Tag: Blade
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Delroy Lindo Joins Mahershala Ali In Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Reboot
At San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, Marvel Studios revealed plans to move forward with a new “Blade” film, announcing two-time Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”) as the new lead character. Movement on the picture had been seemingly slow, but the film has been picking up the pace of late. Eventually, the studio hired Bassam Tariq (“Mogul…
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Wesley Snipes’ Advice to ‘Blade’ Star Mahershala Ali: ‘Try Not to Get Hurt’
Wesley Snipes made the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s favorite vampire slayer an iconic comic character in three “Blade” films between 1998 and 2004. Next up to assume the position is two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali in an upcoming Marvel Studios film directed by “Mogul Mowgli” filmmaker Bassam Tariq. Naturally, during press duties for his new…
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Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Adds Delroy Lindo to Cast
Delroy Lindo is joining the cast of Marvel Studios’ “Blade,” starring Mahershala Ali as the titular human-vampire hybrid. Lindo, who most recently appeared in the Netflix Western “The Harder They Fall,” is the first actor to join the cast since Ali broke the news of the “Blade” reboot at the end of Marvel Studios’ 2019…
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Blade Actor Mahershala Ali Teases What Comes Next
I was fortunate enough to speak on a panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, the last “normal” Comic-Con before, well, everything happened. I stared in awe as I saw the lines for the infamous Hall H wrap around San Diego city blocks, and when the Marvel announcements for Phase 4 came pouring out, I…
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Everything We Know About The McU’s Blade Movie So Far
Vampires beware: Blade is heading to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, Eric Brooks debuted in “Tomb of Dracula” #10 in 1973, though that version of the character is drastically different than the one most fans would recognize. Eric’s mother was slaughtered by a vampire during his birth, which transformed…
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Best Movies And TV Shows Coming To Peacock In November 2021
October has come and (mostly) gone, which means we’ve officially hit the weekend of the calendar year. And to think people actually have the audacity to consider themselves “not a fan” of the colder autumn and winter months. Fools, the lot of you! Many might be tempted to mourn the end of Spooky Szn, but…
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Blade review – Wesley Snipes is back in excitingly macabre vampire horror
Snipes is a charismatic vampire-human action hero in this exciting, energetic pre-mcu Marvel movie from 1998The first film in the Blade trilogy, made in 1998, is getting a re-release: Wesley Snipes is the implacable and massively ripped daywalker marching around in his shades and leatherised protective armour, slaying the vampires with his cold steel implements…
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Here’s Why Daredevil, Ghost Rider, And Blade Weren’t Brought Into The MCU Movies
There was a time in the early 2010s when Marvel fans rejoiced at some boring ole business news. In a short period of time, the character rights for Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Blade, Luke Cage, and The Punisher all came back to Marvel Studios after previously being licensed by a myriad of other studios around Hollywood.…
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Sam Raimi Was Hesitant About Directing ‘Doctor Strange 2’ After ‘Spider-Man 3’s Negative Reception
Even before his “Spider-Man” trilogy, filmmaker Sam Raimi arguably helped jumpstart the superhero genre with his Liam Neeson-starring flick “Darkman.” An R-rated take on the genre, the film came out a year after Tim Burton’s “Batman” and years before popular mature comic book films like “The Crow” and “Blade.”Read More: Benedict Cumberbatch Was “Sad” About…
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‘Blade’ Director Bassam Tariq Teases MCU Vision: ‘We Can’t Deny What Wesley Snipes Did’
Per the laws of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, details are hush-hush about the upcoming “Blade” reboot. Based on the comics created by Marv Wolfman, Wesley Snipes first portrayed the half-vampire slayer with supernatural abilities and adroit martial arts skills. Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali will now portray the daywalking specter and while production won’t begin…