The Sequel to Eddie Murphy's COMING TO AMERICA Will Be Written and Directed By Jonathan Levine

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Director Jonathan Levine (Snatched, Warm Bodies, The Wackness) is teaming up with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris on a sequel to Eddie Murphy’s classic comedy hit Coming to America, Deadline confirms Barris will rewrite a script by Barry Blaustein & David Sheffield.

Murphy is expected to return to his iconic role for the Paramount sequel, though nothing has been officially finalized. Blaustein and Sheffield wrote the original Coming to America, directed by John Landis.

Coming To America was released in theaters in 1988, so it goes without saying that a few decades are expected to have passed in the storyline. I'm speculating, but it would be fun to see Murphy in the role of a King who sends his son or daughter to America to find love. Maybe giving him an idea of what his father (James Earl Jones) went through in the original film.

Kristian Odland

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