Coming 2 America Drops One Day Early
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“Coming 2 America,” the long-awaited sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 “Coming to America,” has released early on Amazon Prime. Originally, the pic was set to drop on the streaming service on Friday.
The sequel to John Landis’ hit comedy follows Prince Akeem (Murphy), who is set to become the king of the fictional country of Zamunda, an African kingdom untouched by colonialism, and finds out he has a son he never knew about a street-savvy Queens native, Lavelle. To honor the former king’s (James Earl Jones) dying wish to raise his grandson as the crown prince, Akeem, and Semmi (Arsenio Hall), once again leave for America. The star-studded cast also includes Leslie Jones, Wesley Snipes and Shari Headley.
It's almost hard to believe that it has be 33 years (!) since we were first introduced to the character Prince Akeem as played by comic legend Eddie Murphy in Coming to America. When I heard that there was a sequel being made, I was excited but also had some trepidation as sequels almost never live anywhere close to the originals.