Blade movie production status is currently Production
June 17, 2023 • Finalizing production budget, filming the movie begins
Who's Involved:
Release Date:
Friday, February 14, 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.
Poll: Will you see Blade?
Who stars in Blade: Cast List
Mahershala Ali ... Eric Brooks / Blade
Leave The World Behind, Sovereign
Foe, Brother
Milan Ray ... Fallon Grey
Charm City Kings
X, Pearl
Delroy Lindo
(In Talks)
The Big Bang, The Harder They Fall
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, February 14, 2025. There is 1 other movie coming out on the same date, including The Smurfs Musical.