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Coming 2 America is an unfunny disaster for representation Kovie Biakolo © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Quantrell D Colbert/Amazon Studios The shortcomings of the much-anticipated comedy sequel Coming 2 America are too many to list. But they all begin and end with the unfortunate yet predictable truth that the film simply didn’t need to be made. Inundated with tired tropes and stereotypes of black people on both sides of the vast Atlantic, it is difficult to grasp t...

How Amazon Primed Coming 2 Americas Successful First Weekend Jazz Tangcay, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail As New York City cinemas scrambled to reopen across the country, Amazon Prime worked to build buzz in the lead up to “Coming 2 America’s” March 5 release. Initially scheduled to be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on Aug. 7, 2020, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1988 classic was pushed back to Dec. 18, 2020. The film was then sold to Amazon who released it on their ...

news The first black fairytale gets modern reworking © Amazon Studios Eddie Murphy stars alongside Shari Headley in Coming 2 America The 2020s should be the decade of success for African women, according to a South African actress starring in the sequel to one of the most successful films ever with a black cast. Nomzamo Mbatha appears alongside Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America, the follow-up to 1988s Coming to America, which made $288m (£207m) at the box office. Murphy played the African pr...

How Ruth E. Carter Brought Zamunda’s Royal Fashion To Life In Coming 2 America Refinery29 3/5/2021 Irina Grechko © Provided by Refinery29 Bella Murphy, Akiley Love, Arsenio Hall, Eddie Murphy, Shari Headley, KiKi Layne and Paul Bates star in COMING 2 AMERICA Photo: Quantrell D. Colbert © 2020 Paramount Pictures There’s plenty of overlap between Coming 2 America, the sequel to the 1988 comedy of the same name, and Black Panther — and not just because the former ...

"Coming 2 America," the sequel to 1988's "Coming to America," will show Saturday at a pop-up drive-in event outside Jacksonville's Regency Square Mall.

Coming 2 America drive-in showings scheduled for noon and 4 p.m. canceled; 8 p.m. showing still on for now Tom Szaroleta, Florida Times-Union © Quantrell D. Colbert/Paramount Pictures via AP Eddie Murphy stars in "Coming 2 America," whch will show three times Saturday at a pop-up drive-in event at Regency Square Mall. UPDATE | Due to inclement weather, Black Films Matter has canceled the 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. showings of the Coming 2 America drive-In movie scheduled outside Reg...

Coming 2 America Sows More Than Its Royal Oats Coming 2 America Sows More Than Its Royal Oats Not quite a sequel, nor a remake, the movie reunites Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall with the rest of the gang - as well as fantastic new faces - for a welcome Eighties update K. Austin Collins, provided by March 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail I don’t envy the job of anyone tasked with taking a classic Eighties comedy — Coming to America, say — and making a decades-later sequel that tries to please...

After 32 years, Eddie Murphy returns — along with James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall and other original cast members — in a fun sequel to Coming to America.

Coming 2 America Drops One Day Early Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Coming 2 America,” the long-awaited sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 “Coming to America,” has released early on Amazon Prime. Originally, the pic was set to drop on the streaming service on Friday. The sequel to John Landis’ hit comedy follows Prince Akeem (Murphy), who is set to become the king of the fictional country of Zamunda, an African kingdom untouched by colonialism, and finds out he has...

This article originally appeared in the March/April issue of ESSENCE magazine, available on newsstands now. During the summer of 1988, in the seemed-like-it-could-have-been-real fictional land of Zamunda, Africa, a charming prince named Akeem Joffer took his 21st spin around the sun and began to ponder the world outside of his royal confines. Those feelings intensified when he met his queen-to-be, who just wasn’t the right fit. Unlike his parents, he wasn’t down for an arranged marriage, n...