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The Cast Of 'Coming 2 America' Then And Now Take a look at where each character left off in the original movie and how they'll appear in the sequel before its premiere on March 5 Loading the player… When Coming To America arrived in theaters in 1988, the comedic fairytale skipped over wicked stepsisters and glass slippers to become a runaway hit and an important part of the Black film canon. Starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, and Shari Headley, the colorful characters in the movie introduced us to actors we’d be watching for decades as we followed the Prince of Zamunda on his quest...

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Eddie Murphy is back, and back up to speed, in ‘Coming 2 America’ By Ty Burr Globe Staff,Updated March 4, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Released in 1988, “Coming to America” is probably the most congenial comedy in Eddie Murphy’s filmography. The story of a royal prince from the fictional African country of Zamunda who looks for a queen in — where else? — Queens, N.Y., the movie is as broad as a barn and twice as sweet-natured. You’d have every expectation that a sequel arriving 33 years late to the party would be a bust. It’s a pleasure to rep...

‘Coming 2 America’ Film Review: Eddie Murphy Plays the Hits in Rote Sequel Nearly every joke from the first film gets retold or rerun in this super-safe, long-delayed follow-upAlonso Duralde | March 4, 2021 @ 12:00 PM Last Updated: March 5, 2021 @ 9:21 AM Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios Every so often, we get sequels that move a story forward, that enrich beloved characters and the world they inhabit, or that upends and deconstructs the first movie entirely. But most of the time, we get safe, stodgy, repetitive follow-ups like “Coming 2 America,” which goes out of its w...

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