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Marvel Studios’ Blade is being unsheathed once more, this time with a whole new creative team.
Yann Demange, who directed the pilot of HBO’s boundary-pushing horror series Lovecraft Country, has come aboard to helm the vampire action thriller that still has Mahershala Ali attached to star.
Meanwhile, Michael Starrbury, who earned an Emmy nomination for penning an episode of Ava DuVernay’s drama, When They See Us, has been hired to pen a brand new script for the feature.
The new team puts the project back on track for after losing its original director, Bassam Tariq [Mogul Mowgli] in September. The parting of ways was due to creative differences and occurred suddenly as the project was in pre-production and heading towards a November production start in Atlanta.
Rather than jamming another director in something that clearly needed an overhaul, Marvel pressed pause for a deeper look under the hood. That meant a page one rewrite for the project, which had labored in the screenwriting phase. Ali was personally involved in selecting the writer, according to sources.
Details are being kept under wraps but sources say the new intent is for Blade to dark and gritty in tone, falling on the edgier side of Marvel fare and maybe even find common shading with the fondly-remembered Blade movies made in the early 2000s by New Line.
The plan is go into production in Atlanta in 2023, maintaining Blade’s release date that is set for Sept. 6, 2024
Blade was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan for 1973’s The Tomb of Dracula No. 10. He is a half-mortal, half-immortal who hunts vampires in order to avenge his mother, who was killed by a vampire as she gave birth to him. Wesley Snipes previously played the character in New Line’s trilogy.
Demange is a French-born, London-raised director who began in TV before segueing into features with dramatic thrillers ’71 and White Boy Rick. His work on Lovecraft Country set the dark and deep tone for the series, which tackled racial themes as well as a variety of horror scares while also giving a platform for stars Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett to trampoline to star status. He is currently developing a series take on David Cronenberg’s seminal horror movie, Scanners, for HBO, which he will direct and executive produce. He is repped by CAA and attorneys Carlos Goodman and Sue Rogers.
Starrbury, who wrote the coming of age drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, has The Come Up in pre-production with Lil Rel Howery set to star. He is repped by CAA, Circle of Confusion and attorney Robert Szymanski.
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January, 2024 | ||||
January 12 | El Muerto [Wide] | Sony Pictures | ||
Untitled Universal Event Film [Wide] | Universal | |||
January 19 | The Tiger’s Apprentice [Wide] | Paramount Pictures | ||
February, 2024 | ||||
February 2 | Toto [Wide] | Warner Bros. | ||
February 9 | Untitled Dirty Dancing Sequel [Wide] | Lionsgate | ||
Untitled Universal Animated Event Film [Wide] | Universal | |||
February 14 | Untitled Universal Event Film [Wide] | Universal | ||
February 16 | Madame Web [Wide] | Sony Pictures | ||
Madame Web [IMAX] | Sony Pictures | |||
February 20 | Untitled Smurfs Musical [Wide] | Paramount Pictures | ||
March, 2024 | ||||
March 1 | Elio [Wide] | Walt Disney | ||
The Fall Guy [Wide] | Universal | |||
March 8 | Kung Fu Panda 4 [Wide] | Universal | ||
A Quiet Place: Day One [Wide] | Paramount Pictures | |||
The Magician’s Elephant [Limited] | Walt Disney | |||
March 15 | Godzilla vs. Kong 2 [Wide] | Warner Bros. | ||
March 22 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [Wide] | Walt Disney | ||
Untitled Disney Live Action Film [Wide] | Walt Disney | |||
Untitled Universal Animated Event Film [Wide] | Universal | |||
March 29 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse [Wide] | Sony Pictures | ||
Untitled Universal Event Film [Wide] | Universal | |||
April, 2024 | ||||
April 5 | Untitled M. Night Shyamalan Thriller [Wide] | Universal | ||
April 12 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim [Wide] | Warner Bros. | ||
May, 2024 | ||||
May 3 | Captain America: New World Order [Wide] | Walt Disney | ||
May 10 | Untitled Universal Event Film [Wide] | Universal | ||
May 24 | Furiosa [Wide] | Warner Bros. | ||
Garfield [Wide] | Sony Pictures | |||
If [Wide] | Paramount Pictures | |||
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes [Wide] | 20th Century Studios | |||
June, 2024 | ||||
June 7 | Karate Kid [Wide] | Sony Pictures | ||
June 14 | Inside Out 2 [Wide] | Walt Disney | ||
June 21 | Untitled Universal Event Film [Wide] | Universal | ||
June 28 | Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part Two [Wide] | Paramount Pictures | ||
July, 2024 | ||||
July 3 | Despicable Me 4 [Wide] | Universal | ||
July 5 | Mufasa: The Lion King [Wide] | Walt Disney | ||
July 12 | Untitled Sony Marvel Universe Movie [Wide] | Sony Pictures | ||
July 26 | Mandate [Wide] | Carl Jackson Entertainment | ||
Thunderbolts [Wide] | Walt Disney | |||
September, 2024 | ||||
September 6 | Blade [Wide] | Walt Disney | ||
Untitled Marvel Film [Wide] | Walt Disney | |||
September 13 | Untitled Blumhouse Productions Film [Wide] | Universal | ||
September 27 | Untitled Universal Animated Event Film [Wide] | Universal | ||
October, 2024 | ||||
October 18 | Untitled Blumhouse Productions Film [Wide] | Universal | ||
November, 2024 | ||||
November 8 | Deadpool 3 [Wide] | 20th Century Studios | ||
December, 2024 | ||||
December 20 | Avatar 3 [Wide] | 20th Century Studios | ||
Fang [Limited] | Carl Jackson Entertainment | |||
December 25 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [Wide] | Paramount Pictures | ||
Untitled Universal Event Film [Wide] | Universal | |||
Wicked [Wide] | Universal | |||
During 2024 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat [Wide] | Warner Bros. |