{"id":265256,"date":"2019-01-11T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T23:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1004456"},"modified":"2019-01-11T16:20:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T23:20:21","slug":"a-coming-to-america-sequel-starring-eddie-murphy-is-officially-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/a-coming-to-america-sequel-starring-eddie-murphy-is-officially-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"A Coming to America Sequel Starring Eddie Murphy Is Officially Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eddie Murphy<\/a><\/strong> is returning to his rightful place on the throne.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Deadline announced<\/a>\u00a0that the actor will reprise his role as Prince Akeem in the sequel to\u00a0Coming to America<\/em>. In a statement, the actor told the outlet, “After many years of anticipation, I’m thrilled that\u00a0Coming to America 2<\/em>\u00a0is officially moving forward…\u00a0We’ve assembled a great team that will be led by Craig Brewer<\/strong>, who just did an amazing job on\u00a0Dolemite<\/em>, and I’m looking forward to bringing all these classic and beloved characters back to the big screen.”<\/p>\n

In other exciting news,\u00a0Kenya Barris<\/strong>, who is the creator of the show\u00a0Black-ish<\/em>, will be writing the screenplay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For those who need a refresher on what the 1988 blockbuster is about, Murphy plays an African prince who hopes to find a wife in the United States. However, since he is a prince he must go undercover in Queens to meet the woman of his dreams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The past few months are proving to be a whirlwind of exciting events for the 57-year-old. In November, the star and his fianc\u00e9e\u00a0Paige Butcher<\/strong> welcomed their second child<\/a> together,\u00a0Max Charles Murphy<\/strong>. Their bundle of joy joined big sister\u00a0Izzy Oona Murphy<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in the Murphy-Butcher household just in time for the holiday season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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The family-of-four later reunited with the rest of the Murphy kids to celebrate and take a family portrait<\/a> of all 10 of Eddie’s kids.\u00a0Bella Zahra<\/strong>,\u00a0Z<\/strong>ola Ivy<\/strong>,\u00a0Shayne Audra<\/strong>,\u00a0Miles Mitchell<\/strong>\u00a0and Bria Murphy<\/strong>, who were born out of his marriage to\u00a0Nicole Murphy<\/strong>, were present, in addition to his daughter with\u00a0Mel B<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Angel Iris Murphy Brown<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>Not to forget,\u00a0Murphy’s firstborn, son\u00a0Eric Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>with ex\u00a0Paulette McNeely<\/strong>, as well as\u00a0son\u00a0Christian Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>with ex-girlfriend\u00a0Tamara Hood<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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And, Murphy and Butcher are currently engaged<\/a>! Murphy proposed to the model in September, just months before their son arrived.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paramount Pictures Eddie Murphy is returning to his rightful place on the throne. On Friday, Deadline announced\u00a0that the actor will reprise his role as Prince Akeem in the sequel to\u00a0Coming to America. In a statement, the actor told the outlet, “After many years of anticipation, I’m thrilled that\u00a0Coming to America 2\u00a0is officially moving forward…\u00a0We’ve assembled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-265256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 12:05:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}