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Kerry Washington ("Fantastic Four") will star opposite Eddie Murphy in "A Thousand Words" says Variety.

Murphy plays the savvy head of a literary agency who discovers he only has a thousand words left to say before he dies.

Washington is going to play Murphy's wife, who wants him to slow down and enjoy life and his family.

Brian Robbins is calling the shots on the flick...

Washington seems like a good fit... She always delivers no matter the material or genre.