16. Candyman
The original Candyman landed in 1992 as an adaptation of Clive Barker’s short story, The Forbidden. With Tony Todd as the slave-turned-mirror-monster Candyman and a supporting cast of Virginia Madsen and Kasi Lemmons it turned out to be one of the more successful of Barker’s filmic re-imaginings.
In 2008, Sony dabbled with the idea of bringing Candyman back to the big screen and earlier this year another rumour found its way online: let’s bring him back as a white guy. Considering the existence of the Candyman hinges upon his former life as a slave murdered after his affair with a white woman was uncovered, Sony are going to have to rewrite the entire backstory, otherwise it’ll make as much sense as a chocolate tea cosy.
Speaking with Fangoria, Todd revealed his desire to play the hooked villain again and that he had met with Clive Barker, but due to the rights ownership it’s still up in the air. Barker has made no secret of the fact he wishes to buy back the rights to the franchise as well as his Hellraiser series so as to film: Candyman Vs. Pinhead.
As it stands, Candyman is still in development.
15. Friday the 13th
A found footage remake sequel of a slasher? Isn’t that like crossing the streams? Or that other popular adage: too many gimmicks ruin a perfectly average franchise.
After the last Friday the 13th rebooting back in 2009, directed by Marcus Nispel, Jason is set to return once more from the depths of Camp Crystal Lake/Manhattan/Atlantis. A year after the first remake, the follow-up was ready to go until producer Brad Fuller announced on Twitter that for whatever reason, it was “dead – not happening.”
In 2011, Fuller than declared it alive as scriptwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift had delivered a great script and were ready to go when New Line Cinema gave them the go ahead. Recently over at Starseeker their source shared two further possibilities: it’s to be set during winter and it’ll also be a prequel (possible unimaginative tagline: “Older and colder.”)
For the time being, Friday the 13th: Part 2 – The Found Footage Prequel Remake is still in development.
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