Business
Leah Daniels-Butler Wraps Casting Duties for New Eddie Murphy Film, “Coming 2 America”
Leah Daniels-Butler Wraps Casting Duties for New Eddie Murphy Film, “Coming 2 America”.
About this update from Hq Global Education Inc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Los Angeles, CA, April 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- HQ Global Education, Inc. (OTC: HQGE) announced today that Leah Daniels-Butler, President of HQGE and its operating subsidiary 1oneninety5, LLC, has completed her assignment as casting director for the upcoming film “Coming 2 America”. Produced by Eddie Murphy Productions and based on a story and characters created by‎ Eddie Murphy, “Coming 2 America” is an American comedy film that will serve as a sequel to Murphy’s 1988 blockbuster hit, “Coming to America”. The film stars Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Shari Headley, John Amos, Tracy Morgan, Wesley Snipes, and James Earl Jones and is directed by Craig Brewer. It is scheduled for release in the USA on December 18, 2020. Eddie Murphy is an American icon who is widely respected as an actor, comedian, and singer. Murphy has a long record of box office successes including Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor, Shrek and many more. He began his career as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. He was also a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. Leah Daniels-Butler hyper-charged her career as a casting director at Warner Brothers in the 1990s, working on award-winning projects like \"Friends\" starring Jennifer Aniston and \"Suddenly Susan\" starring Brooke Shields, both of which earned Primetime Emmy Awards for acting roles. She also cast \"The Wayans Brothers\" and \"For Your Love,” which received six NAACP Image Awards nominations. Leah’s work ethic and reputation for \"getting the job done\" quickly spread among black filmmakers and the mainstream television space alike. Since then she has continued to work across genres securing talent for many films, including \"2 Fast 2 Furious,” \"Shadow Boxer,” “ATL,” and \"The Paperboy,” which showcased an all-star cast that included: Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, John Cusack, Macy Grey and David Oyelowo, and the award-winning film “The Butler” with another all-star line-up that included: Oprah Winfrey, Forrest Whitaker, Liev Shreiber, Robin Williams, James Marsden, John Cusack, Cuba Goodin...