(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige will produce the project, which is expected to start production in Atlanta in 2023.Īli and Pizzolatto have previously worked together on the third season of HBO crime series ''True Detective''. The movie, directed by Yann Demange, will feature Ali in the title role alongside actors Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre. He is half-mortal, half-immortal, trying to free the world from vampires as a way of avenging his mother, who was killed by a vampire as she gave birth to him. Pizzolatto will be working on a draft of the script by Emmy nominee Michael Starrbury, which has been said to be “darker than most Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.” ''Blade'' centres on the iconic comic book vampire slayer. The upcoming Blade movie from Marvel Studios has added yet another writer, as The Hollywood Reporter notes that True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto has joined. ''True Detective'' writer Nic Pizzolatto is set to pen Marvel Studios' ''Blade'' movie, starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.Īccording to entertainment news outlet Variety, pre-production on the film is underway.

Marvel will release Blade on September 6, 2024.PTI | Los Angeles | Updated: 29-04-2023 11:01 IST | Created: 29-04-2023 10:57 IST Representative Image Image Credit: Wikimedia So far, the supporting cast includes Delroy Lindo, Aaron Pierre, and Mia Goth, with more announcements expected to made in the near future. THR’s sources indicate that Pizzolatto has been rewriting Starrbury’s draft for several weeks.īlade is hoping to start production in Atlanta next month with Demange sitting in the director’s chair. Mystery Scene: Your novel Galveston was nominated for an Edgar in 2010, and True Detective is very much crime fiction. But once Yann Demange signed on to helm the movie last fall, the studio enlisted Michael Starrbury ( When They See Us) to start over from scratch. Moon Knight and X-Men ’97 writer Beau DeMayo later came aboard to polish her draft last year. The project was originally reported on back in March with a series commitment. Marvel originally hired Stacy Osei-Kuffour (HBO’s Watchmen) to write the film in 2021. Nic Pizzolatto is developing a series version of The Magnificent Seven at Amazon, Variety has confirmed. Pizzolatto is just the latest in a long line of writers to take their own pass at the Blade script. RELATED: Mia Goth Joins the Cast of Marvel’s Blade Reboot Ali co-headlined the season with Stephen Dorff, who appeared in Wesley Snipes’ original Blade film and, unfortunately, has been very critical about Marvel’s plans for a reboot. Blade reunites him with Mahershala Ali, who previously starred in True Detective season 3 in 2019.

He also wrote The Guilty, which premiered on Netflix in 2021. Pizzolatto’s big-screen credits include co-writing the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven.

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