Trivia / Candyman (2021)

• Acting for Two: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II portrays Anthony and his hallucination of the Candyman.
• Actor-Shared Background: Loosely speaking. Anthony is an up-and-coming artist while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who plays him, was involved in a similar creative field (architect) before he turned to acting.
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: As the Candyman circles the police car, his reflections shows a different member of the Candyman Hive in each window he passes.
• Meaningful Release Date: Was originally set to be released in 2020, the year that the previous installment, Candyman: Day of the Dead, takes place.
• Release Date Change: Originally scheduled to be released on June 12, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it was delayed to September 25, and then to October 16, before finally releasing on August 27, 2021.
• Role Reprise: Tony Todd, Vanessa A. Williams, and Virginia Madsen all reprise their roles from the original 1992 movie.
• Screwed by the Lawyers: Per Tony Todd, the reason it took so long for this film to get off the ground was because of the films switching production companies for every film, resulting in three different owners of one IP with none of them being on the same page.
• Sequel Gap: The film was released 29 years after the first film, which this film is a direct sequel to. For the franchise as a whole, it comes 22 years after Candyman: Day of the Dead, though it's ironically set one year earlier (2019) than that film (2020).
• Voice-Only Cameo: Other than the picture of her in the newspaper, Virginia Madsen is not seen, but her voice is heard when Anthony listens to Helen's tapes.
• What Could Have Been: Lakeith Stanfield was considered for the role of Anthony, but he turned it down for Judas and the Black Messiah.

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