Delroy Lindo, currently shooting up bad guys in
The Harder They Fall, is in final negotiations to join
Mahershala Ali in Marvel Studios’
Blade.
Bassam Tariq, known for directing the rap drama
Mogul Mowgli,
is in the director’s chair for the vampire-centric adventure-thriller, with Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who worked on HBO’s acclaimed
Watchmen series, behind the keyboard on script duties.
Created as a supporting character by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, Blade first appeared in
Tomb of Dracula No. 10 in 1973, becoming a cult favorite. He is a human-vampire hybrid thanks to his mother being bitten and killed by a blood-sucker during childbirth. On top of comic aficionados, Blade has built up a generation of fans who grew up watching the
Blade trilogy that starred Wesley Snipes from 1998-2004.
