Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America 2 is one big step closer to happening. Paramount Pictures has just hired Craig Brewer to direct the film. Brewer is best known for films such as Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan, Footloose, and Empire.
Murphy is set to reprise his role role as Akeem from the original 1988 comedy. Akeem is the pampered African prince who travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife who he can respect for her intelligence and will.
In the sequel, “Akeem learns about a long lost son, and must return to America to meet his unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda.” The producers are hoping to bring back the original cast which also 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,...
Murphy is set to reprise his role role as Akeem from the original 1988 comedy. Akeem is the pampered African prince who travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife who he can respect for her intelligence and will.
In the sequel, “Akeem learns about a long lost son, and must return to America to meet his unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda.” The producers are hoping to bring back the original cast which also 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,...
- 1/11/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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