Producer: New Candyman will deal with toxic fandom, no comment on Tony Todd

Posted 7 years ago

Ian Cooper will be producing a "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 classic CANDYMAN with Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, through Peele's company Monkeypaw Productions, and he had an interesing answer when Deadline asked him if the film would address any...

Tony Todd discusses the new Candyman film, waiting to receive his contract

Posted 7 years ago

For a while, it was looking like genre legend Tony Todd was going to be left out of the loop on director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele's "spiritual sequel" to Todd's most popular film, CANDYMAN. While fans wondered how they...

Director: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II isn’t replacing Tony Todd in Candyman

Posted 7 years ago

Back in January, we heard that Lakeith Stanfield was in talks to star in director Nia DaCosta's "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 classic CANDYMAN. If Stanfield's deal had closed, he would have been taking on the role of Anthony, a...

Candyman director says Yahya Abdul-Mateen II won’t be replacing Tony Todd

Posted 7 years ago

Last month it was reported that AQUAMAN's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II would be starring in the upcoming CANDYMAN reboot, and many took that to mean that the actor would be stepping into the role originally played by Tony Todd, but director...

Beale Street’s Teyonah Parris in talks to join Jordan Peele’s Candyman

Posted 7 years ago

The upcoming CANDYMAN remake, which is actually being called a "spiritual sequel," is being developed by Jordan Peele (GET OUT) and will be directed by Nia DaCosta (LITTLE WOODS). Peele will also be penning the script alongside Win Rosenfeld and both...

Parris joining Abdul-Mateen in Candyman, title role still open?

Posted 7 years ago

It looks like the trades might have tricked the internet last week with the terminology used to announce the casting of AQUAMAN's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in the new CANDYMAN project that's in the works at MGM. Referring to his character as...

Joe Lynch casts Marcia Gay Harden and more in his Point Blank remake

Posted 8 years ago

Last month, we learned that WRONG TURN 2 / EVERLY / MAYHEM director Joe Lynch is set to take the helm of a remake of the French action crime drama POINT BLANK for Netflix. At the time, it was announced...

Trailer for Chi-raq shows Spike Lee tackling gun violence for next film

Posted 11 years ago

It’s been awhile since a Spike Lee joint has really connected with me, but that may change in a matter of weeks with the release of his latest film CHI-RAQ. Serving as Amazon Studios’ first original movie release, CHI-RAQ is...

Laugh along with the first full trailer for Dear White People

Posted 12 years ago

We shared the first teaser trailer for DEAR WHITE PEOPLE last month which nearly split our readers judging by the comments. The upcoming indie film is a racially charged that showcases a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor that should be taken...