CANDYMAN: Tony Todd Teases Fans Will Be “Proud” of Nia DaCosta’s Spiritual Sequel
Mike Sprague
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Director Nia DaCosta’s Candyman is coming soon. And today, original Candyman actor Tony Todd teases that all of us fans will be proud of the spiritual sequel.
Todd tells MovieWeb: “They’re finishing up touches and I’m probably going to get a copy in a timely fashion. I’m fully aboard the team. It’s a great team. Nia DaCosta … not only a female director but an African American director. You have Jordan Peele, who is arguably one of the hottest producers around right now. I think people are gonna be proud to see the character and the story continue.
He adds: “The entire film is shot in Chicago… I think we’re going to be surprised about how many things have changed in 30 years, and how many things have stayed the same. So we have a new way of looking at it for an entirely new generation, who unfortunately may not have seen the source material. I’m lucky because, due to the con world, I have been able to keep this character alive and kicking for the 30-year gap. I’m not upset at all. I’m honored that someone thought the source material was important enough to renew the tale. And I know for a fact that is gonna be one of the most accepted and received horror films in a while.”
I’m think he’s right about that.
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.
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