Coming 2 America (2021) - Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Jermaine Fowley, Wesley Snipes

[AlbertV]

After three decades, a sequel to Coming to America is happening. Eddie Murphy has signed on to return as Akeem, Prince of Zamunda. Paramount Pictures has offered Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Dolemite is My Name) to direct the film. Details at Deadline

Edited February 3, 2021 by AlbertV

[Ah_Tao]

I don't know if I should be ecstatic or worried, but I'm going to go with ecstatic! Coming to America is one my favorite movies of all time! This movie CANNOT, and I repeat, CANNOT happen without Arsenio Hall.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2019 by Ah_Tao
Stupid thing wouldn't let me put up the vids lol

[AlbertV]

On 1/11/2019 at 9:02 PM, Ah_Tao said:

I don't know if I should be ecstatic or worried, but I'm going to go with ecstatic! Coming to America is one my favorite movies of all time! This movie CANNOT, and I repeat, CANNOT happen without Arsenio Hall.

 

 

 

 

They want to get Arsenio, as well as Shari Headley, John Amos, and James Earl Jones to come back to reprise their roles.

[AlbertV]

It was revealed at CinemaCon that Coming to America Too, the sequel to the 1988 hit, is currently shooting with a brief glimpse seen of the returning Akeem and Semmi. Yes, Arsenio is officially back as well. And a release date is locked in: August 7, 2020.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/coming-to-america-too-clip-screened/

[AlbertV]

Officially returning are Eddie Murphy (as Akeem), Arsenio Hall (as Semmi), James Earl Jones (as King Jaffe Joffer), Paul Bates (as Oha), and John Amos (as Cleo McDowell). It is still unknown if Shari Headley will be returning as Lisa McDowell. Jermaine Fowley will play Lavelle, a street hustler who is discovered to be Akeem's long lost son. Wesley Snipes has joined the cast as a new character in Zamunda, General Izzi (one can guess he is supposed to be the brother of Imani, played by Vanessa Bell Calloway in the original film), and Lesley Jones in an unspecified role as well as Rick Ross.

https://deadline.com/2019/08/john-amos-coming-to-america-sequel-eddie-murphy-paramount-1202665310/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wesley-snipes-joins-eddie-murphy-coming-america-sequel-1229821
https://deadline.com/2019/08/james-earl-jones-rick-ross-paul-bates-joining-coming-to-america-sequel-1202663755/
https://deadline.com/2019/06/jermaine-fowler-coming-2-america-paramount-eddie-murphy-1202634509/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-jones-kiki-layne-joining-coming-america-sequel-1228396

Edited August 9, 2019 by AlbertV

[AlbertV]

Tracy Morgan has signed on to play Lavelle's hustling uncle Reem. Kiki Layne is also confirmed to play Akeem's daughter.

https://www.slashfilm.com/tracy-morgan-joins-coming-2-america-cast/

Edited August 21, 2019 by AlbertV

[AlbertV]

Shooting has begun in Georgia and another familiar face has returned in the form of Garcelle Beauvais, who started her career in the original film as one of the rose-petal bearers. It is believed she will reprise that role in the sequel with South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha has been cast in an unspecified role.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/beauvais-mbatha-join-coming-2-america/

Arsenio Hall is returning not only as Semmi, but Reverend Brown as well.

Tracy Morgan and Leslie Jones

 

[Drunken Monk]

 

[AlbertV]

 

[laagi]

A few light chuckles here and there. Pretty much everything has been recycled from the first movie. I'll admit though it was fun to see some of the old characters return. Also surprisingly poor CGI and set decoration. Overall this will (at least in my book) go down as another completely unnecessary sequel. I wonder who keeps asking for these...

[sifu iron perm]

1 hour ago, laagi said:

A few light chuckles here and there. Pretty much everything has been recycled from the first movie. I'll admit though it was fun to see some of the old characters return. Also surprisingly poor CGI and set decoration. Overall this will (at least in my book) go down as another completely unnecessary sequel. I wonder who keeps asking for these...

Nostalgic fans? 

the barbershop scene's still work, i laughed quite a bit..other than that, it was rubbish.

 

I loved the reprising character's especially the Peaches Twins..wicked!

 

 

 

[laagi]

Even nostalgia can't save these sequels

But I agree the barbershop scene or the barbershop quartet was by far the funniest.

[Super Ninja]

10 hours ago, laagi said:

A few light chuckles here and there.

Yeah, that about sums it for me. It's not the worst sequel out there, but I could have lived without it. They're having more fun making these films, than we have watching them.

[Drunken Monk]

Terrible movie. I'll be surprised if I see a worse one this year. I'm usually pretty lax when it comes to comedy but I didn't laugh once during this.

I think they even ruined the nostalgia factor. They brought back characters from the original and made them less funny.

[DrNgor]

18 hours ago, laagi said:

I wonder who keeps asking for these...

Eddie Murphy desperately trying to save his career?

[laagi]

1 hour ago, DrNgor said:

Eddie Murphy desperately trying to save his career?

To me at least it just seems to be a matter of a big enough paycheck for some actors to return to a beloved franchise. At the same time major studios desperately trying to shi*t out as much content as possible. Probably one of the reasons we see so many prequels, sequels, remakes, re-imaginations and what not.