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Eddie Murphy, Amazon Studios agree to three-picture and first-look deal

Posted 5 years ago

Following the great success of Coming 2 America on the platform, Eddie Murphy has closed a three-picture and first-look deal with Amazon Studios (via Deadline). Under the new deal, Murphy will star in three films for Amazon Studios and develop...

Eddie Murphy stand-up documentary The Last Stand in the works

Posted 5 years ago

Eddie Murphy, whose unforgettable tenure on Saturday Night Live helped launch his legendary career on stage and screen, will soon be the subject of a new documentary from director Angus Wall. The project, titled The Last Stand, will document Murphy's return to the stand-up comedy...

Coming 2 America is Amazon’s first title to lead weekly streaming rankings

Posted 5 years ago

If anyone was questioning Amazon's $125 million acquisition of the Eddie Murphy sequel Coming 2 America, look no further than the Nielsen streaming rankings because the film turned into a huge hit for the streaming platform. Coming 2 America, the...

Coming 2 America is the most-streamed film in a single weekend during COVID

Posted 5 years ago

Eddie Murphy and Amazon can celebrate a big victory according to a recent survey. Coming 2 America, the highly-anticipated sequel to 1988's Coming To America, has been named the most-watched streaming movie in a single weekend during the pandemic.  Amazon...

Eddie Murphy reflects on the terrible movies that made him stop acting

Posted 5 years ago

When you've been working in the entertainment industry for decades, chances are pretty good that you've made a few bad movies, and that's definitely true of Eddie Murphy. When the comedian got his start, he found huge success with R-rated...

Coming 2 America review – Eddie Murphy

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: More than thirty years after first visiting the U.S, Zamunda’s newly crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) discovers that he has a long-lost American son. Meanwhile, he also has to contend with a neighboring warlord (Wesley Snipes), an angry wife...

Eddie Murphy says he was forced to cast Louie Anderson in Coming To America

Posted 5 years ago

Eddie Murphy has been making the rounds promoting Coming 2 America and since it's the sequel to one of his most popular films, some new stories have emerged about that project while promoting the sequel. During a very interesting interview...

Coming 2 America: Eddie Murphy almost included a cameo from The Klumps

Posted 5 years ago

Eddie Murphy is known for playing multiple characters in many of his films and it's something that was established in 1988's Coming To America. In the years since the film's release,  Murphy has engaged in this schtick with varying degrees of...

Coming 2 America: Eddie Murphy wanted Tracy Morgan to play his son

Posted 5 years ago

It's been more than thirty years since we last caught up with Akeem (Eddie Murphy), Semmi (Arsenio Hall), Lisa (Shari Headley), King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones), and the rest of Zamunda in Coming to America, but the much-anticipated sequel...

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