Nia DaCosta's 'Candyman' Continuation Moved to August 2021

Today, Universal and MGM announced that Nia DaCosta’s Candyman continuation will now hit theaters on Aug. 27, 2021. Which is sure to disappoint the fans of the horror classic, who have already been waiting. The film was written by Jordan Peele, DaCosta, along with Win Rosenfield and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris.

After a year of cancelations and virtual premieres, movie fans around the globe have come to expect the disruptions. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many film companies have been forced to find new ways of getting their films on screens. Candyman, like many other films, was already forced off its previous June 2020 release date.

Candyman’s official synopsis:

“For as long as the 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 the present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, a visual artist named Anthony McCoy and his girlfriend, a gallery director named Brianna Cartwright, moved into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by the 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 the 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.”

You can check out the teaser below and Nia DaCosta’s Candyman comes to theaters Aug 2021. Be sure to follow ScaryNerd to stay up to date on all things horror.