BLADE Finds A Director In Bassam Tariq, Praises Marvel For "Taking Big Swings"

The Marvel cinematic universe is getting pretty crowded as of late but Marvel is not stopping any time soon! News broke awhile back that Blade would be getting a re-vamp with Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali taking on the title role. But what of a director? Marvel made an announcement that Bassam Tariq was chosen to lead the film and the director recently confirmed this! Check out what he had to say about the project.

"I didn’t think [‘Blade’] was going to happen, just to be very honest," he tells The Playlist. "I’m honored and it’s a privilege, but I’m here in service of Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who is the incredible writer that is writing the film. She’s just a phenomenal presence and a juggernaut in her own right. And for Mahershala [Ali]. For me, it’s really just working in their service."

"[Marvel] takes big swings, you know?" Tariq added. "I can’t say anything about it, but I’m just so excited for what we’re doing."

"Character is very important for me. I don’t think of genre, I think of character," Tariq teases. "It’s not so boxed in as people imagine it to be [working with Marvel Studios]. It’s quite exciting. And I think the reality is there is no ‘Blade’ canon, you know? If you ever read the comics, they’re always changing…Unfortunately, the [comic book series] never lasted that long."

Blade still doesn't have a release date, though we are anticipating it either being at the end of Phase 4 or sometime in Phase 5.

Vampires in the MCU, well considering we are getting a Morbius movie soon, we think Blade will be much needed in the MCU in the years to come.