Coming to America almost didn't make it to the big screen. The 1988 comedy classic starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall was a commercial success, earning $288 million worldwide for Paramount ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

Speaking as a Gen Xer, I can confidently say that Coming to America is peak Eddie Murphy. The 1988 classic came out in a run of comedies from Murphy that included Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, ...

The beloved 1988 comedy starred Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer of the fictional Zamunda Arsenio Hall says the 1988 comedy Coming to America nearly didn't come to fruition In a new interview, the ...

‘Coming to America’ may be a beloved cult classic now, but according to star Arsenio Hall, it almost didn’t see the light of day. Now we know what turned things around! These days, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 ...

Barry Blaustein, a longtime collaborator with Eddie Murphy and former ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer who penned ‘Coming to ...