You can’t make this up.
There are people out there insisting that Marvel’s planned “Blade” reboot is still happening. Listen, it’s always a possibility, but at this point this project has become the laughing stock of the industry.
Here now is Mia Goth (via Elle) claiming that she’s still attached to the ‘Blade’ reboot, apparently still in development:
It’s for the best that it’s taken the time that it has. They want to do it right.
This is a project that’s cycled through no fewer than six writers (Michael Green, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Michael Starrbury, Beau DeMayo, Nic Pizzolatto, and now Eric Pearson) and at least three directors — Bassam Tariq, Yann Demange, and Cary Fukunaga (the last of whom never officially signed on, but was in talks before reportedly walking away over creative control concerns).
What we do know: Mahershala Ali is still attached to star, the budget is hovering around $80M, and yes, it’s still supposed to be R-rated.
The version of the script currently in play is Eric Pearson’s. And reportedly, it moves the setting from the previously planned 1920s backdrop into the present day — a sign that the tone and scope of the film have likely shifted again.
Since the project was first announced at Comic-Con 2019, delays have piled up: COVID, WGA/SAG strikes, multiple re-writes, casting changes, director exits. Aaron Pierre and Delroy Lindo are both off the film. Goth, at least for now, is still attached to play Lilith, a vampiric villainess after the blood of Blade’s daughter.
Meanwhile, Mahershala Ali — the Oscar-winning star the whole thing was built around — was reportedly “increasingly frustrated” with the lack of forward motion. Can you blame him?