Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld and DaCosta, stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as artist Anthony McCoy, who draws inspiration from the remnants of Chicago’s now-gentrified Cabrini-Green neighborhood and subsequently gets sucked into the lore of the titular killer with a hook for a hand.
Both the director and star open up to ET about the film’s ending — and what that means for the future of the franchise. “I’m such a big fan I thought that I’ll come at it from the perspective of someone who just lovingly wants to see what else this legend and this story could do,” DaCosta says.
Ignoring the two middle installments, 1995’s and 1999’s, the 2021 film picks up 30 years after the events of the 1992 original starring Tony Todd as Candyman alongside Virginia.
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