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| Paramount announced that there may be a sequel to Coming to America. |
Kenya Burris, the creator of the ABC hit sitcom Black-ish is talking about a reboot to the Eddie Murphy classic, Coming to America.
Three decades after the hit movie, Burris teams up with Paramount to make a sequel. Murphy teased a sequel on social media before he deleted the post.
And it seems like a sequel is in the making.
Right now they're in the development stages and there's no confirmation on when the movie might come out but it might be timed just about within the 30 years of the original.
Okay guys this is going to have my opinion and it's likely going to be a spoiler if you haven't watch the movie. The movie is rated R. If you ever have the opportunity to see it in your local theater or on DVD, you will enjoy it. It a comedy classic.
It was one of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall's greatest movies. The two had took on not only the two main characters but a handful of others.
It had a colorful cast of celebrities from James Earl Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Shari Haley, Eriq La Salle, Madge Sinclair, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Louie Anderson and Frank Faison.
The movie features Eddie Murphy as Prince Hakeem of Zamunda and Arsenio Hall as his royal assistant and friend Semmi.
Hakeem's father King Jaffe arranged a marriage for his son. Hakeem was not happy about his bride-to-be. He wanted a woman to be honest with him. He didn't want a woman who didn't think for herself. So he asked his father if he could go to a country where he can clear his mind. King Jaffe agreed and ordered his royal assistant to accompany him.
Hakeem and Semmi head to New York City to escape the arranged marriage.
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| Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy played Semmi and Prince Hakeem. |
Hakeem and Semmi move into a run down apartment as two "poor" foreign exchange students. The meet locals in the neighborhood who try to give them a bit of New York hospitality.
When they couldn't find the type of women at local bars, they decided to take a venture into a local church. The two attended a local fundraiser for children. Hakeem finds his love interest in a local restuarant owner's daughter, Lisa McDowell.
Hakeem and Semmi would eventually take a job at McDowell's, a blatant rip off of McDonald's. The restaurant's greedy owner Cleo McDowell would put Hakeem and Semmi in custodial work.
Hakeem was ecstatic about getting a job cleaning floors. Hakeem felt that working hard with impress Lisa.
Lisa was dating the arrogant Darryl Jenks. He was the heir of a hair and beauty conglomerate. Lisa felt sorry for Hakeem. So she decided to hook him up with her younger sister Patrice. Hakeem was trying to keep his royalty a low profile. At a basketball game he almost was outed by one of the citizens of Zamunda who was working as a vendor. Hakeem was trying to explain to Lisa that he was not interested in dating a younger girl like Patrice.
He believed that Lisa was his true compatible love. While they were talking, a gunman tried to rob McDowell's. Hakeem and Semmi took charge and disarmed the gunman.
Cleo was pleased with his "African connection." He promoted them to be valets at his mansion. Hakeem was pleased with the progress.
Lisa would break up with Daryl after he insulted Hakeem repeatedly.
Hakeem was winning Lisa over. He asked her to go on a date and she kindly accepted. Hakeem was bragging about living in a squalor and wanted her to see how he's trying to adjust. Hakeem would walk in on his friend Semmi in a hot tub inside of a refurbished apartment. Hakeem was angered by Semmi's actions and took all of his money and gave it to two homeless guys who ended up being the greedy Dukes from Trading Places. Hakeem lied to Lisa telling her that there was a huge rat inside the apartment and it would be better for them to just go to a dinner at a restaurant instead of sitting in a rat-infested apartment.
Hakeem would tell Lisa that he is a man of principle. He asked her if she could fall in love him if he was rich or poor. Lisa said that she didn't care if he was rich or poor. All she knew is that Hakeem had a heart.
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| The king and queen of Zamunda. |
Hakeem was extremely happy about Lisa. Semmi on the other hand, was really getting very upset with doing manual labor. He was tired of living in a squalor. He would forward a Western Union to the Zamunda Royal Bank for $1 million so he and Hakeem could "soil his royal oats."
The forward alerted King Jaffe. The royal family would soon arrive in New York. Jaffe would soon find out that his royal son was doing labor. The king would confront Semmi and demanded him to return to the local hotel for punishment. The king will soon go to McDowell's to ask Cleo to find his son. He paid Cleo $500,000 for his services. After a night on the town, Hakeem would soon learn that his family was in the area. He would ask Lisa to take him to her home.
As they arrived at Lisa's home, Cleo tried to stall Hakeem from leaving. Hakeem would kindly not take Cleo's favors and abruptly leave. Lisa would confront her dad. She asked why he was acting so strangely. Cleo said that her boyfriend is a prince. Lisa was pretty upset that Hakeem was not honest with her.
Lisa was angered by King Jaffe's remarks about Hakeem "soiling his royal oats" and abruptly leaves. Cleo would confront Jaffe for insulting his daughter. Hakeem would return back to the McDowell estate. He said to his father that he was in love with Lisa and he didn't want to be in any other relationship. He would soon chase after Lisa. After numerous attempts at trying to apologize, Lisa abruptly broke up with him.
Hakeem was visibly upset. His mother, Queen Aoleon would convince Jaffe to cancel the arranged marriage. Hakeem not aware of the arranged marriage being cancelled was taken aback by Lisa being his bride. Lisa forgave Hakeem and told him that she truly loved him. Before they could even share their vows they kissed.
At the end of the movie, Hakeem asked Lisa that if she still wanted to live the normal life he would give his royalty. Lisa kindly replied no I'm good.
That pretty much sums up how the movie went down.
So if the movie has a sequel how's it going to be played out?
Will most of the cast return?
