Is a Sanford and Son movie starring Eddie Murphy and Donald Glover releasing in 2025? Viral poster debunked

A new poster of the popular sitcom Sanford and Son is spreading on the internet. The poster shows actors Eddie Murphy and Donald Glover supposedly as the characters Fred and Lamont. The Facebook page, YODA BBY ABY, uploaded the poster and stated that the show would be turned into a movie starring the two actors.

The page claimed Peacock is reportedly making the original movie, and it would be released in October 2025.

They also stated that the duo would showcase "wild schemes" and make the fans laugh with "side-splitting hijinks."

"Get ready for Sanford and Son, a hilarious Peacock Original movie hitting TV screens in October 2025, starring Eddie Murphy as the sharp-tongued Fred and Donald Glover as his exasperated son Lamont, running a junkyard in Watts," the post reads.

The news is false as neither Peacock nor the actors have announced the Sanford and Son movie. The poster is fan-made. The Facebook page, YODA BBY ABY, is known for posting fan-edits and creating satirical posts. The page's bio states that it is indeed a fake news posting page.

"I'm just here to eat frogs, lift rocks and be satirical. The page is 100% satire and fake news," the page's bio stated.

More details on the popular sitcom Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son was based on the popular British sitcom, Steptoe and Son, which aired on the BBC in black and white from 1962 to 1965. It reran in color from 1970 to 1974.

According to Mental Floss's report, Bud Yorkin, the famous executive producer, selected actor Demond Wilson as Lamont after seeing him perform in a minor role in the sitcom All in the Family. Yorkin cast veteran comedian Redd Foxx as the lead, Fred Sanford.

The story of their casting is shared on Redd Foxx's biography by Michael Seth Starr, Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story. Both Wilson and Foxx assumed that the sitcom wouldn't be popular.

However, they agreed to work in it for "some quick cash."

"I thought about it long and hard and decided to take a chance. Redd and I thought we could grab some quick cash, plus notoriety, then move onto the next project," Wilson stated.

The book stated how CBS passed on the sitcom, and NBC picked it up. CBS's then-president Fred Silverman said thirty-seven years later that he "regretted" it, and called it "one of the stupidest things" he did.

Silverman claimed that they were already airing All in the Family, and Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin, who were behind both sitcoms, "failed" to share that Redd Foxx would be in Sanford and Son, and he passed on it.

Producer Norman Lear shared in his 2014 autobiography, Even This I Get to Experience, that he made successful sitcoms like Sanford and Son by making sure the audience cared for the characters.

"The audiences themselves taught me that you can get some wonderful laughs on the surface with funny performers and good jokes. But if you want them laughing from the belly, you stand a better chance if you can get them caring first," Lear wrote.

Sanford and Son had one sequel, Sanford, and two spin-offs, Sanford Arms and Grady.