The follow-up to 1988’s Coming to America film is shaping up nicely given some of the original cast’s return to the set. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shari Headley is the latest member to sign on for the sequel.
Headley plays Lisa McDowell, Prince Akeem’s (Eddie Murphy) lover-turned-wife. The movie takes place in a fictional African country named Zamunda, and sees Prince Akeem travel overseas to Queens, New York to find a woman suitable to be his wife. He encounters a series of comedic experiences, which will probably be the case for the sequel that’s due in 2020.
James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall, and Murphy have agreed to revamp their chemistry onscreen. Other actors that have joined the film include Wesley Snipes, Kiki Layne, Leslie Jones and presumably there will be more to come. John Amos, Vanessa Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Eriq La Salle, and others starred in the original film. It was also reported that Rick Ross will make an appearance in the forthcoming motion picture.
The sequel is set to debut in theaters on Dec. 18, 2020.
