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Amazon Studios Buys Eddie Murphy’s ‘Coming 2 America’ for $125 Million

Amazon Studios Buys Eddie Murphy's Coming to America 2 for $125 Million

Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America sequel will be streaming on Amazon Prime videos since movie theaters are closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paramount Pictures is reportedly in the process of selling the highly-anticipated movie to the rising streaming giant for $125 million. There are a few details of the deal being negotiated including an intricate direct-to-consumer marketing rollout with McDonald’s and whiskey brand, Crown Royal.

Murphy has to green light everything to finalize it.

Amazon Videos previously acquired Antebellum starring Janelle Monae and Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show for the second year in a row.

Coming 2 America is reportedly a top priority for Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke, which means she understands how culturally important this movie is and the high expectations for it.

The movie is reportedly scheduled to stream on December 18th.

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Garcelle Beauvais Joins Cast of ‘Coming to America’ Sequel

The cast for the Coming to America 2 is filled with a bunch of familiar faces from Black Hollywood. It was recently announced that Garcelle Beauvais has joined the cast of the sequel.

Beauvais had a small role in the original installment. The Jamie Foxx Show actress joined the film with African actress Nomzano Mbatha. The film began filming about a week ago so these ladies will probably be the most latest additions.

The star-studded cast includes Wesley Snipes, Tracey Morgan, Teyana Taylor, KiKi Layne, Rotimi, Leslie Jones, Rick Ross and Michael Blackson. The core cast from the 1988 flick will also be returning including Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones and John Amos.

The sequel will follow Prince Akeem, portrayed by Murphy, who travels back to Queens, New York to meet his son for the first time. His good pal Semmi, played by Hall, will be by his side again for the journey. This trip is crucial for Akeem because his father’s dying wish was to groom his son to be a prince before he takes the throne as King.

Coming to America 2 will be in theaters December 18th, 2020.

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Tracy Morgan Joins The Expanding Cast of ‘Coming To America 2’

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Every week for the past few weeks the cast of Coming to America 2 has grown in star power and this week is no different as it’s being reported that OG comedian Tracy Morgan will indeed be joining the star-studded cast for the highly anticipated sequel.

According to Deadline The O.G. star will be joining Eddie Murphy and other stars from the original film while joining newcomers such as Wesley Snipes, Rick Ross, and Leslie Jones.

While details about the film and it’s characters have been limited we know that the film will revolve around Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) learning that he has a love child named Lavelle living in Queens from a one night stand he had with a Queens woman, Leslie Jones. Tracy Morgan is set to play the hustling big brother of Akeem’s illegitimate child, Reem. At the request of his dying father, King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem returns to America to search for his son and groom him to become the next heir to Zamunda.

We don’t know about y’all but with all this comedic star power it seems like we might have another comedy classic in Coming to America 2.

The Craig Brewer directed sequel is set to land in theaters on December 18, 2020.

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Shari Headley to Reprise Her Role as Lisa McDowell in ‘Coming to America 2’

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Now that Coming to America 2 is officially a go, casting news is slowly being revealed and the latest news has Prince Akeem’s original love interest Lisa (Shari Headley) returning for the sequel. Just a week after word spread that Wesley Snipes, Rick Ross and Leslie Jones would be joining the original cast, Deadline is reporting that Shari Headly will indeed be returning to reprise her role as Lisa McDowell, but whether or not she’ll be Queen Lisa McDowell Joffer remains to be seen.

According to previous reports the plot around Coming to America 2 revolves around Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) ready to take the reigns as King of Zamunda when he learns that he has a son living in Queens that he’s never known named Lavelle. At the request of his father King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones), Akeem takes to America to find his bastard son and bring him back to the kingdom and groom him to take the throne when his time comes. Whether or not that son was conceived with someone other than Lisa McDowell or it is their son but they separated before she told him she was pregnant is anyone’s guess at this point.

Either way we’re still be heading down to the show to see what comedic shenanigans Eddie Murphy and company have in store for us.

Coming to America 2 is slated to release December 18, 2020.

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JJ’s Daddy James aka John Amos Returning For ‘Coming To America 2’

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The star power in the forthcoming Coming To America sequel is already top shelf. Recently revealed to be returning to the fold is veteran actor John Amos.

Deadline reports that Amos will be reprising his role has Cleo McDowell, founder of the McDowell’s fast-food franchise and father of Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) love interest Lisa McDowell (Shari Headley). However, there has still been no announcement on whether or not Headley will be returning.

He’ll be joining returning actors like Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones as well as Wesley Snipes, Jermaine Fowler and Leslie Jones, who be portraying new characters.

Reportedly, in the new film Prince Akeem is going to become the King of Zamunda but then finds out he has a son back in America he didn’t know about named Lavelle. So he and Semmi (Hall) return to the states to groom as a final wish for his father.

Coming To America 2 is due in theaters on Dec. 18, 2020.

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Eddie Murphy Confirmed to Star in ‘Coming to America 2’

2018 was all about the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the future of film will take us back to Zamunda. Eddie Murphy confirms that he will return to the screen as Prince Akeem in Coming To America 2.

The sequel to the comedy classic will bring back the original director for the film, in addition to bringing in rising comedian Craig Brewer.

“After many years of anticipation, I’m thrilled that Coming to America 2 is officially moving forward,” Murphy said in a statement. “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.”

The original film was the story of Prince Akeem traveling to America to find his wife after he was not thrilled about the choices that were picked for him by his parents who were African royalty. Deadline details the sequel will feature Akeem returning to America because he has a long lost son. The film is also stated to hopefully bring back Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones and the rest of the cast from the original.

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