Blade: filming start date revealed
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After a long wait, even the film dedicated to the deadliest vampire hunter in the Marvel Universe seems to be finally on the starting line. The production of the film dedicated to Eric Brooks, better known as Blade, has set its start date at July 4, 2022, according to when leaked on the website of the FTIA (Film & Television Industry Alliance), which reports an update of the schedule of the processing of the film that confirms both the start date of filming and two locations, Atlanta and New Orleans.Subscribe now to Disney + for € 8.99 per month or € 89.90 per year
Unveiled the start date of shooting of Blade, a film dedicated to the vampire hunter of the Marvel house
To play Blade will be Mahershala Ali, who in the past has already entered the world of Marvel superheroes working on the Netflix series dedicated to Luke Cage. Within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Blade has currently only enjoyed one vocal appearance, during the Eternals post credit scene, in which the Daytime addresses a restless Dane Whitman (Kit Harrington) as he prepares to wield. for the first time the Ebon Blade that will make him Black Knight.| ); }
At the moment there are no details on Blade, even if the hopes of the fans are that the film directed by Bassam Tariq will see the vampire par excellence, Dracula, as the villain. On the other hand, Blade's comics debut took place in Tomb of Dracula, a Marvel series dedicated to the Transylvanian count. For many fans of the comic book Marvel Universe, the arrival of Blade (previously brought to the cinema by Wesley Snipes) could also be an important step towards the formation of the Sons of Midnight, a group of 'horror' superheroes born in the 90s. .
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Marvel's Blade starring Mahershala Ali is set to begin filming very soon.
According to the Film & Television Industry Alliance's productionlist.com, the film is set to begin production on July 4. According to the listing, Blade will shoot in Atlanta, GA, as well as New Orleans, LA. Outside of the date and location, the production listing also has a brief synopsis for the Blade reboot.
'He is known to be a vampire hunter— half-mortal, half-immortal— who tries to rid the world of vampires as a way of avenging his mother, who was killed by a vampire as she gave birth to him,' the synopsis reads.The role of the day-walking vampire will be played by Mahershala Ali, who assumes the role from legendary actor Wesley Snipes. Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre are also slated to star.
The news of Mahershala Ali’s casting as Blade was announced during Marvel’s panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on in 2019 as the final surprise after the rest of the MCU’s Phase 4 slate was unveiled. Ali came out to thunderous applause, and donned a Blade baseball cap, confirming his casting.
The film is slated to be helmed by Mogul Mowgli director Bassam Tariq. The script was written by Watchmen writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour.As we previously reported, the character Blade was recently hinted at in the Disney+ Marvel series Loki, when Mobius (Owen Wilson) complains to Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) about keeping track of Loki variants being tougher than tracking down vampires in the Sacred Timeline. Then, it was officially confirmed that the character was now in the MCU when Ali voiced the character in a post-credits scene with Dane Whitman (Kit Harrington).
