Mahershala Ali’s Blade film has been placed on maintain as Marvel Studios continues its search of a brand new director for the undertaking.
In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel is quickly shutting down production-related actions for Blade, following director Bassam Tariq’s exit from the undertaking. Tariq left Blade about two weeks in the past, citing continued shifts within the film’s manufacturing schedule as the explanation for his exit. The undertaking was initially anticipated to start manufacturing this November in Atlanta, Georgia.
Blade is at present going by a brand new rounds of rewrites by Beau DeMayo, who has beforehand labored on tasks like Neflix’s The Witcher and Marvel’s Moon Knight. Marvel is hoping to get the undertaking again on observe over the subsequent few weeks and start manufacturing in early 2023.
For now, Blade is unlikely to make its present November 3, 2023 launch date as Marvel deepens its seek for a alternative director. “They need to actually get it proper,” a person with data of the matter instructed THR.
The solid of Blade at present options Mahershala Ali because the titular titular vampire hunter, with Delroy Lindo, Aaron Pierre and Milan Ray on board in undisclosed roles. It’s unclear if this delay goes to have an effect on the solid of the undertaking.
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Supply: THR
