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Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley.
Coming to America is the name of a proposed weekly sitcom, based on the 1988 film of the same name. The pilot [ 1 ] ultimately went unsold, [ 2 ] but it was still televised on CBS on July 4, 1989 as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse [ 3 ] [ 4 ] pilot anthology series.
'It was the best $660 I ever spent,' Louie Anderson once said about his random act of kindness that prompted Eddie Murphy to cast him in 'Coming to America.' Louie Anderson was the 'token white ...
In the "Video Pirates" segment of Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), pirates find a treasure chest filled with golden video cassettes; among the numerous in-jokes visible on the tapes, one of the cassette cases is labeled "See You Next Wednesday" (while Landis directed several segments of the film, the "Video Pirates" segment was directed by frequent Landis collaborator Robert K. Weiss).
Eddie Murphy had already transitioned from “Saturday Night Live” to movies with “48 Hrs.” and “Trading Places” by the time “Beverly Hills Cop” came out in 1984.
John Amos, the prolific actor known for his work in the sitcoms "Good Times" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," the movie "Coming to America" and the miniseries "Roots," has died. He was 84.
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. [4]
Lisa Lisa, '80s Pop Icon, Recalls Eddie Murphy's 'Crush' on Her — and Turning Down “Coming to America” (Exclusive) Janine Rubenstein January 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM