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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Joshua Gibran Mayweather

Joshua Gibran Mayweather appears in Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, the film adaptation of the book by Clive Barker The Forbidden, first published in 1985.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1985 book, The Forbidden
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The Forbidden
Clive Barker, 1985
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Bill Condon, 1995

Coleman Tarrant, who was the father of New Orleans schoolteacher Annie Tarrant, was murdered while investigating the deaths of the three men in a manner that was similar to the Candyman legend. One year later and three years after the Candyman murders in Chicago, Professor Philip Purcell writes a book about the case. The Candyman kills Purcell in a public bathroom following a book signing.