šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„Marvel’s ā€˜Blade’ Adds Delroy Lindo to Cast

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Delroy LindoĀ is joining the cast ofĀ Marvel Studios’ ā€œBlade,ā€ starringĀ Mahershala AliĀ as the titular human-vampire hybrid. Lindo, who most recently appeared in the Netflix Western ā€œThe Harder They Fall,ā€ is the first actor to join the cast since Ali broke the news of the ā€œBladeā€ reboot at the end of Marvel Studios’ 2019 panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

Bassam Tariq (ā€œMogul Mowgliā€) isĀ directingĀ the feature project fromĀ a script byĀ Stacy Osei-Kuffour (HBO’s ā€œWatchmenā€).

It’s unclear who Lindo will be playing, but one strong possibility is Jamal Afari, who in the Marvel comics is the man who raised and mentored Blade — a.k.a. Eric Brooks — in the ways of vampire hunting when Eric was young. In the comics, Jamal is Black, but in the 1998 feature adaptation of ā€œBladeā€ starring Wesley Snipes, the character was renamed Abraham Whistler and cast with white actor Kris Kristofferson. Marvel has not yet announced a release date for ā€œBlade,ā€ but observers expect the film to debut in the fall of 2023.

Lindo is coming off another critically-acclaimed collaboration with Spike Lee in Netflix’s ā€œDa 5 Bloods.ā€ In the streamer’s Western epic ā€œThe Harder They Fall,ā€ he plays Bass Reeves, the real-life lawman who was an inspiration for the Lone Ranger. The actor will next appear in Neil Gaiman’s ā€œAnansi Boysā€ series at Amazon, and he’s set to make his directorial debut with the film ā€œJabari’s People.ā€

Ali recently made hisĀ audio-only debutĀ as Blade inĀ a post-credits sceneĀ in Marvel Studios’ ā€œEternals,ā€ in which Blade (off screen) counsels Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman not to pick up a cursed sword known as the Ebony Blade. While the scene would suggest Harington will appear in Ali’s ā€œBladeā€ movie, the former ā€œGame of Thronesā€ starĀ toldĀ VarietyĀ in October that he doesn’t know if that will happen.

ā€œI have no idea,ā€ Harington said. ā€œI’m assuming that that would be the case. But who knows?ā€

A representative for Marvel could not be reached for comment.

Lindo is repped by APA.

The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news of Lindo’s casting.

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