With Candyman now back in the public eye and earning rave reviews, could more Barker properties - some of which have been stuck in development hell for years - find their way to the big or small screen sometime soon? Let's look at all the various Barker adaptations in various stages of development - including one or two stories without any official adaptation plans that we just want to see for ourselves. He then executive produced the original 1992 Candyman film, which had writer/director Bernard Rose transplanting Barker's story from Liverpool to Chicago. But it also could be good news for horror writer Clive Barker and his fanbase.īarker, of course, was the original creator of the Candyman character, having first written about him in the short story "The Forbidden" way back in the mid-'80s. That's certainly good news for director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele, whose names were both front and center in the film's marketing. Candyman is officially a horror hit, nearly doubling its budget at the box office after its first two weekends in theaters.
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