Candyman

Release Date: Friday, August 27, 2021 Nationwide

Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele, Vanessa Williams, Tony Todd, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Cedric Mays, Kyle Kaminsky, Brian King, Rebecca Spence, Christiana Clark, Miriam Moss, Rodney L Jones III

R Horror N/A

  • 3.6

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Plot

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Plot
For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright , move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials. With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini-Green old-timer exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifyingly viral wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.
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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Nia DaCosta last directed The Marvels and Little Woods. The film's writer Jordan Peele last wrote Wendell & Wild and Nope.

Director
Nia DaCosta
Producers
Ian Cooper
Jordan Peele
Win Rosenfeld

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for bloody horror violence, and language including some sexual references
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Don’t say his name.
Also known as
Not available
Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Universal Pictures’ release of MGM and Monkeypaw Productions’ CANDYMAN, in association with BRON Creative, will move from June 12, 2020, to Friday, September 25, 2020 (4/3/2020).
  • Will return to the neighborhood where the legend began.
  • Described as a “spiritual sequel” to the original 1992 horror film (Variety, 2/26/19).
  • Based on the 1992 film written by Bernard Rose.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production. Filming has wrapped up.

Production

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Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

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Candyman was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 27, 2021 . There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including Vacation Friends, American Sausage Standoff and No Man of God.



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Sun., Dec. 4, 2022

Mon., Jul. 5, 2021

  • Added the tagline: "Say it. "

  • Changed the status of Tony Todd as Daniel Robitaille / Candyman to Current

  • Changed the status of Cedric Mays as Gil Cartwright to Current

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