Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that director Yann Demange and screenwriter Michael Starrbury have taken over duties on Marvel Studio’s Blade. The film was expected to begin filming this fall. Still, it was put on hold as star Mahershala Ali was not impressed with writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour’s original screenplay and the direction director Bassam Tariq […]
Today, Marvel Studios announced several Phase 6 film release dates and shifted others. This comes off the recent news that Blade will be paused indefinitely due to the film looking for a new director and under heavy rewrites. Currently, Blade will now hit theaters on September 6th, 2024. Deadpool 3 will be slated to release […]
Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that up-and-coming director Bassam Tariq has stepped away from directing the upcoming Marvel Studios vampire reboot Blade. According to the report, it was due to a scheduling conflict with his next project and the multiple false starts on production. Production has been pushed indefinitely until sometime in early 2023, while […]
Today, The Direct announced that actress Milan Ray has joined the very small cast of Blade for Marvel Studios. The young actress is best known for her role in The Wonder Years reboot series. While her role isn’t revealed it’s expected to be significant. We at Knight Edge Media heard a year ago that Blade […]
Today, Deadline announced that actor Aaron Pierre has joined the cast of Marvel Studios Blade. He is best known for his roles in OLD and the Underground Railroad. The role is unknown at this time but was highly sought after by many actors in Hollywood. Bassam Tariq was set to direct the vampire film with […]
Following the events of Marvel Studios Eternals, Dane Whitman (played Kit Harington) confronts his family’s heirloom the Ebony Blade. Off-screen he is met by the daywalker himself Blade (voiced by Mahershala Ali) before touching the Ebony blade. While many assumed this mid-credit scene was simply to set up Blade it may go deeper than that […]
Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that actor Delroy Lindo has entered final negotiations to join Marvel Studios Blade. It’s unknown what role he will play in the film but the actor got massive praise for his work in Da 5 Bloods. The film was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 and will star Mahershala […]
Today, Deadline announced that Marvel Studios is looking at Mogul Mowgli director Bassam Tariq to helm their vampire-hunter film Blade. No deal has been accepted yet but he looks to be the studio’s top choice. They looked at several high-profile directors before landing on yet another indie director. The project has been in development for […]
Earlier today The Hollywood Reporter announced a slew of black directors both Marvel and DC are looking at for their upcoming projects. Marvel is looking at these directors to helm their Blade film. Blade starring Mahershala Ali has moved production from this September to July 2022. The push for production comes off the studio just […]
Today, we at Knight Edge Media learned that casting has all begun on Marvel Studios Blade starring Mahershala Ali. This comes as a surprise given that a writer was only found last month in screenwriter Stacy Osei-Kuffour. It should be noted that a Blade draft had been previously commissioned in-house at Marvel Studios back in […]
