Wesley Snipes is playing a new character in Eddie Murphy’s upcomingComing 2 America. The sequel to the 1988 comedy was recently announced and fans of the original are looking forward to seeing what Murphy is going to do with his iconic Prince Akeem character in the upcoming movie. With the latest casting announcement, the sequel is planned to go into production this fall, though no specific start date has been revealed at this time. Regardless, it’s only a matter of time before we start to see some images from the set.
Eddie Murphy is back as Prince Akeem and Arsenio Hall is reprising his role as Semmi, Akeem’s best friend.Wesley Snipeshas joined the cast ofComing 2 Americaas General Izzi, “a man who rules a neighboring nation.” With that description, it may point to some conflict with Akeem and Semmi, though that has not been confirmed at this time. This is a reunion between director Craig Brewer, Murphy, and Snipes who all just recently worked on the Netflix biopicDolemite Is My Name, which tells the story of Rudy Ray Moore.
BothEddie Murphy and Arsenio Halltook on multiple roles inComing to America, but it is not clear if they will be doing the same thing in the sequel. The first installment found Murphy’s Akeem in the United States to find a wife. He ends up working at a McDonald’s knockoff while trying to keep a low profile.Coming 2 Americawill have Akeem returning to the United States to locate his long-lost son to recruit him to become prince, so he can become king of Zamunda.
Coming 2 Americahasbeen in development for a lot of yearsand for a while, it didn’t look like it was going to happen at all. But now, Eddie Murphy is ready to return after working with Craig Brewer onDolemite Is My Nameand getting inspired. From there, it was all about getting Arsenio Hall back on board to round out the cast. It is believed James Earl Jones will also be returning and there have been rumors about Dave Chappelle possibly joining theComing to America 2cast.
Coming 2 Americahitstheaters on August 7th, 2020, which is the same month the long awaitedBill & Ted 3will be opening. With production set to start in a few weeks, we should get more of an idea of what Eddie Murphy and Craig Brewer have planned for the sequel. After all of these years, it’s going to be hard to live up to the original, but that sounds like a challenge Murphy and crew are ready to take on to deliver the goods.The Hollywood Reporterwas the first to announce the Wesley SnipesComing 2 Americacasting news.
