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| Coming 2 America is released on Friday. |
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Okay, so I posted my latest posting around 2pm (EST). Come back to see it reverted back to draft.
I am really getting annoyed with this. Anyway, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall return to the big screen on a digital platform.
Amazon Studios/Paramount Pictures are preparing for the premiere of the Eddie Murphy comedy, Coming 2 America. It's the sequel to the 1980s hit comedy about an African king heading back to the United States in search of his long-lost son. The movie stars Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones, Wesley Snipes, John Amos, KiKi Layne and Teyana Taylor.
Paramount Pictures, New Republic Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions, Misher Films and Amazon are the production companies responsible for the release.
The movie was initially scheduled for release in summer 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the movie will release the movie on Prime Video on March 5. The pandemic forced Paramount to sell distribution rights to the movie.
The plot of the movie picks up after Prince Akeem Joffer marries Lisa McDowell. Now as King Akeem, he is the ruler of Zamunda. He finds out that during while experiencing his "royal oats" he discovers he had a son he never knew about in America.
I know about the surprise child....believe me.
So he travels with his loyal aide Semmi back to New York and meets his son Lavelle and his wise-cracking mother Mary. He is told by his dying father, retired king Jaffe to groom his son to become a crown prince.
Coming 2 America was talked about for years. Murphy and Hall have discussed the idea of a sequel.
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| Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall return as King Akeem and Sammi in the sequel to the classic comedy, Coming to America. |
The original movie filmed by John Landis helped build Murphy's brand. The movie pulled $354 million in ticket sales, movie rentals and built a cult following.
Murphy and Hall had dual roles and got into zany characters during the first movie.
It's expected that Murphy and Hall will play local residents in the movie. Murphy played Randy Watson, a soul singer from the band Sexual Chocolate, Mr. Clarence, the local barber and Saul, the Jewish barbershop customer. Hall played Reverend Brown, Morris, the barber and will play a new ugly woman. Hall will be a witch doctor known as Baba.
The movie was filmed in Atlanta. It was filmed in the Tyler Perry Studios (formerly Fort McPherson). The rapper and media personality Rick Ross who has a role in the film said his mansion was used in portions of the film. The movie was directed by Craig Brewer. Kevin Misher, Kenya Burris, Berry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield, Hall and Murphy are the executive producers of the film.
Murphy also had a reunion with James Earl Jones. Jones who played the retired king Jaffe Joffer will reprise his role. The veteran actor couldn't make it to the filming. Murphy flew to his home to film some of the scenes of the movie.
The filming took two years and wrapped up around 2020. The pandemic pushed back the release date.
Paramount Pictures sold the distribution rights to Amazon and the film is slated for digital release on March 5 on Prime Video.
The major releases are now heading to digital platforms. Amazon, Netflix, Apple, CBS All Access, HBO Max, Showtime, Hulu, Disney+, Facebook and even YouTube are streaming movies and television shows online.
By the way, the is second draft of the posting. I am so fed up with how Blogger completely messes up your postings and the layout of the blog.
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