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Marvel’s Blade adds Krypton actor Aaron Pierre in mystery role

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Marvel Studios has tapped Krypton actor Aaron Pierre for a role in its upcoming Blade reboot, Deadline has revealed. The British actor, whose other credits include Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad and M. Night Shyamalan’s Old, joins a cast that includes Oscar winner Mahershali Ali as the eponymous vampire hunter along with Delroy Lindo (Da […]

Comic Book Preview – The Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1

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Marvel releases The Death of Doctor Strange: Blade #1 this Wednesday, and you can sink your teeth into the official preview right here… A long time ago, Doctor Strange destroyed every vampire in the world with one spell, including Dracula. Now, with Strange dead, Dracula’s Vampire Nation celebrates! That doesn’t sit too well with Strange’s […]

Marvel Studios’ Blade reboot casts Delroy Lindo

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Per The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Studios’ upcoming Blade reboot has cast Delroy Lindo who will be starring alongside the already announced Mahershala Ali. There are currently no details on Lindo’s role in the film. Lindo has had somewhat of a resurgence due to his performance in Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee’s war drama that also […]

The Best Superhero Horror Movies

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Marvelous Videos presents the best superhero horror movies… One of the reasons the superhero genre will never go the way of the western is because of how malleable it is. Thanks to wonderful productions from DC and Marvel, we have already seen it occupy a variety of categories, from thriller to western to crime drama […]

Bassam Tariq says he is “honored” to be directing Marvel Studios’ Blade reboot

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Back in July, it was announced that Marvel Studios’ Blade reboot had found its director in Bassam Tariq, the helmer behind Mogul Mowgli, and now, the filmmaker has broken silence on his hiring. During a recent appearance on The Playlist Podcast, Tariq confirmed his hiring for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe instalment while stating that he […]

State of the MCU Address: Where Does Marvel Studios Go Now?

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EJ Moreno and Allen Christian talk all things MCU in the latest Flickering Myth Movie Chat… After a delayed start due to the coronavirus pandemic, Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now well and truly underway, with Black Widow bringing the MCU back to the big screen Disney+ having dropped Marvel Studios’ first […]

Bassam Tariq to helm Marvel’s Blade movie starring Mahershala Ali

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Marvel Studios’ Blade has found its director. Deadline reports that Bassam Tariq, the helmer behind Mogul Mowgli, is boarding the film. Tariq is best known for directing 2020’s Mogul Mowgli, which starred Riz Ahmed. If this news is correct, this hiring marks the fifth person of color to direct a movie for Marvel with Tariq […]

The Most Insanely Dangerous Vampires of All Time

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Marvelous Videos presents the most dangerous vampires of all time…. Over the many decades that they have existed in pop culture, vampires have been depicted in an assortment of forms and sizes. No matter the incarnation (yes, even Twilight), they are violent bloodsuckers who make life hard for regular humans. But just who is the scariest […]

Marvel reportedly pushes back production on Blade reboot

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If you were wondering why Marvel’s Blade reboot was absent from the studio’s recent sizzle reel, we may have the answer for you as THR is reporting that production on the Mahershali Ali-led film has been pushed back from later this year to next summer. Marvel tapped writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour (Watchmen) to work on the […]