“Coming To America” is a quintessential example of a “lightning in a bottle” film, thanks to the combination of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall’s comedic talents and its unusual conceit.
In the original movie, Prince Akeem (Murphy) leaves his home nation of Zamunda and heads to New York in order to find true love, with his friend Semmi (Hall) in tow.
Predictably, misadventures occur — including the pair of them foiling a robbery from a then-unknown Samuel L.
Jackson. Last year, the sequel “Coming 2 America” debuted on Prime Video, hoping that bottled lightning would strike twice by introducing Akeem’s estranged son, Lavelle…The post The Coming to America TV Show That Never Saw the Light of Day appeared first on /Film.
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