Marvel Studios’ Blade is being unsheathed as soon as extra, this time with a complete new artistic staff.

Yann Demange, who directed the pilot of HBO’s boundary-pushing horror sequence Lovecraft Nation, has come aboard to helm the vampire motion thriller that also has Mahershala Ali hooked up to star.

In the meantime, Michael Starrbury, who earned an Emmy nomination for penning an episode of Ava DuVernay’s drama, When They See Us, has been employed to pen a model new script for the function.

The brand new staff places the venture again on monitor for after shedding its unique director, Bassam Tariq (Mogul Mowgli) in September. The parting of how was resulting from artistic variations and occurred instantly because the venture was in pre-production and heading in the direction of a November manufacturing begin in Atlanta.

Somewhat than jamming one other director in one thing that clearly wanted an overhaul, Marvel pressed pause for a deeper look beneath the hood. That meant a web page one rewrite for the venture, which had labored within the screenwriting part. Ali was personally concerned in choosing the author, in line with sources.

Particulars are being stored beneath wraps however sources say the brand new intent is for Blade to darkish and gritty in tone, falling on the edgier aspect of Marvel fare and perhaps even discover widespread shading with the fondly-remembered Blade films made within the early 2000s by New Line.

The plan is go into manufacturing in Atlanta in 2023, sustaining Blade’s launch date that’s set for Sept. 6, 2024

Blade was created by author Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan for 1973’s The Tomb of Dracula No. 10. He’s a half-mortal, half-immortal who hunts vampires so as to avenge his mom, who was killed by a vampire as she gave delivery to him. Wesley Snipes beforehand performed the character in New Line’s trilogy.

Demange is a French-born, London-raised director who started in TV earlier than segueing into options with dramatic thrillers ’71 and White Boy Rick. His work on Lovecraft Nation set the darkish and deep tone for the sequence, which tackled racial themes in addition to quite a lot of horror scares whereas additionally giving a platform for stars Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett to trampoline to star standing. He’s presently growing a sequence tackle David Cronenberg’s seminal horror film, Scanners, for HBO, which he’ll direct and government produce. He’s repped by CAA and Goodman Genow.

Starrbury, who wrote the approaching of age drama The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, has The Come Up in pre-production with Lil Rel Howery set to star. He’s repped by CAA, Circle of Confusion and legal professional Sue Rogers .