Jordan Peele's Candyman Remake (June 12, 2020)

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

It looks like the 1992 slasher film Candyman might be getting a remake, and Get Out’s Jordan Peele is reportedly in talks to produce the project.

As reported by Bloody Disgusting, Peele is currently in talks to produce the film through Monkeypaw Productions, which previously helped produce Get Out, BlacKkKlansman, Key and Peele and more. It is curently unlcear if Peele plans to simply produce the film, or if he will also serve as director.

While these reports should be taken with a grain of salt, the film does seem to be in Peele’s wheelhouse. The original Candyman, based off of Clive Barker’s short story The Forbidden, involves an urban legend, where if anyone looks in a mirror and says “Candyman” five times, he will appear and kill the speaker. The original film took place in Chicago, and the antagonist was an artist and the son of a slave whose painting hand was cut off and replaced with a hook - he was later covered in honey and stung to death by bees.

This distinct mixture of horror and racial tension has proven successful for Peele in the past. Besides writing and directing the horror thriller Get Out, Peele is also currently working on the horror film Us, and is in the process of reviving The Twilight Zone for television.

Peele’s directorial and writing career has been tremendously successful. He was the first black writer to win the Academy Award for Original Screenplay, he is currently co-writing the script for an upcoming stop-motion film with the director of A Nightmare Before Christmas, and his upcoming film Us is starring Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.

Even with everything on his plate, Peele will seriously consider making a sequel to Get Out.

www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/10/jordan-peele-reportedly-in-talks-for-a-candyman-remake?abthid=5b969ee597422f1a57000066

I'm all for it. Everything he's touching right now is working and Candyman getting the remake treatment would be dope

[dav]

The only bad thing about this is I can't think of many who can match Tony Todd's performance and the original soundtrack. I would be all for this alright.

[Captain Patren Fenderbaum-X]

I am for it because this franchise has been dead for far too long with all the other horror remakes.

But you cannot replace Tony Todd as Candyman because that voice no matter if he is yelling or just speaking calmly IMO is irreplacable.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Sept 10, 2018 13:12:58 GMT -5 Captain Patren Fenderbaum-X said:

I am for it because this franchise has been dead for far too long with all the other horror remakes.

But you cannot replace Tony Todd as Candyman because that voice no matter if he is yelling or just speaking calmly IMO is irreplacable.

I don't know if he will still be Candyman since he's getting up there in age but he def will be involved somehow because you can't leave him out

I'm stuck on who could play Candyman now tho. You're going to need a tall and physical presence tho also have the voice to match. 

[Captain Patren Fenderbaum-X]

Sept 10, 2018 13:17:01 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Sept 10, 2018 13:12:58 GMT -5 Captain Patren Fenderbaum-X said:

I am for it because this franchise has been dead for far too long with all the other horror remakes.

But you cannot replace Tony Todd as Candyman because that voice no matter if he is yelling or just speaking calmly IMO is irreplacable.

I don't know if he will still be Candyman since he's getting up there in age but he def will be involved somehow because you can't leave him out

I'm stuck on who could play Candyman now tho. You're going to need a tall and physical presence tho also have the voice to match. 

To me this scene is the litmus test if and when people start auditioning and they cannot evoke anywhere near the fear Tony Todd did here then move onto the next person



but if Tony Todd is willing to return to the role you bring him the hell back no if ands or buts IMO.

[Milkman Norm]

I mean the man is talented but he's no Sammy.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Sept 10, 2018 13:24:07 GMT -5 Captain Patren Fenderbaum-X said:

Sept 10, 2018 13:17:01 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

I don't know if he will still be Candyman since he's getting up there in age but he def will be involved somehow because you can't leave him out

I'm stuck on who could play Candyman now tho. You're going to need a tall and physical presence tho also have the voice to match. 

To me this scene is the litmus test if and when people start auditioning and they cannot evoke anywhere near the fear Tony Todd did here then move onto the next person



but if Tony Todd is willing to return to the role you bring him the hell back no if ands or buts IMO.

Thinking about it

I think someone like Mike Coulter from Luke Cage can pull it up. I think he has enough voice and presence to pull it off.

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I'm anxiously awaiting 'US' next year. I have faith he'll do something great with Candyman. That character and Tony Todd's performance should be more iconic than it is.

[jimwilliams]

Idris Elba could pull it off I believe. I’m not sure whether it’d be better with the British accent or an Americanized one though.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Sept 10, 2018 22:30:15 GMT -5 jimwilliams said:

Idris Elba could pull it off I believe. I’m not sure whether it’d be better with the British accent or an Americanized one though.

British

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Sept 10, 2018 22:30:15 GMT -5 jimwilliams said:

Idris Elba could pull it off I believe. I’m not sure whether it’d be better with the British accent or an Americanized one though.

That would be insanely perfect casting.

[arrogantmodel]

Michael Jai White came to mind. Dude is still in phenomenal shape and has a great voice.

[Sephiroth]

Tony Todd on what it took to perform the bee scene in Candyman: “A dental damn to preven tintake-and balls of steel.”

[Deleted]

I liked Get Out but remakes of horror movies usually suck.

[Hit Girl]

Candyman's Daughter.

She's sweet, she's deadly, she's bad for your teeth!

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Very interested to see this as I liked the original a lot, but I feel like its story and themes were a bit disjointed, trying to do too many things at the same time and not really ever going deep into any of them. I was especially disappointed that the urban legend aspect and how the modern gangs were using it for their own image wasn't expanded upon more, as that was what really set this movie apart from the rest.

I do agree that Philip Glass' music and Tony Todd's charisma are a big part of what gave this movie its identity, and it would be fantastic if they could at least get Glass on board since there ain't no way Todd will reprise the role at his age, considering the contrast between Candyman's youthful and handsome face and his horribly mangled and bee-covered body was what his design was all about. And while Todd was definitely perfect casting for the role and really brought it to life, I am very much against the notion that just because one actor is famous for a specific role means no-one else should ever give it a shot.

Really, at this point, all I'm hoping for is that they don't turn it into yet another PG-13 film about unlikeable douchebags being punished for doing something awful, so you don't relate to them and you don't care what happens to them, and therefore you don't care about what happens in the story, and where jump scares are the only thing allowed.

[A Platypus Rave]

I don't see it

[TheMediocreWarrior]

Sept 11, 2018 13:35:38 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

I liked Get Out but remakes of horror movies usually suck.

I think there have been enough good horror remakes to not dismiss the idea outright.

Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, The Thing, The Fly, The Blob, and Evil Dead had great remakes.


Fright Night and the first Texas Chainsaw remake were pretty good too IMO.


Would the Hammer horror movies count as remakes?


Even if the new Candyman stunk, if it gets more people to appreciate the original I say give it a try.

['Foretold' Joker]

I'd watch it, Candyman is one of those horror icons who has kind of been lost in the shuffle.

[Captain Patren Fenderbaum-X]

And we have an anwser as to who will be playing the title character

bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3586287/tony-todd-returning-candyman-jordan-peele-produced-sequel-exclusive/

Principal photography kicked off a little over a month ago here in Chicago on the next Candyman, the Jordan Peele-produced sequel to the Clive Barker adaptation that’s directed by Nia DaCosta (Little Woods).

While Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Us, Aquaman) leads the cast, horror fans have been on pins and needles waiting for an announcement in regards to the title character.

I had been hearing for weeks, from several sources, that Tony Todd will be returning to the role that he first portrayed in the 1992 film of the same name. All of my sources are solid, but none of them were fully confident, which led me on a wild goose chase for confirmation. Just a few minutes ago, I had given up and decided to run the scoop on Twitter. Within minutes, two more trustworthy sources came forward telling me that what I had been hearing was, in fact, true.

While I’d still like to tread carefully and wait for MGM to officially announce the news in order to pop the champagne and celebrate, it’s looking like Tony Todd will be returning as the hook-handed Candyman next summer.

Peele (Get Out, Us) co-wrote the script, which is described as a “spiritual sequel” to the original classic. The sequel returns to the neighborhood where the legend began: the now-gentrified section of Chicago where the Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood.

Watch this spot for all official news as it arrives. We’ll all be Candyman’s victim come June 12, 2020.

There is a whole host of other actors alot of people would have liked but to me this was always the only choice because it is his role and yea you could have had a better "actor" but to me none of them would have had the presence of Tony Todd that voice alone hearing it across an empty parking garage would put the fear into anyone.

I was mildly intrigued before but now I am f***ing hyped and cannot wait for this now.