Eddie Murphy will be starring in ‘Coming To America 2 .’
Paramount Pictures will be getting Craig Brewer on board to direct. Eddie Murphy will of course be playing his character Akeem, an African King who came to America undercover to find a his Queen.
In the sequel, Eddie Murphy’s character Akeem learns that he has a long lost son and returns to America to get his son to take over the throne of Zamunda. The original cast is allegedly set to come back, which includes Arsenio Hall, who played Akeem’s right-hand man, Shari Headley, who Akeem fell in love with. James Earl Jones who played Akeem’s father and John Amos, the father to Headleys character.
Kenya Barris will be rewriting the script, which was originally written by Coming to America writers David Sheffield, and Blaustein. Eddie Murphy will be producing along Kevin Misher and Barriss will be the executive producer.
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