UPDATED (2/8/21) - See the "Big Game" spot released by Amazon during Super Sunday. See the full trailer and more info on the film below that.
If you've listened to the podcast or followed me on social media, you know that I am typically hesitant about sequels made after a couple of decades. I'm a sucker for 80s nostalgia, but you had better come at me with a great story or something fun to sell me on such a late sequel. Eddie Murphy and company may have found that formula with Coming 2 America, the follow-up to the 80s classic.
You can judge for yourself, now that the full trailer has been released.
As you can see, there will be plenty of familiar faces. We will see some new ones as well. The cast includes Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, with Wesley Snipes and James Earl Jones. You can also expect to see John Amos, Teyana Taylor, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Paul Bates, Nomzamo Mbatha, Bella Murphy. Craig Brewer is directing, and Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield wrote the screenplay. Joining Murphy as executive producer is Kevin Misher.
The synopsis is pretty simple: "Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi(Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began."
So get ready to grab some McDowells, head to the barbershop and prepare for a royal celebration. Coming 2 America will be released March 5th, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
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