The shooting of the new movie “Blade”, one of the most anticipated projects of Marvel Studios, already has a set date for the start.
The information comes from the website Production list, who revealed that “Blade” will begin filming next month in Atlanta and New Orleans, with Mahershala Ali in the lead role. There, the information is that filming will begin on July 4th.
The summary of the project reads: “He is known to be a vampire hunter – half mortal, half immortal – who tries to rid the world of vampires in order to avenge his mother, who was killed by a vampire while he was alive. give birth to it “.
Blade is one of the characters that Marvel has been wanting to bring into the MCU for some time now, and this could be a good time with magical elements taking hold after “WandaVision”, “Moon Knight” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse.” of madness. ” leaving the way open for vampires to enter.
The character was released in theaters in 1998, played by Wesley Snipes, in “Blade – The Vampire Hunter” and won two other films, closing in 2004 a trilogy that found relative success at the time. Snipes also thought about returning for “Blade 4”, but that never happened. Then, a few years ago, Mahershala Ali himself contacted Marvel Studios with an idea for the character, confirming Kevin Feige revealed to Fandango.
“We have wanted to find a new path for Blade for years. We love this character. We love this world. Mahershala wanted to come and meet us. And when Mahershala wants to meet, you have the meeting. And I think he just got out of his second Oscar. And we were talking very polite, and he was talking about who he is a fan of, and then he went right to the point and said “Blade”. And we were like, ‘Yeah!’ “Feige said.
There are no major details on the project yet other than this, but Feige has already confirmed that the film will take place in Phase 5 of the MCU. The production will have Bassam Tariq as director, the screenplay is by Stacy Osei-Kuffour and Eric Carroll and Kevin Feige will be the producers. In addition to Mahershala Ali, the cast includes Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre, with unconfirmed roles.
The new “Blade” does not yet have an official release date.
The MCU’s “Blade” filming post with Mahershala Ali has a start date that first appeared on Digital Look.
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