MCU's "Blade" to Begin Filming Next Month

The filming of Marvel Studios’ one of the most anticipated movies "Blade" will begin next month.

Principal photography will kick off on July 4 in Atlanta, GA, and New Orleans, LA, as per Production List.

The project was announced at 2019’s San Diego Comic-Con panel by the studio head Kevin Feige, with actor Mahershala Ali playing the titular role.

Blade is to be a vampire hunter— half-mortal, half-immortal — who tries to rid the world of vampires as a way of avenging his mother, who was killed by a vampire as she gave birth to him.

Marvel has been eyeing a way to reboot the character for years. But with recent projects such as "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and "Moon Knight" leaning into supernatural elements and some even name-dropping vampires, it seems like it is time for the vampire hunter to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

“We have, for years, wanted to find a new way into Blade. We love that character. We love that world,” Feige said in a statement.

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The first movie about the character was made in 1998 starring Wesley Snipes as the titular hunter, Eric Brooks, is thought to be one of the best Marvel movies before the MCU.

The R-rated action flick spawned two sequels and a TV series in 2006. Snipes even showed interest in returning to a Blade 4, but the idea never took off.

Eric Carroll will serve as the producer alongside Feige. Bassam Tariq is set to direct from a script by Stacy Osei-Kuffour.