Coming 2 America Sows More Than Its Royal Oats Coming 2 America Sows More Than Its Royal Oats
Not quite a sequel, nor a remake, the movie reunites Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall with the rest of the gang - as well as fantastic new faces - for a welcome Eighties update
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March 4, 2021
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I don’t envy the job of anyone tasked with taking a classic Eighties comedy
Coming to America, say and making a decades-later sequel that tries to please its guaranteed audience. Namely, everyone who loved the original, people who’ve rewatched it a million times, who have Soul Glo memes saved on their phones, who know every word to Sexual Chocolate’s song who as in my case grew up in families where
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COVID may have scuppered many studios’ plans, but Paramount Pictures made the best of unforeseen circumstances, selling many titles to streaming services including comedy sequel Coming 2 America. The follow up to the 1988 Eddie Murphy hit was purchased by Amazon for a reported $125m, believed to be a record for streaming rights. A sequel has been talked about for a long time by fans of Murphy’s 80s peak, but can it live up to the hype?
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If lightning doesn t strike twice, then explain this. pic.twitter.com/k6qsTY7imQ Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) December 17, 2020
Dec. 17 (UPI) Amazon Prime Video is giving a glimpse of Eddie Murphy in
Coming 2 America.
The streaming service shared first-look photos for the movie Thursday featuring Murphy, Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones.
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Coming 2 America is a sequel to the 1988 movie
Coming to America, which follows Akeem Joffer (Murphy), the prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, as he travels to the United States in hopes of finding a bride. The sequel follows Akeem on a new adventure in Queens, N.Y.
Coming 2 America photos show Eddie Murphy return as Prince Akeem
UPI News Service, 12/17/2020
Amazon Prime Video is giving a glimpse of Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America.
ADVERTISEMENT The streaming service shared first-look photos for the movie Thursday featuring Murphy, Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones.
Coming 2 America is a sequel to the 1988 movie Coming to America, which follows Akeem Joffer (Murphy), the prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, as he travels to the United States in hopes of finding a bride. The sequel follows Akeem on a new adventure in Queens, N.Y.
The photos show Murphy return as Prince Akeem, Hall as Semmi, Akeem s best friend and aide, and Jones as King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem s father.