The long-awaited comedy sequel lts Coming to America, featuring SA's very own Nomzamo Mbatha, has been confirmed for release in March next year.
The US-based SA actress stars alongside Hollywood heavyweights Eddie Murphy, Leslie Jones and Wesley Snipes in the film.
According to a press statement provided to TshisaLIVE, Amazon Studios has confirmed they acquired worldwide rights to the film from Paramount Pictures, and that its set to launch on Amazon Prime Video on March 5 2021.
Tracy Morgan, Jermaine Fowler, Bella Murphy, Rotimi, KiKi Layne and Teyana Taylor are also lined up for the sequel.
Speaking to True Love magazine in August, Nomzamo opened up about auditioning for several roles in the US last year. She said she received the call on her grandmother's birthday to say she got the part in the film.
"It was a very surreal moment. When you have been holding onto a dream and hope, and it finally comes to pass, you don't react in the way it had played out in your head. That Sunday I moved around in a daze."
Nomzamo was in SA at the time and was given just 72 hours to return to America to finalise the paperwork, but first wanted to see her mother.
"Everything was a sprint — rushing my mother to fly to Joburg as I could not go without seeing her because I didn't know when I would come back home."
