Candyman Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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 and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright , 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 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.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Candyman.

• Y
  Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

  ... Anthony McCoy

  Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Matrix Resurrections

• T
  Teyonah Parris

  ... Brianna Cartwright

  The Marvels, The Photograph

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  Colman Domingo

  ... William Burke

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Series), Sing Sing

• N
  Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

  ... Troy Cartwright

  Mope, Femme

• R
  Rebecca Spence

  ... Finley Stephens

• C
  Christiana Clark

• B
  Brian King

  ... Clive Privler

• K
  Kyle Kaminsky

  ... Grady Cartwright

• C
  Carl Clemons-Hopkins

  ... Jameson

  The Beanie Bubble

• C
  Cedric Mays

  ... Gil Cartwright

• T
  Tony Todd

  ... Daniel Robitaille / Candyman

  Final Destination: Bloodlines, Immortal

• V
  Vanessa Williams

  ... Anne-Marie McCoy

  Tyler Perry's Temptation, Johnson Family Vacation

Crew Behind the Film

The Candyman behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Nia DaCosta last directed The Marvels and Little Woods. The film's writer Jordan Peele last wrote Wendell & Wild and Nope.

Director

Nia DaCosta

Screenwriters

Jordan Peele
Win Rosenfeld

Producers

Ian Cooper
Jordan Peele
Win Rosenfeld

Production Details

What we know about the Candyman movie production.

Key Facts

• Universal Pictures’ release of MGM and Monkeypaw Productions’ CANDYMAN, in association with BRON Creative, will move from June 12, 2020, to Friday, September 25, 2020 (4/3/2020).
• Will return to the neighborhood where the legend began.
• Described as a “spiritual sequel” to the original 1992 horror film (Variety, 2/26/19).
• Based on the 1992 film written by Bernard Rose.

Production Updates for Candyman

Jul 2021

Completed

Changed Candyman movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jan 2020

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. Filming has wrapped up.

Oct 2019

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Feb 2019

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Nov 2018

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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