Candyman 2021 Trailer Shows Original & New Origin Stories
A new trailer for Nia DaCosta's Candyman shows the bloody return of an urban legend in the upcoming remake of the 1992 cult classic film.
Candyman (2021)
This sequel to the 1992 movie of the same name follows artist Anthony McCoy as he investigates the urban legend of the Candyman, a hook-handed killer who haunts the impoverished Cabrini-Green housing projects. As McCoy finds himself drawn deeper into the legend of the Candyman, he begins to learn the horrifying truth: the myth is much more dangerous than he ever could have imagined.
Candyman
- Director
- Nia DaCosta
- Release Date
- August 27, 2021
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Tony Todd , Cassie Kramer , Colman Domingo , Carl Clemons-Hopkins , Teyonah Parris , Rebecca Spence , Nathan Stewart-Jarrett , Christina Clark , Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , Vanessa Estelle Williams , Kyle Kaminsky
- Writers
- Jordan Peele , Win Rosenfeld , Nia DaCosta
- Runtime
- 91 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Candyman
- prequel(s)
- Day of the Dead
- Budget
- 25 million
- Prequel
- Candyman: Day of the Dead, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, Candyman (1992)
Summary
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 (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; HBO’s Watchmen, Us) and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk, The Photograph), 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 (Colman Domingo; HBO’s Euphoria, Assassination Nation) 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 terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.
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