There’s a new “Candyman-2010-movie-posters/”>Candyman” in town.Jordan Peele’s retelling of the horror classic has cast Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the actor best known for playing Black Manta in Warner Bros.’ “Aquaman,” as its star.“Little Woods” writer-director Nia DaCosta is on board to helm.
MGM and Win Rosenfeld are producing with Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.The studio is touting the upcoming film as a “spiritual sequel” to the original.
It will return to the neighborhood where the legend began: the now-gentrified section of Chicago where the Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood.
The original “Candyman” was released in 1992 and follows a graduate student who explores the legend of Candyman while writing a thesis on urban legends.“Candyman” is expected to hit theaters on June 12, 2020.
Production is expected to begin next spring.Abdul-Mateen, who portrayed the villainous Cadillac in Netflix’s “The Get Down,” will appear next in Peele’s thriller “Us.
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