Though the MCU‘s Blade reboot stays in limbo, a bit of the delayed manufacturing ended up within the greatest vampire movie of the yr.
Sinners producer Sev Ohanian just lately revealed a “enjoyable Marvel easter egg” from the Ryan Coogler-helmed horror movie, which shared a fancy dress designer with the upcoming Blade adaptation.
“Ruth Carter was engaged on the Blade film that ended up not capturing,” he stated on the ScreenCrush podcast. “At one level, that film was going to take care of—and he or she’s talked about this earlier than—however at one level, that movie was going to take care of the previous, across the similar period as Sinners.”
Ohanian added, “She occurred to have a warehouse stuffed with period-appropriate garments, and it was like, ‘Yo, we acquired to shoot this film like tomorrow.’ And Marvel was beneficiant sufficient and type sufficient to allow us to principally buy it at value.”
Whereas unique costumes have been made for the primary solid, “quite a lot of the background actors” ended up styled within the wardrobe from Blade.
Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton and Li Jun Li in ‘Sinners’ (2025). (Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Marvel first confirmed the Blade reboot with Mahershala Ali again in 2019, however the challenge has since been met with a number of delays, together with administrators Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange’s exits from the movie and the 2023 WGA strike.
Final yr, Marvel eliminated Blade from its 2025 launch schedule. However Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has since re-emphasized his dedication to the challenge.
“We love the character, we love Mahershala’s model of him,” stated Feige in November. “And relaxation assured: at any time when we alter path with a challenge, or are nonetheless attempting to determine the way it matches into our schedule, we let the general public know. You’re updated on what’s happening. However I can let you know that the character will probably be coming to the MCU.”
