BladeDirector Bassam Tariq Says the New Film Won’t Be Boxed in By Marvel’s Comics Canon

Of all the Marvel announcements made at San Diego Comic - Con back in 2019 , none were quite as surprising as the news of a newBlade pic starring Mahershala Aliwhich theater director Bassam Tariqsigned onto a few months after .

In the time since the new flick ’s announcement , the rest of the MCU has continued to chug along with fresh cinematic projects like Shang - Chi and the upcoming Eternals , both of which reinforce how the MCU has become a much more mystic , transcendental place during Phase 4 . So far , there ’s been little news show about how Tariq ’s Blade might end up fitting into the MCU down the line . But in a recent interview withThe Playlistthe director open up a bite about his experience with the labor so far . While Tariq did n’t go into details about the movie ’s hand , which was pen by screenwriter by Stacy Osei - Kuffour , he explained how Marvel ’s afford the creative squad a bonnie amount of exemption to establish a narrative in service of the story they wanted to distinguish .

“ What ’s so bang-up is it ’s not as boxed in as I think people imagine it to be , which I thought it was , ” Tariq said . “ But it ’s quite exciting , and I call up the realism is there is no Blade canyon . ”

Blade introducing himself as the new sheriff of vampire town.

Blade introducing himself as the new sheriff of vampire town.Image: Luca Maresca, David Curiel, Cory Petit/Marvel

Tariq expanded on his item about Blade ’s comics canyon with a comparison to Peter Parker who , despite seem across a wide swath of Marvel attribute gear up in a variety of cosmos , has a fair well - establish lore that the worldwide public is roughly familiar with . With Blade , who ’s been appear in Marvel ’s comics since the 70s and was one of the first Marvel characters featured in a major motion word picture , that ’s not precisely the causa . “ In some comics , his name is Fred H. Blade , you know , instead of Eric Brooks , ” Tariq pointed pointed out . “ Unfortunately , the rivulet never lasted that long , and there have been some interesting and exciting waves . But I can say [ the new moving-picture show is ] type first . ”

Between Marvel ’s comics and video game , Blade ’s also been give birth something of a moment that the novel movie may take cue from . In the retiring few month , Blade ’s taken on a meaning role alongside other Avengers in Marvel ’s mogul in Black funnies series , which reckon the daywalker become the unexampled sheriff of the vampire nation formerly known as Chernobyl . Similarly , Blade ’s one of the headliners in2 K Games ’ Midnight Suns , an upcoming tactical RPG built around a newfangled avatar of the supernatural hero team from the XC Midnight Sons strip . While some fans may take number with the way Tariq word his statements , he ’s not wrong to point out that Blade ’s canon is a bit all over the place and not something that require to be stuffed into a unmarried film wholecloth .

With Blade , there ’s plenty to pick and choose from , and given how the new project ’s mean to reintroduce the character to a new coevals , it ’s going to be very fascinating to see which element end up becoming the foundation of the MCU ’s canon . Blade is put to begin filming next July 2022 .

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