In more news from the upcoming Jordan Peele-produced Candyman sequel, THR is reporting that actress Teyonah Parris (Empire, If Beale Street Could Talk) is in final talks to join the new film.
Parris joins Aquaman villain Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who was cast in the movie last week; however, while initial reports claimed that he’d be portraying the titular Candyman, stepping into the shoes of horror icon Tony Todd, THR’s report states that Abdul-Mateen will actually play an artist who becomes obsessed with the Candyman legend, with Parris as his art dealer girlfriend.
The new film, a “spiritual sequel” to the cult 1992 horror, Candyman is being diretced by Nia DaCosta (Little Woods), and will take place in the now-gentrified Cabrini-Green housing project of the first movie.
Filming on Candyman is set to get underway in the spring ahead of a release on June 12th 2020.
