The sequel movie, which wrapped filming back in November 2019, was directed by Craig Brewer (Empire), who worked off a screenplay by Kenya Barris (Black-ish). It also happened to served as a quick reunion with star Eddie Murphy, who Brewer directed in Netflix’s biographically-based 2019 comedy, Dolemite is My Name. The team will soon see audiences caught up with the ongoing exploits of Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem of fictional African nation Zamunda some 30 years (per the actual passage of time,) after the events of Coming to America.
However, while the first film concluded with the happily-ever-after ending of Akeem returning to Zamunda from his American sojourn to a surprise wedding to his wife of choice, American Lisa McDowell (Shari Headley), the sequel seems to center on the claim that said sojourn saw Akeem unknowingly sire a child, who’s now a street-wise N.Y. native played by Superior Donuts‘ Jermaine Fowler. Thus, we’ll see Akeem and his longtime best friend/servant/sparring partner, Semmi (Arsenio Hall), come to America once again, facilitating the onscreen returns of just about every Queens-based character from the first film, notably the ones played incognito by Murphy and Hall. Additionally, the sequel will also see Wesley Snipes field the role of a new character named General Izzi, who rules a nation that neighbors Zamunda, joined by other notable newcomers to the franchise such as Tracy Morgan, Leslie Jones, Rick Ross and Jay Pharaoh.
