Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall make a return trip from their African home to Queens, New York in Coming 2 America, the long-awaited sequel to the 1988 original, and the new film’s trailer hits many of the expected marks.Amazon Studios, which acquired the film from Paramount, will release it domestically via Amazon Prime Video on March 5.Many of the gags in the trailer (watch it above) stem from the actors playing dual roles.
They are not only King Akeem (Murphy) and his confidante Semmi (Hall) from the fictional nation of Zamunda, but also, thanks to the magic of cinema, hair and makeup, two wisecracking barbers in a barbershop.The setup for the encore trip to New York is provided by James Earl Jones, who plays Akeem’s father. “Before I am
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