Eddie Murphy has been acting for over 40 years, but he can still experience firsts in the business.
On December 1st, he will be starring in his first Christmas movie. Can you believe it? Doesn’t it feel like he has done one or two before? Especially since he would make a great Ebenezer Scrooge.
As excited as I would be to see him do a new take on A Christmas Carol, that is not what Candy Cane Lane is about.
He plays a man on a mission to win his neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decoration contest. After Chris (Eddie Murphy) inadvertently makes a deal with a mischievous elf named Pepper (Jillian Bell) to better his chances of winning, she casts a magic spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life, and wreaks havoc on the whole town. At the risk of ruining the holidays for his family, Chris, his wife Carol (Tracee Ellis Ross), and their three children must race against the clock to break Pepper’s spell, battle deviously magical characters, and save Christmas for everyone.
Do you think they can save the holiday? We will find out on December 1st when the film debuts exclusively on Prime Video. Although this is a Christmas movie, we already know he does.
Netflix teamed up with Eddie Murphy to give us a fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie. So, we knew that Axl Foley would be back, and now we know who else will be joining him in the sequel.
Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, and Bronson Pinchot are all going to make us laugh in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for this film. It is nice having Eddie Murphy back!
Martin Lawrence’s oldest daughter Jasmin, 25, revealed this weekend that she is dating Eddie Murphy’s oldest son Eric. 32.
I am rooting for the two of them to work out. Why? Imagine the comedic genius we could with their DNAs combining.
Maybe the two father-in-laws could team up for a movie like Momma vs The Nutty Professor? Why wait for their future grandchild to take over the world of comedy when we can have the grandfathers do it now.
Forget Bennifer or Kourvis; this is the couple to watch!
Before I watched Coming 2 America, which is out on Amazon Prime now, I watched Coming to America to compare the two. Also to remember what happened in the 1988 movie because I have not seen it in a long time. What was my biggest takeaway? Good things come to wait.
Had Eddie Murphy done the sequel immediately, it would not have been as good. This way, he was able to formulate a story that was fitting. Along with adding a lot of funny people to the sequel while also rehiring a lot of actors from the original.
Seriously, the best part is that so many people like John Amos, James Earl Jones, and Garcelle Beauvais came back for the second round. They are just a few of the many cast members who came back. I am beyond impressed with how many people did both movies. And I am not talking about all the dual roles that Murphy and Arsenio Hall played and played again. Saul has to be at least 100.
Now, let’s talk about the movie that takes place 30 years after the first one. Prince Akeem (Murphy) is still married to Lisa (Shari Headley), and they have three beautiful daughters (KiKi Layne, Bella Murphy, and Akiley Love).
King Jaffe Joffer (Jones) wants his Kingdom passed down to a grandson. When the King finds out that the Prince fathered a son in the Land of Queens, he sends Akeen to bring him back to Zamunda.
But wait, how did Akeem father a son? That will be explained and shown to us.
Back to the search for his son. Akeem and Semmi (Arsenio Hall) go back to Queens and meet up with some old friends who know his son. They tell him where he can find Lavelle Junson (Jermaine Fowler). How will it go when they meet him? Better than when they meet his mother (Leslie Jones) and uncle (Tracy Morgan).
Akeem tells them they have to go back to Zamunda with him so that Lavelle can prepare to be the future King. That is when the movie really starts to get funny!
It might seem like I am not telling you a lot, and I am not. I want you to enjoy the movie as I did. We waited almost 33 years for it, so we deserve to enjoy it without too many spoilers.
I promise you will love this movie just like you did the original. It is Eddie Murphy at his best. When he is at his best, our stomachs suffer. That is because we are laughing so hard with him.
We all need a good laugh these days, and Coming 2 America delivers tenfold. Make a date with Amazon Prime because you are going to want to watch this movie over and over again. Just like you watched Coming to America many, many times.
I love Eddie Murphy movies, but his last few comedies have not been, well, good. However, it looks like his bad streak is over with the sequel to Coming to America.
Today, Amazon released the full trailer for Coming 2 America, and I could not stop laughing while watching it. They say good things come to those who wait. I guess waiting nearly a third of a century was well worth it for this movie. We will find out on March 5th when the film comes out.
