Overview
- Speaking at Deadline’s Contenders Film event in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, Coogler cited The Luck of the Irish as an unexpected touchpoint for Sinners.
- He said the DCOM sparked his interest in similarities between Irish folk and Black music, which informed the film’s world-building.
- Coogler framed Remmick as a pre-colonial Irish figure with roots in Bram Stoker’s vampire tradition rather than a satanic archetype.
- He praised Jack O’Connell’s performance as Remmick, calling it a personal and “beautiful” turn that anchored the film.
- Sinners, set in the 1932 Mississippi Delta juke-joint scene, is among the year’s top-grossing horror releases and is now streaming on HBO Max and Hulu, and Coogler said Black Panther 3 is his next movie though Marvel has not announced details.