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‘Coming 2 America’: trailer #2 teases Prince Akeem meeting his long-lost son
Amazon has released the second official trailer of Coming 2 America one month ahead of the premiere.
The 1988 original story follows Akeem (Eddie Murphy) as he travels from Africa to New York, in hopes to find his queen. In this sequel, newly-crowned King Akeem 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
The star-studded cast also includes Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes, and Nomzamo Mbatha. Actors James Earl Jones, John Amos, Bella Murphy, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Shari Headley, and Paul Bates will reprise their roles 30+ years later.
The screenplay is by Kenya Barris (Black-ish) and Barry W. Blaustein & David Sheffield (The Nutty Professor).
Craig Brewer (Dolemite is My Name) directed the sequel.
Coming 2 America will be available to stream via Prime Video on March 5, 2021.
