Candyman (2021)

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Jordan Peele has confirmed that he and creative partner Win Rosenfeld are working on a “spiritual sequel” to Candyman, with Little Woods writer and director Nia DaCosta coming on board to direct.
As reported by Deadline, Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions has teamed up with MGM to release a Candyman sequel in summer 2020, with a script by Peele and Rosenfeld.

Based on a short story by Clive Barker, 1992's Candyman is a horror film about a supernatural being named Candyman, who emerges as a vengeful killer to anyone who says his name five times in a mirror. The original film took place in and around a high-rise housing project in Chicago. This sequel, which won’t be connected to the previous two Candyman sequels, will take place in the same area post-gentrification, providing an opportunity to talk about the impact gentrification has had on urban communities.

Peele:
“The original was a landmark film for black representation in the horror genre. Alongside Night of the Living Dead, Candyman was a major inspiration for me as filmmaker. To have a bold new talent like Nia at the helm of this project is truly exciting.”

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Teyonah Parris (If Beale Street Could Talk) is in talks to star in the film opposite Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman). In this version of the story, Abdul-Mateen would take on the role of “an artist who becomes obsessed with the bloody legend [of Candyman],” per THR, while Parris would play his girlfriend, set in a gentrified Chicago.

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Never watched the original, should I?

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hell yes

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Nomis wrote:
February 26th, 2020, 11:23 am
hell yes
Alrighty then.

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Nomis wrote:
February 26th, 2020, 9:33 am
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trailer coming tomorrow
Can't wait!

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is this about the christina aguilera song

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m4st4 wrote:
February 26th, 2020, 11:18 am
Never watched the original, should I?
Genuinely the best horror film of the 90s. It's deep, man.

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Angus wrote:
February 27th, 2020, 10:28 am
m4st4 wrote:
February 26th, 2020, 11:18 am
Never watched the original, should I?
Genuinely the best horror film of the 90s. It's deep, man.
Holy shit. Ordered 1 copy!

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