Lakeith Stanfield Eyed to Star in Jordan Peele’s ‘Candyman’ Movie

Jordan Peele is turning to a familiar face to star in his spiritual sequel to the 1992 horror classic Candyman, as Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out) has an offer and is in talks to play the protagonist, an individual familiar with the project has told Collider. Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) is directing from a script co-written by Peele and his MonkeyPaw Productions partner Win Rosenfield. MGM is slated to release the new Candyman movie on June 12, 2020. The important thing to keep in mind here is that Stanfield is not slated to take over the titular hook-handed role …

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