film
Starship
Dave.
The
plot
of
a
A
Thousand
Words
revolves
around
a
glib
man
who
finds
out
that
he
has
only
1,000
words
left
to
speak
before
he
dies.
Steve
Koren
has
penned
screenplay
for
the
pic,
with
Alain
Chabat,
Stephanie
Danan,
Nicolas
Cage
and
Norm
Golightly
producing,
reports
Variety.
Robbins
and
Sharla
Sumpter
Bridgett
are
expected
to
join
the
producers"
bandwagon
via
Robbins' DreamWorks-based
Varsity
Pictures
shingle.
Murphy
is
currently
shooting
the
comedy
Nowhereland
for
Paramount
Pictures.