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Jordan Peele in Talks to Remake Clive Barker’s ‘Candyman’ [Exclusive]
One of my favorite horror movies is the Bernard Rose-directed Candyman, a chilling urban horror film adapted from Clive Barker‘s “Books of Blood” short story “The Forbidden”. “Urban” has a dual meaning in that the adaptation was moved from England to the now demolished Cabrini–Green public housing development in Chicago, while the antagonist is an urban legend in himself, the Candyman (played by Tony Todd), an artist and son of a slave who had his hand severed and was then murdered (with bees, of course) by his lover’s father. Released in 1992, the film spawned two sequels, the latter being direct-to-video.
While lesser known among the horror icons, Candyman is easily one of the scariest; he can be summoned by saying his name five times while facing a mirror.
As for the franchise, it’s been dormant for nearly 20 years. In poking around for a revival screening, I learned that the rights have become available once again. Tri-Star had released the first two films while Artisan was behind 1999’s Day of the Dead. While I’m unsure who is the current rights holder – it may have reverted back to Clive Barker for all I know – I do know that Jordan Peele is in talks to produce a remake of the film through his Monkeypaw Productions. It’s unclear if he plans to direct. Sounds sweets to the sweet to me.
Even if highly unlikely, two years ago, Rose had openly stated that he’d love to direct a “proper” sequel to the film and bring Virginia Madsen as Helen.
Peele won an Oscar earlier this year for his Get Out screenplay and was also nominated for “Best Director”. He’s currently filming Us, another social thriller, while his Monkeypaw Productions is behind a remake of “The Twilight Zone”, “The Hunt” and “Lovecraft Country”. He also produced this summer’s BlacKkKlansman.
“It was always you, Jordan.”
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‘The Omen’ Novelization Gets a Gorgeous New Limited Edition Release from Suntup Editions
With a brand new prequel movie on the way, Suntup Editions has just announced a signed limited edition of The Omen by David Seltzer. The edition features a new exclusive afterword by the author, and six full color illustrations by Juliana Kolesova. As always from Suntup, the edition is highly limited with a very low print run, and is now available for pre-order.
A terrifying thriller of supernatural evil, The Omen by David Seltzer is the novelization of his screenplay for the film that spawned one of the most successful horror franchises of all time.
Suntup explains, “First published as a Signet paperback in June 1976, David Seltzer’s novelization hit bookshelves two weeks before the movie’s release. While novelizations of screenplays and teleplays had long been a part of the publishing landscape, the art form hit its peak with The Omen when the paperback sold three and a half million copies, an unprecedented achievement at the time, making it one of the bestselling books of the year.”
The novelization contains a handful of notable differences from the movie, and it also offered Seltzer an opportunity to expand his story in certain areas.
This is the first signed limited edition of The Omen by David Seltzer. Since its initial publication, there have been no bookstore signings, and no signed copies are known to exist. It is presented in three states: Artist, Numbered and Lettered. The Artist edition is signed by Juliana Kolesova. The Numbered and Lettered editions are signed by David Seltzer and Juliana Kolesova.
To pre-order the Artist edition, limited to only 750 copies available for sale, click here. For more information on the Lettered and Numbered editions, visit: https://suntup.press.









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