New Jordan Peele Film- 'Candyman'
First of all, ‘Candyman’ is a cult classic film that sees a vengeful spirit perpetuating his own existence through fear and murder. The titular character is a face of fear for all who bear witness to him and we get to experience that in an all new way 30 years later. Rising filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) directs this contemporary incarnation of the cult classic. The housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand for as long as people can remember. This story follows visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; HBO’s Watchmen, Us) and his girlfriend, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk, The Photograph) after they move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition.
Anthony’s painting career is on the brink of stalling, until he hears the ghost story from an old-timer who has lived in the neighborhood for years. Armed with the knowledge that he is easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror, he starts to explore the details of the “Candyman” in his art studio. Exploring the grisly history that has been set out before him does a lot of harm, eventually causing him to question his own sanity. Not only that, but he may just end up meeting up with a destiny that he didn’t know he had waiting for him.
‘Candyman’ stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Colman Domingo. The movie is presented by Universal Pictures, from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld’s Monkeypaw Productions, in association with BRON Creative, Candyman. Candyman is directed by DaCosta, and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us), Rosenfeld and Peele. The screenplay is written by Peele & Rosenfeld and DaCosta and is based on the 1992 film Candyman, written by Bernard Rose, and also based upon the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker. ‘Candyman’ will release to theaters on June 12th, 2020.