Tracy Morgan Joins Cast for Eddie Murphy’s ‘Coming to America 2’

The 1988 comedy that helped launched Eddie Murphy’s comedic movie career as a comedy is seeing a comeback with Coming 2 America.  Murphy and many of the original film’s stars like James Earl Jones will be returning for the sequel along with some new big names, such as Wesley Snipes and Leslie Jones. Now, according to Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has added one more big name to the comedic sequel.

30 Rock star Tracy Morgan will be appearing in Coming 2 America as a hustler named Reem, the brother of Leslie Jones’ character in the film. Jones will be playing a woman named Lavelle, who Akeem (Eddie Murphy) had a one night stand with and resulted in an unplanned pregnancy. Akeem returns to America to meet his long lost son, not only for himself but to fulfill he’s father dying wish of meeting the new prince.

Morgan’s addition to the film is very fitting. He’s become of the most recognized black comedians in entertainment for his roles in 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live, the latter of which was also was a starting point for Murphy’s early career. Morgan still has a strong presence on television with his role in the TBS comedy The Last O.G., as well as a few recent film roles under his belt, the most recent being What Men Want. With a role in Coming 2 America, Morgan’s silver screen presence will likely become even greater.

Coming 2 America is set for release on December 18th 2020.

Ryan Pineda: When it comes to film, animation, video games and other mediums, I can discuss for hours about how much on why certain films and animated media made me the person I am today. I adore the artistic merit that comes from a lot of pop-culture media and will definitely love to have a conversation about favorite movies any day! I have graduated in 2017 with a BA in Film and Television at the University of Arizona. Been passionate about writing about films due to always having an interesting outlook on the medium. Will always see a film and will definitely be sure to recommend it to someone that I know for a fact would love that movie. Not only that but will also give reasons for why I think that film did or did not work as a movie, and the same can go for other pieces of media like television, video games and especially animated projects.
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