John Amos and Shari Headley Will Reprise Roles in ‘Coming to America’ Sequel

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 05: John Amos attends the Althea screening and panel discussion at One Time Warner Center on October 5, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Time Warner Inc.) LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20: Actress Shari Headley arrives at the 1st Historic Health Summit kick-off luncheon at the Skirball Center on April 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

John Amos/Shari Headley NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 05: John Amos attends the Althea screening and panel discussion at One Time Warner Center on October 5, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Time Warner Inc.) LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20: Actress Shari Headley arrives at the 1st Historic Health Summit kick-off luncheon at the Skirball Center on April 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

By Julie Morgan

We've been hearing more and more about the long-awaited sequel to the late 80's Eddie Murphy movie, Coming to America.

It's now public that John Amos (Cleo McDowell and owner of McDowell's) (Akeem's future Princess/Queen, Lisa McDowell) will reprise their roles in Coming 2 America.

In the 1988 original, Murphy's character, Prince Akeem, leaves the fictional African country of Zamunda to go to Queens, New York, to find a wife. The new story has Akeem returning to America as he finds out he had a son he never knew about in Queens.

We told you about a week ago that Leslie Jones is in talks to join the cast (there are conflicting reports about whether she's actually inked the deal) and Wesley Snipes (new role:  ruler of a neighboring country) as well as James Earl Jones (King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem's father) are already on board.

We still haven’t heard what role Leslie Jones would play but we do know Akeem does have a daughter.   She will be played by actress Kiki Layne.

Kiki Layne NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 01: Actress Kiki Layne attends HBO's "Native Son" screening at Guggenheim Museum on April 1, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for HBO) (Slaven Vlasic)

We also already know who will design the costumes, Ruth E. Carter.   Carter won an Oscar for her work on Black Panther.

Coming 2 America is set to be released some time next year.