Eddie Murphy in Norbit

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story director Rawson Marshall Thurber has announced he will be directing Eddie Murphy's new film Norbit.

In the film, being produced by DreamWorks Pictures, Murphy will play two roles - Norbit, a man pressed into marrying a huge woman, who is also played by Murphy.  When he subsequently finds the woman of his dreams, he needs to find a way out of his marriage.