Candyman
Universal Pictures unveil the first full drone forCandyman , a reimagining of the90s revulsion - classicfrom producer Jordan Peele and director Nia DeCosta . The originalCandymanmovie was written and directed by Bernard Rose , who based his script on a short floor by Clive Barker hollo " The Forbidden . " The original film follows Helen Lyle ( Virginia Madsen ) , a alum pupil researching urban fable , as she uncover thegruesome slaying of a nineteenth - hundred black manwho was killed for having a tyke with a flush white human being ’s daughter . Her hunt leads her to discover that the Candyman is veridical and that saying his name five meter in a mirror bidding him , ensue in a hook - touch on death .
Peele and DeCosta compose the playscript for the young take , alongside writer Win Rosenfeld , after it was first announced in 2018 . Since then , reports about the movie have been scarce . Madsen is involved in some capacitance , although she wo n’t be reprising the office of Helen Lyle . Tony Todd , who played the nominal villain in the original , is also said to refund for the DeCosta ’s edition , but , again , the full circumstances of his involvement has been kept under wrapper . Whatever part Todd and Madsen have to trifle , they ’ll be join this clip byWatchmen ’s Yahya Abdul - Mateen II , Teyonah Parris(Dear WhitePeople),and Nathan Stewart - Jarrett ( Misfits ) .
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The first laggard for theCandymanreboot finally arrived , and while it does n’t reveal too much , it confirms the film ’s return to the master ’s place setting of Chicago ’s Cabrini Green . Abdul - Mateen II plays an artist who ’s recently moved to the newly gentrified Cabrini Green , formerly a crime - ridden lodging project , to " spread the story " of the infamous Candyman . From there , thing unravel in distinctive revulsion movie style as the eubstance count rise , and Abdul - Mateen II begin to question his saneness . Candyman’strailer unfolds to a haunting rendering of a classical ' 90s hip - hop runway ( much like the Peele - producedUsused a likewise creepy-crawly covert of Eminem ’s " I Got 5 On It " ) . Destiny Child ’s " Say My Name " is an befittingly titled needle drib for a motion picture about an urban legend summoned by repeat his name over and over . Watch the full trailer below :
At a press cover for the poke , Peele cry the film"a reimagining"of the original story - which he describe as"one of the few movies that explore any aspect of the black experience in the repugnance genre in the 90s when I was grow up . “He also said DeCosta was"uniquely suited"to write and directCandyman , due to her love of the original cinema , generator Clive Barker , and a common appreciation forhorror director David Cronenberg . Also,“the fact that we were vast fans of her [ directorial debut ] film Little Woods . "
DeCosta credit gentrification of the real Cabrini Green as what help her ( and her Centennial State - writers ) reimagine the account . She notes the original film ’s visual modality of the area surrounding the housing project as a place already " on its way to being knocked down . " She aver the newCandymanwill " talk about the ghosts that are left behind"by gentrification . Judging by the first trailer , it appears the ghosts are fairly angry .
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