Marvel temporarily suspends the production of “Blade” after the departure of its director

After announcing the next installments for phases 4 and 5 of the MCU, Marvel Studios have released the news that the remake of the popular vampire slayer character Lamawill have to take a break in its production, which will begin shooting in October 2022, with a premiere scheduled for November 2023. Now, due to the departure of its director, filming will have to be delayed.

Due to the constant changes in the production schedule of Marvel Studios, now owned by Disney, the film based on the popular Vampire Slayer comic, has announced that the director chosen for the film, Bassam Tarik, has left his post. Now the company will have to look for a replacement, before which an indefinite break will be taken for the production of the tape.

according to the source The Hollywood reporter, Tariq will leave the position of director but not entirely the project, as he will continue within the work team under the position of executive producer. For Marvel, the decision adds to the quest to make the film as well as possiblehave enough time to choose the best director and finish refining the script.

Not only its director, the production of “Blade” had to make other moves as well

In addition to that, it has been announced that the actor who will give life to Blade, Mahershala Ali, also had several dislikes with the production, most notably two action sequences framed in the script, which until now are known to be 90 pages thick. So both drawbacks, both Tariq’s departure and Ali’s dislikes were a reason for postponing production.

Likewise, it is known that Beau De Mayowho also worked on “Moon Knight” for Disney +, will be the one who will replace Stacy Osei-Kuffour in the responsibility of writing the screenplay for this new version of Blade for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is expected to continue its course and start shooting at beginning of 2023.

On the other hand, it should be remembered that Tariq had been announced as the director of the film in 2021 and had praised the work of Marvel for giving “great hits” in the sector and at the same time had stressed that he would take into account the work of Wesley Snipes, whoever will play Blade in films from 1998 to 2004. So before his replacement we will have to wait for the new director of this next film.

The film still has a release date for November 3, 2023However, given the recent news, it is very likely that its premiere will be postponed until 2024. So far the only confirmed actors for the cast are Mahershala Ali, Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre, so we will have to wait for more news on the future of this Marvel movie in exit.