Pushes back the release date of Candyman, the horror film directed by Nia DaCosta (Little Woods), which was supposed to be released in US theaters on June 12, 2020, by Universal. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the new release date has been set for September 25, 2020.
Produced by Jordan Peele (Escape - Get Out, Us) in collaboration with MGM/Universal, Candyman has been called a "spiritual sequel" to Candyman - Terror Behind the Mirror (1992) by Bernard Rose. In fact, the story takes place in the Chicago neighborhood where it all began: the violent and run-down Cabrini-Green where Candyman was murdered.
Plot: Artist Anthony McCoy investigates the urban legend of Candyman, a former slave who fell in love with a white woman but was burned alive after being covered in honey and stung by bees. Legend has it that if a person looks in a mirror and repeats the name “Candyman” five times, they will summon him, but at the cost of their own life.
His career as a painter is now in decline, and Anthony decides to dedicate a work to Candyman. However, in doing so, he opens a door to the past that unleashes a series of terrifying and bloody events.
The screenplay of Candyman is by Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld while the cast includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman), Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kyle Kaminsky, Nadia Simms and Aaron Crippen.
Tony Todd, the star of the 1992 film and the two sequels, is involved in this new chapter Hell in the mirror (1995) e Candyman - Day of Death (1999).
Currently, however, no details about his character have been revealed.
