Mia Goth, known for her starring role in X, Pearl and the upcoming MaXXXine, has joined the cast of Marvel Studios’ Blade, according to Deadline.
What’s Happening:
- Goth joins Mahershala Ali who will play the titular vampire hunter in Marvel’s Blade.
- No details on either the plot or Goth’s character have been revealed at this time.
- Marvel announced the upcoming Blade film back in 2019 during San Diego Comic Con.
- Blade follows Marvel’s vampire hunter with a tendency for violence and no tolerance for those who stalk the night.
- The film will star Mahershala Ali, who won an Oscar for his performance in the film Green Book and appeared in the Marvel Netflix series Luke Cage.
- Yann Demange is set to direct the film, while Michael Starrbury is on board to write the script.
- Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is producing.
- Created as a supporting character by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, Blade first appeared in “Tomb of Dracula #10″ in 1973, becoming a cult favorite. He is a human-vampire hybrid thanks to his mother being bitten and killed by a blood-sucker during childbirth.
- On top of comic aficionados, Blade has built up a generation of fans who grew up watching the Blade trilogy that starred Wesley Snipes from 1998-2004.