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33 years later, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall return to Zamunda – NBC News
Long-awaited sequel “Coming to America 2” starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall was supposed to hit theaters in 2020, but will run on Amazon beginning Friday.
When Eddie Murphy made the original Coming to America, he was, almost indisputably, the funniest man in America.
Murphy was at the very height of his fame, coming off Beverly Hills Cop II and the stand-up special Raw. They were heady times. Arsenio Hall, Murphys longtime friend and co-star in Coming to America, remembers them sneaking out during the shoot to a Hollywood nightclub while still dressed as Prince Akeem and his loyal aide Semmi. We were insane, says Hall.
The 80s, Murphy says, are all…
