Rumors abound that Pinhead, a hell priest summoned by a mystical puzzle box, will be played by Odessa A’zion in the new film, a gender swap that makes a lot of sense considering that Barker's lead Cenobite was a more feminine figure in the original text. Bruckner has called it a "small re-imagining" of The Hellbound Heart, Barker's 1986 novella that he himself adapted into the original Hellraiser film one year later. A Hellraiser reboot directed by David Bruckner, who helmed The Ritual and this summer's The Night House, has reportedly begun shooting in Belgrade, Serbia for an eventual Hulu release. So it shouldn't come as a shock that the most obvious Barker project is the one that's already underway. If Candyman is a hit with the public again, there's no reason Pinhead couldn't be, too. RELATED: Clive Barker Heading Back to 'Hellraiser,' Joining David Gordon Green's New HBO Series 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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