Marvel’s Blade has been put on hold

As it looks for a new director and tries to get the story right, the studio is putting the brakes on the production.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the production of Blade has been stopped entirely in Atlanta after the former director stepped back from the project. While the studio hopes to start production back up early next year after finding a new director, there is a lot of work to be done before the movie can get going again. While these sorts of delays tend not to bode well, Blade is in the position of being one of the most recognizable properties and coming to the MCU just as Marvel is putting more supernatural, horror-focused parts of its intellectual property in the spotlight.

It isn't clear what the studio wants to do with the character or how it wants to position him going forward, so we should slow down and figure that out. Fans who want to see the daywalker on the big screen are likely to have to wait a bit longer, as it doesn't seem likely that the movie will be in theaters on November 3rd, 2023.