Despite a series of setbacks in rebooting Blade for the MCU, the cast and crew tied to the project remain committed. That includes Mia Goth (Frankenstein, Ti West’s X trilogy), who recently confirmed that she’s still attached to the reboot.
Goth, speaking with Elle while on a press tour for Frankenstein, doesn’t have any updates on the troubled production itself but verifies that she’s still on board.
Furthermore, the actor feels the delays speak to Marvel’s determination to get it right. “It’s for the best that it’s taken the time that it has. They want to do it right,” Goth tells Elle.
It’s no secret that Marvel has struggled immensely to launch a new Blade movie, which has been bumped all over the release calendar since the initial announcement in 2019. That’s also not helped when it comes to retaining talent behind the camera. The movie is without a director at the moment, with Yann Demange (“Lovecraft Country”) departing the project in the wake of Bassam Tariq (Mogul Mowgli) exiting the film back in 2022.
Goth’s attachment was initially announced three years ago.
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige recently confirmed that star Mahershala Ali is also still attached as the vampire-slaying Daywalker.
The troubled film, at one point, enlisted costume designer Ruth E. Carter for a scrapped shoot that would’ve put Blade in the same era as Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. When that fell through, Carter bought back the costumes for Coogler’s film. The MCU has since moved on from a period setting for its reboot.
“We’ve landed on modern day, “Feige confirmed. “Which is why we could give those costumes back to Ruth, and that’s what we’re focusing on.”
Both Ali and Goth are actors in high demand these days, with Ali fresh off the box office hit Jurassic World: Rebirth and Goth taking on a new massive franchise with Star Wars: Starfighter, so Marvel will need to keep moving forward on Blade.
Stay tuned.
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