Nia DaCosta’s ‘Candyman’ Release Delayed to 2021

Audiences will have to wait until 2021 to summon “Candyman.” The supernatural slasher film, directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, has pushed back its theatrical release and will now debut on the big screen sometime next year.“Candyman” was supposed to hit theaters on Oct.

16.

Universal and MGM, the studio’s behind the movie, have yet to set a new release date but plan to announce one in the coming weeks.The news comes hours after Warner Bros.

postponed “Wonder Woman 1984” from Oct.

2 to Christmas Day.

Without the “Wonder Woman” sequel, “Candyman” would have been the next highly anticipated movie to release on the big screen following “Tenet.”“Tenet” debuted in the U.S.

last weekend and was expected test whether or not audiences would return to theaters during the pandemic.

The movie, directed by Christopher Nolan, generated $20 million over the holiday frame.After Sony’s romantic

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