Watch Eddie Murphy in the trailer for Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter-ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.

Directed by Craig Brewer from a screenplay by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the film also stars Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock, Craig Robinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Titus Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Mike Epps and Ron Cephas Jones.

Trailer is NSFW due to swearing.

The film will hit Netflix at some point this year.