Scream queen supreme Mia Goth is joining the MCU, as Deadline announced yesterday that the Pearl star is joining Mahershala Ali in Marvel Studio’s upcoming reboot of Blade.
Plans for a new Blade were first revealed at San Diego Comic-Con back in 2019, where it was also announced that the Oscar-winning Ali would star. The project underwent some directorial upheaval before Lovecraft Country‘s Yann Demange came aboard.
The reboot will present a new incarnation of the titular vamp-human hybrid first made famous on screen by Wesley Snipes in New Line’s iconic late ’90s/early ’00s franchise, but Deadline lets us know that plot details and Goth’s character in the new Blade are unknown at this time. Might she be playing a leather-trench-coated vampire? We sure as hell hope so.
For anyone worried that a Disney-bannered Blade might come with less bite than the blood-raving original, worry not, as sources say ‘the new intent is for Blade to dark and gritty in tone, falling on the edgier side of Marvel fare.’
Whatever tone Blade goes with, we’re just happy to see Ms Goth thriving and in her bag, with her new MCU role adding to an exciting upcoming set of projects that includes Ti West’s trilogy final MaXXXine and (potentially) Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein project.
We’ve still got a while to go before Blade hits our screens, with the film still expected to arrive on its original release date of September 6th, 2024, but that just means we have extra time to get hyped. Check back for updates as we get them!
