'Candyman' director Nia DaCosta makes history as horror film dominates box office

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'Candyman' director Nia DaCosta makes history as horror film dominates box office
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Nia DaCosta's 'Candyman' is the first movie directed by a Black woman to open at No. 1 at the United States box office, raking in $22.3 million.

Nia DaCosta’s reboot/sequel to the 1992 movie ‘Candyman’ stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and gives meaning to the horrors of a ghetto built on white supremacy.

Co-written by DaCosta, Peele and Win Rosenfeld, “Candyman” marks DaCosta’s second big-screen effort after making her feature filmmaking debut in 2018 with “Little Woods,” a modern western drama starring Lily James and Tessa Thompson. The forthcoming followup to “Captain Marvel” will reunite DaCosta with actor Teyonah Parris, who stars in “Candyman” and made her Marvel debut this year as Monica Rambeau in the hit Disney+ series “WandaVision.”In approaching a follow-up to the 1992 horror cult classic, the “Candyman” team chose what to keep, what to lose and what to make more 21st Century.

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