Release of Candyman Reboot Delayed To 2021

by Eva Watson Writer

The most awaited reboot of the 1992 cult-hit movie Candyman has been postponed to 2021. The film has already made great speculation because of the original cast member Tony Todd. Although after the 1990 release, two sequels were made after that, the original one will be fans’ favorite.

Candyman is an American supernatural slasher movie written by Jordan Peele, Nia DaCosta, and Win Rosenfeld, directed by DaCosta. The sequel of the film is in the same name as the original one in 1992. The story is based on the short story by Clive Barker titled “The Forbidden.” The movie stars Tony Todd, Teyonah Parris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Colman Domingo. The film was initially scheduled to be released on 12 June 2020, but due to pandemic COVID-19, it was delayed to sometime in 2021.

Jordan Peele announced the sequel of the 1992 movie in September 2018 under his Monkeypaw Productions. In an interview with Nightmare, Todd shared that he would instead want someone to do the intelligent character, who would be thoughtful and dig into Candyman’s character, and why he existed. The team confirmed in November 2018 that Peele would produce the movie along with MGM and Universal, and Nia DaCosta signed as the director. The president of MGM, Jonathan Glickman, shared that the film will not only pay attention to the brilliant source material and Clive Barker’s haunting but also will bring something that is entertaining for fans.

So fans are upset with the delay of the release date. The makers say that the reason is related to coronavirus, and they will release the film when the time is right. Horror movies are known as the crowd favorite, and the franchise already has its fan base. Hence the Universal production team is waiting to release the film after things begin to get normalized so that cinema release would make sense. They are waiting when the coronavirus’s risk is holding off, and audiences are comfortable returning to theatres. The most reputed director Christopher Nolan’s movie Tenet did not succeed in bringing the fans outside their homes, so Candyman’s markers doubt its chances are any better. Universal is waiting till 2021 and not releasing the movie as video-on-demand this autumn.

The production team has made a smart decision here. Candyman has a great fan base, and one of the creative personalities behind it is Jordan Peele. So there is enough reason to believe that things will work out fine. The above is the recent updates regarding the famous and most awaited movie Candyman. I hope it was an informative article for you.

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