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Em… the Coming to America sequel has a director and Eddie Murphy is back

January 15th, 2019 by Marc Comments

What?! No, seriously, what?!

It seems that Paramount Pictures has got Dolemite Is My Name director Craig Brewer to make a sequel to Coming to America with Eddie Murphy set to return as Akeem.

In the original 1988 comedy Murphy played an Africa prince who came to New York to find a wife rather than take one who was chosen for him at home.

And then much fish out of water hi-jinx ensues.

It’s actually a pretty funny movie but not in a million years would we have dreamed a sequel was coming.

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Kenya Barris is rewriting a script by original Coming to America writers Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield.

The story goes like this: Akeem learns about a long lost son, and must return to America to meet his unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda. The intention is to bring back the original cast which includes Arsenio Hall, who played the prince’s aide Semmi; Shari Headley, who was courted by the prince when he went undercover as a fast food worker; John Amos, who played her father; and James Earl Jones, who played the king.

Eddie Murphy had this to say: “After many years of anticipation, I’m thrilled that Coming to America 2 is officially moving forward.

“We’ve assembled a great team that will be led by Craig Brewer, who just did an amazing job on Dolemite, and I’m looking forward to bringing all these classic and beloved characters back to the big screen.”

 

No more word on it for now but we’re sure this will be going to film this year and we’re equally sure more casting and news will be happening soon.

We’ll, as always, keep you posted.

Are you excited to meet Akeem again? Let us know…

Source: Deadline

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….