Coming 2 America

Coming 2 America is a 2021 American romantic comedy film that serves as a sequel to the 1988 film Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy in various roles and directed by Craig Brewer, from a screenplay by Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield, the original writers, and Kenya Barris, and a story by Blaustein, Sheffield, and Justin Kanew, based on characters created by Murphy. It co-stars Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Nomzamo Mbatha, Wesley Snipes, and James Earl Jones. It tells the story of King Akeem Joffer who returns to Queens, New York to find the son he did not know he fathered back in his last visit to New York while having to contend with the threat of the neighboring kingdom of Nexdoria. The film was the final appearance for both James Earl Jones and Louie Anderson before their deaths in 2024 and 2022 respectively.

Originally to be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures, the film's distribution rights were sold to Amazon Studios because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon released it digitally via Amazon Prime Video on March 5, 2021. Coming 2 America received mixed reviews from critics. Like its predecessor, the film earned a nomination at the 94th Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.