Universal Pictures, MGM and Monkeypaw Productions are moving Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” from its original release date on Oct.
16 to an unset date in 2021, it was announced on Friday.The studio and production partners are committed to a theatrical release for the film during a time when movie theaters have closed and film distribution has suffered due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The film was originally set for a June 12 release, and the distributors are now looking for optimal release dates in the upcoming year.Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld and DaCosta wrote the screenplay for the sequel of the 1992 film.
Ian Cooper, Rosenfeld and Peele produce.Peele frames the story of the supernatural killer with a hook for a hand named Candyman as a demon that has haunted Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood for decades.
But in the present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down,
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