The original writers of the classic 1980s Eddie Murphy movie Coming To America have reportedly been hired to pen a sequel. We first heard about this via a leaked tweet a couple of weeks ago, but The Tracking Board have seemingly confirmed the news that the sequel is ‘on’ after Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield have signed with Paramount Pictures to write a screenplay for a follow-up.
The original was directed by John Landis and followed Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy), a prince of a wealthy African country who wants for nothing, except a wife who will love him in spite of his title. To escape an arranged marriage, Akeem flees to America accompanied by his persnickety sidekick, Semmi (Arsenio Hall), to find his queen. Disguised as a foreign student working in fast food, he romances Lisa (Shari Headley), but struggles with revealing his true identity to her and his marital intentions to his king father (James Earl Jones).
The site reports that Kevin Misher is producing Coming To America 2 but not much more is known at this early stage.
The original, released in 1998, took a massive $288 million worldwide and was a massive hit for the studio.
We’ll keep our eyes out for any more news and relay it once we get it…
