Blade movie production status is currently Production
June 17, 2023 • Finalizing production budget, filming the movie begins
Who's Involved:
Release Date:
Friday, November 7, 2025 Nationwide
Plot: What's the story about?
A half-mortal, half-immortal is out to avenge his mother's death and rid the world of vampires.
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Who stars in Blade: Cast List
Mahershala Ali ... Eric Brooks / Blade
Free State of Jones, Hidden Figures
Mufasa: The Lion King, Foe
Milan Ray ... Fallon Grey
Charm City Kings
MaXXXine, X
Delroy Lindo
(In Talks)
The Harder They Fall, Point Break
Who's making Blade: Crew List
A look at the Blade behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Yann Demange last directed White Boy Rick and '71.
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Production: What we know about Blade?
Key Facts
- Yann Demange, who directed the pilot of HBO's Lovecraft Country, has signed on to direct the Marvel pic (11/23/2022).
- Bassam Tariq has parted ways from thej project sources confirmed to Deadline (10/1/2022).
- Mogul Mowgli director Bassam Tariq is in talks to helm the film (8/1/2021).
- Stacy Osei-Kuffour, a writer on HBO's acclaimed limited series Watchmen, will write the script and be the first Black female scribe to write a Marvel movie (2/5/2021).
- Producer and famed Marvel producer Kevin Feige was a co-producer on 2004's Blade: Trinity, which was released by New Line Cinema.
- Mahershala Ali is notable recent Oscar winner for 2016's Moonlight and 2018's Green Book.
- In three past movies, Wesley Snipes played the half-vampire superhero lead role, Blade. The films were 1998's Blade ($131 million in box office), 2002's Blade II ($155 million in box office), and 2004's Blade: Trinity ($128 million in box office).
- Based on the Marvel comic books. He first appeared in a 1973 comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10.
Filming Timeline
- 2023 - June: The film was set to Production status.
- 2021 - November: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Set to begin shooting in late summer 2022.
- 2021 - July: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
- 2021 - February: The film was set to Development status.
Watchmen writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour has signed on to pen the script.
- 2019 - July: The film was set to Development status.
Blade Release Date: When is the film coming out?
Blade is coming out as a Nationwide release in 2025 on Friday, November 7, 2025.