Jordan Peele and Nia DaCosta's 'Candyman' Injects New Life Into a 30-Year-Old Franchise
is a name audiences are going to want to say again and again after it debuts in theaters. The long-awaited sequel, which ignores subsequent installments, revives the long dead horror franchise nearly 30 years after the groundbreaking original starring Tony Todd as the titular vengeful spirit with a hook for a hand.Directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld and DaCosta, the 2021 film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as artist Anthony McCoy, who draws inspiration from the remnants of Chicago’s now-gentrified Cabrini-Green and subsequently gets sucked into the lore of Candyman.