In early 2019, fans of the 1988
comedy film “Coming to America” starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall were
surprised to learn that Paramount Pictures was working on a decades-distant
sequel with the main cast reprising their roles. “Coming 2 America” would
follow Murphy’s Prince-turned-King Akeem of Zamunda returning to America to
find and bring back a son he never knew and prepare him as his heir, as his own
child, a daughter, was ineligible to inherit. After its 2020 premiere was
scrapped, Paramount gave the film to Amazon Prime Video for streaming release
next month. Following an initial trailer last December 2020, a more substantial
preview has come out.
Comic Book Resources has it that Prime Video has released a second
trailer for Paramount Pictures’ “Coming 2 America,” which will arrive on their
streaming service this March. Where the previous teaser was primarily a cast
list, here some bits of the overall storyline finally get some spotlight. Akeem
Joffer (Eddie Murphy) and his right-hand man Semmi (Arsenio Hall) return to
America to find the former’s alleged son, whom Akeem must recognize as heir now
that he is King of Zamunda. Said son is Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler), a street-smart
youth who is not impressed by the reveal of his royalty.
Then again, with him and his
mother Mary (Leslie Jones) being hard up in life, all it takes is some money to
convince Lavelle to accept Akeem as his dad and shoot for being an African
prince. They all return to Zamunda, where awkwardness ensues between Lavelle,
his mom and Uncle (Tracy Morgan), and Akeem’s Queen Lisa (Shari Headley) and
their daughter Princess Meeka (Kiki Layne). Meeka aspires to be a good heir but
is disqualified by Zamunda’s gender-biased inheritance laws, something Lisa is
not happy with. But the last wish of Akeem’s father (James Earl Jones) must be
followed.
Complicating matters is the
machinations of Zamunda’s neighbor Nextdoria, led by General Izzi (Wesley
Snipes). Izzi is the older brother of Akeem’s former fiancée Imani, whom Akeem
turned down before his original trip to America where he found his true love.
The General however is still keen to see their two countries unified, by any
means necessary. So the issue between lawful and good regarding Akeem’s
rightful heir must be resolved before trouble breaks out. Oh, and the trailer
takes some shots at Wakanda, while the big funny moment must be Lavelle
undergoing ceremonial circumcision.
Paramount Pictures’ “Coming 2
America” will be available exclusively on Prime Video beginning March 5.
Image courtesy of ComingSoon.net
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