Tag: Candyman
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‘Captain Marvel 2’ Will Be Helmed By ‘Candyman’ Director Nia DaCosta
Nia DaCosta is taking the helm for Captain Marvel 2. The director of the highly anticipated Candyman reboot has been tapped by Marvel Studios to direct Captain Marvel 2, making her the first-ever Black female director for a Marvel movie. Deadline broke the news that Nia DaCosta, director of the acclaimed drama Little Woods and…
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‘Candyman,’ ‘Halloween Kills’ releases pushed amid pandemic uncertainty
Universal reschedules four horror titles for later this autumn or next year.Reflecting ongoing uncertainty about the state of the theatrical market in the pandemic-hit Us, Universal Pictures has pushed back the release dates of films including Jordan Peele’s Candyman and Blumhouse Productions’ Halloween Kills.Candyman, writer-producer Peele’s new take on the horror legend, produced by MGM…
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‘Halloween’ Sequels, ‘Candyman’ Pushed Back by Universal
Universal Pictures is pushing back the openings of “Candyman” and its two “Halloween” sequels, marking only the latest release date delays amid the coronavirus pandemic.“Candyman” will move back three weeks from Sept. 25 to Oct. 16. “Halloween Kills” has been delayed for a year from Oct. 16, 2020, to Oct. 15, 2021, and “Halloween Ends”…
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New ‘Candyman’ Teaser Puts the Social Commentary Behind This Horror Icon at the Forefront
Candyman is coming back. Universal has released a teaser spotlighting Nia DaCosta‘s new take on the classic horror tale, which is due out in September. The new Candyman teaser re-introduces the Candyman origin story by embedding it in the stories of Black persecution and pain. Watch the Candyman teaser below. Candyman Teaser “Candyman ain’t a…
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‘It Follows’ Filmmaker David Robert Mitchell to Direct Superhero Film ‘Heroes & Villains’ at MGM
MGM has acquired the rights to “Heroes & Villains,” a new take on the superhero genre from the director of “It Follows” and “Under the Silver Lake” David Robert Mitchell.Mitchell has written the screenplay and will direct the feature film, though additional plot details are being kept under wraps.Mitchell will also produce “Heroes & Villains”…
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13 Highlights From Ava DuVernay’s #ARRAYNow Tweet-a-Thon With More Than 60 Directors
Talk about using the power of #FilmTwitter for good.On Thursday, director Ava DuVernay and her film collective Array unleashed the power of Twitter to educate and inspire the film community with a 10-hour tweet-a-thon event for cinephiles to ask their favorite filmmakers all about how and why they make the movies they’ve made.More than 60…
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Jordan Peele-Produced ‘Candyman’ Heads To Fall
More betting by the major studios that moviegoing occurs later this season in the coronavirus climate, than earlier this summer as Universal/MGM’s Candyman reboot moves from June 12 to Sept. 25.In the wake of Paramount, Warner Bros. and Sony shifting their movies out of the earlier part of summer as questions hang over when exhibition…
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‘Butt Boy’ Trailer: A Man And His Powerful Anus Are Being Hunted In This Strange Thriller
You have to assume that with a title like “Butt Boy,” the upcoming film from filmmaker Tyler Cornack is weird. And when you see the new trailer, that suspicion is most definitely confirmed. But weird isn’t always a bad thing, and “Butt Boy” looks like it could be one of the more surprising films of…
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The most exciting movies of 2020 – horror
Jordan Peele brings back the Candyman, Guillermo del Toro returns with his signature style and Kristen Stewart battles monsters in the depths of the oceanMore of the most anticipated films of 2020A belated English language reboot of Japanese classic Ju-On: The Grudge (2002), this stars Andrea Riseborough and Demián Bichir as detectives investigating a series…
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‘Candyman’ Producer Says Jordan Peele’s Reboot Is Inspired By Toxic Fandom, Which Is “The Most Problematic Thing Facing The Genre”
When it was announced that Jordan Peele was producing a remake/reboot of the classic slasher film “