{"id":2903,"date":"2021-06-18T14:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:55:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T18:55:23","slug":"universal-picturess-candyman-director-nia-dacostas-message-on-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"Universal Pictures’s ‘CANDYMAN’ : Director Nia DaCosta\u2019s Message on Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"

CANDYMAN-In Theaters August 27.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Genre: Horror<\/p>\n

Cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo<\/p>\n

Director: Nia DaCosta<\/p>\n

Screenplay by: Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld and Nia DaCosta\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Producers: Ian Cooper, Win Rosenfeld, Jordan Peele<\/p>\n

Executive Producer: David Kern, Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oscar\u00ae<\/sup> winner Jordan Peele unleashes a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman.\u00a0Filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Little Woods<\/strong>, <\/i>upcoming Captain Marvel 2<\/strong>) <\/i>directs this contemporary incarnation of the cult classic.<\/p>\n

For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago\u2019s 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\u2019s Watchmen<\/strong>, Us<\/strong><\/i>) and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris; If Beale Street Could Talk<\/i><\/strong>, The Photograph<\/i><\/strong>), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials.<\/p>\n

With Anthony\u2019s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini-Green old-timer (Colman Domingo;\u00a0HBO\u2019s Euphoria<\/strong>, Assassination Nation<\/strong><\/i>)<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

Universal Pictures presents, from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld\u2019s Monkeypaw Productions, in association with BRON Creative, Candyman<\/strong>.<\/i> Candyman<\/i> <\/strong>is directed by DaCosta, and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us<\/i>), Rosenfeld and Peele. The screenplay is by Peele & Rosenfeld and DaCosta. The film is based on the 1992 film Candyman<\/i><\/strong>, written by Bernard Rose, and the short story \u201cThe Forbidden\u201d by Clive Barker. The film\u2019s executive producers are David Kern, Aaron L. Gilbert and Jason Cloth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s the official trailer.<\/p>\n