Marvel Studios has reportedly put collectively a plan for Blade that requires the film to get a brand new script over the summer season, which is able to then exit to administrators.
The Mahershala Ali-starring vampire thriller fell deeper into the pits of growth hell after it not too long ago misplaced its second director, Yann Demange, however a brand new report from THR suggests Marvel is now seeking to get the seemingly ill-fated challenge again on monitor by taking one other stab on the script earlier than discovering a brand new director.
According to the report, Marvel has enlisted Eric Pearson to assist scribe the brand new script for Blade. Pearson’s previous writing credit embody engaged on the screenplays for the MCU’s Thor: Ragnarok and Black Widow and, extra not too long ago, Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four, which the outlet claims “happy the studio.”
The Blade script has already gone via a number of rewrites, with totally different storylines and time intervals utilized in varied drafts. THR experiences that the model aiming to shoot final 12 months “was set within the Nineteen Twenties, in response to sources, and featured Mia Goth as a vampire villain named Lilith who needed the blood of Blade’s daughter.”
Goth continues to be hooked up to star within the challenge alongside Ali’s titular vampire hunter. However, Ali reportedly grew to become “very pissed off” with the film’s progress when Bassam Tariq vacated the director’s chair, prompting the manufacturing to return to a grinding halt, however this ended up being solely the primary in a sequence of setbacks.
There isn’t any phrase but on whether or not Marvel will bump Blade from its November 7, 2025 launch date (the place it landed after a reshuffle) amid the seek for one other director.
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