CANDYMAN (2020)
DIRECTED BY: NIA DaCOSTA
JUNE 12, 2020
Big enough praise cannot be bestowed upon Jordan Peele for what he’s doing with his career. He turned a comedy-acting career into a horror-directing one, and now he’s gone on to produce. It seems like he’s taken all of his success and put it back into the industry. Not only that, but he’s making a mark as a black man and seems to be extending the olive branch to those around him. Peele writes and produces this latest “spiritual sequel” to the “Candyman” franchise while Nia DaCosta (director of “Little Woods”) takes the directing chair. I have to say, the slow, creepy version of “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child does not work as well as “I’ve Got Five On It” from Peele’s “Us” trailer last year. I’d give them an “A” for effort, but now they’re just ripping off what worked for “Us” last year. The film itself looks fine, with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Aquaman” & “Us”) starring lead, but the rumors of Tony Todd reprising his role of the Candyman is what has me most intrigued.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
A “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror film ‘Candyman’ that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
STARRING
| Yahya Abdul-Mateen II |
| Teyonah Parris |
| Nathan Stewart-Jarrett |
| Colman Domingo |
| Vanessa A. Williams |
| Tony Todd |
| Rebecca Spence |
| Christiana Clark |
| Cassie Kramer |
| Brian King |
| Kyle Kaminsky |
| Carl Clemons-Hopkins |
| Cedric Mays |
| Nancy Pender |
PRODUCED BY
Ian Cooper
Win Rosenfeld
Jordan Peele
SCREENPLAY
Jordan Peele
Win Rosenfeld
Nia DaCosta
BASED ON
“Candyman”
by Bernard Rose
&
“The Forbidden”
by Clive Barker
CINEMATOGRAPHY
John Guleserian
STUDIO
MGM
Universal Pictures
HORROR
THRIILLER
Also In Theaters
JUNE 12, 2020
| “Greenland” | STX |
| “City of a Million Soldiers” | 101 Studios |
