Borneo Post-Sarawak Section: Leisure Ad Value: RM 3,121 22-Jul-2021 Size : 222cm2 PR Value: RM 9,365 Bassam Tariq in talks to direct new ‘Blade’ Bassam Tariq in talks to direct new 'Biade' BASSAM Taria is in talks to been desperate to revive Blade in direct the new Blade film. the Marvel Cinematic Universe The Mogul Mowgli- filmmaker (MCU). could be set to helm the new He said: "We have, for years, adaptation of the Marvel wanted to find a new way into character with Mahershala Blade. We love that character. Ali set to portray the vampire We love that world. hunter. *Now with Doctor Strange The flick has been written by and the supernatural elements Stacy Osei-Kuffour with Marvel coining into the MCU, it felt boss Kevin Foig。producing. Bassam Tariq like we could deftnitely start According to Deadline. exploring that. Mahershala. Kevin and Marvel 'Mahershala wanted to come executives have been meeting bosses. in and meet with us. and when with dozens of candidates since Blade first appeared in Marvel Mahershala Ali wants to meet, last year. comics in 1973. you take the meeting. Since Stacy was hired to He is a human-vampire hybrid “I think he had just come off of pen the screenplay, the studio as his mother was bit and killed his second Academy Award, and shortened the list of possible by the blood-sucking monsters we were talking very polite and directors and started another during childbirth. he was talking about what a fan round of meetings. The potential The character was previously he is. filmmakers all delivered their played by Wesley Snipes in three "And then he just cut right to it vision for the film and Bassam movies between 1998 and 2004 and was like Blade.( And we were ultimately won over movies and Kevin explained that he had HkkY喀”.