Murphy, Robbins eye third comedy project

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy is in talks to reunite with Brian Robbins, his "Norbit" director, for the new big-screen comedy, "A Thousand Words."

The team, who also worked together on the upcoming film, "Starship Dave," is in final negotiations to collaborate on "Words" for DreamWorks, Variety.com said Thursday.

Written by "Click" and "Bruce Almighty" scribe Steve Koren, the movie is about a man who finds out he has only 1,000 words left to speak before he dies.