Nia DaCosta-Directed 'Candyman'
Universal Pictures

This summer, producer Jordan Peele and director Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) is bringing one of the most terrifying horror icons back to the big screen with Candyman.

Official synopsis: 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 girlfriend, 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 terrifyingly viral wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

Candyman is directed by DaCosta, and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us), Rosenfeld, and Peele. The screenplay is by Peele, Rosenfeld, and DaCosta. The film is a reboot and “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 cult classic film Candyman, written by Bernard Rose, and the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker.

Candyman hits theaters on June 12, 2020.

Universal Pictures

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