Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Reboot Paused As Studio Appears to be like For New Director, Launch Dates For Different MCU Motion pictures Delayed

Marvel Studios’ new “Blade” received’t forge forward fairly but.

Marvel wants extra time to sharpen their vampire hunter film starring Mahershala Ali (“Inexperienced E-book”, “Moonlight”). The studio is shutting down actions pertaining to manufacturing in Atlanta, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter.

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The brand new “Blade” film was scheduled to begin filming in November; nevertheless, Marvel is on the look out for a brand new director after the departure of filmmaker Bassim Tariq two weeks in the past. The film was initially scheduled to premiere on Nov. 3, 2023 however that timeline seems untenable now.

Expectations had been that Marvel would rapidly assign a brand new director following Tariq’s departure. The studio is now exploring a extra affected person method because it gears in direction of a reported manufacturing begin in early 2023.

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The unique “Blade” film starred Wesley Snipes because the titular antihero. It was launched on Aug. 21, 1998 and adopted by two sequels. The model starring Ali might be a reboot set within the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In the meantime, the “Blade” delay has brought on different dominos to fall inside the MCU, with the studio asserting new delayed launch dates for a number of different anticipated Marvel films.

In keeping with Selection, the brand new launch date for “Blade” is now Sept. 6, 2024, which had beforehand been the discharge date for “Deadpool 3” — which has now been bumped to Nov. 8, 2024.

Different new launch dates introduced embrace: “Incredible 4”, pushed to Feb. 14, 2025; an untitled Marvel movie, delayed from from Feb. 14, 2025 to Nov. 7, 2025; “Avengers: Secret Wars”, pushed from Nov. 7, 2025 to Might 1, 2026; and one other untitled Marvel movie, initially set for Might 1, 2026, which has been faraway from the schedule of releases solely.