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It’s happening again! Marvel Studios has lost yet another director for its long-in-the-works Blade reboot, which still has Mahershala Ali attached to star. We’ll be surprised if he’s still around by the end of 2024 at this rate though.<\/p>\n

It was only a few months ago that Ali himself offered a promising update<\/a> regarding the script status of the movie, as Logan and Blade Runner 2049’s Michael Green was working on a new version of the story. In spite of the encouraging news and rumors of a definitive production start date being locked, the project is now facing yet another wave of rewrites, and director Yann Demange (Lovecraft Country) isn’t sticking around any longer.<\/p>\n

The news arrived via The Wrap<\/a> on June 12, confirming the filmmaker’s exit as well as Black Widow and The Fantastic Four<\/a> scribe Eric Pearson taking over a new draft of the script. “According to an insider with knowledge, getting “Blade” right is much more important than getting the film out,” adds The Wrap’s Umberto Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

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It’s happening again! Marvel Studios has lost yet another director for its long-in-the-works Blade reboot, which still has Mahershala Ali attached to star. We’ll be surprised if he’s still around by the end of 2024 at this rate though. It was only a few months ago that Ali himself offered a promising update regarding the script status of the movie, as Logan and Blade Runner 2049’s Michael Green was working on a new version of the story. In spite of the encouraging news and rumors of a definitive production start date being locked, the project is now facing yet another wave of rewrites, and director Yann Demange (Lovecraft Country) isn’t sticking around any longer. The news arrived via The Wrap on June 12, confirming the…<\/p>\n

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