Coming 2 America UK release date, age rating and parents guide

There are a lot of long-awaited sequels touching down in 2020 and the last of the year will be the Coming 2 America UK release date, which is due in over Christmas 2020. It’s been 32 years since the force film brought us Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer, and as you’d expect he’ll be returning stateside for the sequel, which will also bring back the rest of the cast from the first film.

It follows on from other big name returns like Ghostbusters Afterlife, Bill & Ted 3 and Top Gun Maverick, all of which will be out this year too. It’s hard to say what has sparked the trend, but it’s definitely one of the defining characteristics of 2020 film releases. If it continues, there’s a lot left in the 1980s and 90s bag to return to with everything from Big and Splash to Back To The Future and Wayne’s World as major contenders that could do well at the box office.

Coming to America picks back up with the prince as he is about to be crowned King Of Zamunda. However, the coronation is disrupted slightly when he finds out he has a son he didn’t know about, who lives in Queens, New York. With his father’s dying wish for Akeem to prepare his son for his own royal duties, he heads back Stateside with his trusty friend and aide Semme to meet his son.

Cast

The cast of the original film will all be back with Arsenio Hall joining Eddie Murphy as Semme, James Earle Jones as his father King Jaffe Joffer, Shari Headley as Akeem’s wife Lisa and John Amos as his father-in-law Cleo McDowell. The new additions to the cast include Jermaine Fowler (BoJack Horseman, Robot Chicken, Family Guy) as Akeem’s son Lavelle, Leslie Jones (Ghostbusters (2016)) as his mum, and Wesley Snipes (Blade) as General Easier, which we’re expecting to be the antagonist role in Coming 2 America.

Snipes recently worked with Murphy on Netflix film Dolomite Is My Name, so the upcoming release continues the collaboration into C2A. There’s a lot of comedy might in the cast with the original actors being joined by Fowler and Jones who boast Saturday Night Live and Superior Doughnuts in their credits.

Coming 2 America UK release date

The Coming 2 America UK release date is scheduled for Friday 18th December 2020, so it’s clearly pitching up for the Holiday movie box office stint. However, that puts it up against both the West Side Story and Dune remake, which are out on the same weekend, so it will need to pick up some big publicity to go toe-to-toe with two other big name releases.

It’s got to be hoping for a similar lukewarm response to its competition as the big Christmas films of 2019. The Cats film was panned by critics and cinema goers alike and Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker didn’t get the big thumbs up it was hoping for, which could be the same for West Side Story and Dune.

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Age rating and parents guide

The official Coming 2 America age rating will be confirmed in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) a little before the release date, so we’ll update with the final details then. However, the first film had an age rating of 15 with a little violence, strong language and sex references and it’ll be a disappointment if the sequel goes on to tone things down from the original.

It’s possible that certification thresholds have shifted slightly since 1988, so it could possibly release as a 12. However, Eddie Murphy’s last film, Dolemite Is My Name, picked up a 15 certificate, so it’s definitely the best bet for Coming 2 America.

We’ll update the details above with more on the film, including the age rating and parents guide, when the trailer comes out and when the BBFC puts out its certification. You can check out our movie news section to see other film releases in 2020, or see the Paramount website at https://www.paramount.com.