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“After many years of anticipation, I’m thrilled that Coming to America 2 is officially moving forward,”
Murphy said in a statement to Deadline. “We’ve assembled a great team that will be led by Craig
Brewer, who just did an amazing job on Dolemite, and I’m looking forward to bringing all these classic
and beloved characters back to the big screen.”
The sequel will be directed by Craig Brewer, who worked on the Netflix movie Dolemite is my Name,
and the script is written by Kenya Barris, the creator of black-ish. Murphy will produce the movie, and
Barris will act as executive producer.
The first Coming To America also starred Arsenio Hall as Akeem’s ever-loyal aide Semmi and he’s
expected to reprise his role as well. Shari Headley (Lisa McDowell), who was courted by Akeem, John
Amos (Cleo McDowell the owner of the world famous McDowell's) who played Headley’s father and
James Earl Jones, who played the king, are also on board for the sequel.
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