Cedric The Entertainer Takes 'Family Vacation'

[Thursday, October 3rd, 2002]
Music video director Christopher Erskin is in negotiations to make his feature helming debut by directing Cedric the Entertainer in the road comedy "Johnson Family Vacation" for Fox Searchlight Pictures, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

A February start is being eyed for the project, which centers on the comedic misadventures of a man (Cedric the Entertainer) and his dysfunctional family as they desperately make their way cross-country to their annual family reunion in Texas.

The project marks Cedric the Entertainer's first starring role in a feature, following such recent successes as MGM's "Barbershop" and "The Original Kings of Comedy."

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