BLADE: Former Director Bassam Tariq Shares His Support For The Movie's New Helmer Yann Demange

Former Blade director Bassam Tariq has weighed in on the news Yann Demange will take the helm of the upcoming Marvel Studios reboot starring Mahershala Ali as the Daywalker. Find his comments in full here!

By JoshWilding - Nov 23, 2022 10:11 AM EST

Filed Under: Blade

It's become clear in recent months that Marvel Studios is struggling to get Blade right, and the project took a major step backwards earlier this Fall with the loss of director Bassam Tariq. Since then, we've heard multiple reports that the script is undergoing rewrites, with rumblings Moon Knight and X-Men '97 scribe Beau DeMayo might somehow be involved.

Recently, we learned that Michael Starrbury (When They See Us) is stepping in to replace Stacy Osei-Kuffour as Blade's screenwriter, while Yann Demange is the movie's new director.

Now, Tariq (who remains an executive producer on the Marvel Comics adaptation) has taken to social media to praise his replacement.

"The news is finally out: my dear brother Yann Mounir Demange is directing Blade! Y'all are in for a real treat. Yann was instrumental in giving me the courage to start developing Mogul Mowgli," the filmmaker says. "He played a pivotal role during post as well, helping Riz [Ahmed], my editor (Adam Biskupski) and myself get the film across the finish line."

"During that time and during the pandemic, Yann became a cherished friend and brother. I couldn't be happier for him. As he steps into this role, I am proud to support him as he has supported me."

Tariq walked away from the Blade director's chair back in September, and we heard at the time that star Mahershala Ali was left underwhelmed by the movie's "lacklustre," and surprisingly short, script. Now, it's said Marvel Studios is looking to take the movie down a darker and grittier route, more similar to the original Blade movies starring Wesley Snipes.

That's exactly what fans were hoping to hear, and there are those who are convinced the reboot will be R-Rated. It's a possibility, though we'd guess it just pushes the boundaries of PG-13.

Blade is set to be released in theaters on September 6, 2024.

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34 Comments

Matchesz - 11/23/2022, 10:10 AM

The fact that they’re completely overhauling the script to this just goes to show they were originally fine with delivering us another crap generic carbon copy marvel comedy via Blade. Crazy what happens when the star of a picture actually stands up for whats right these days.

Vigor - 11/23/2022, 10:13 AM

@Matchesz - you don't even know what the plot was going to be lol

Matchesz - 11/23/2022, 10:21 AM

@Vigor - whoever leaked that the plot was crap which initiated all this did though 🤷🏽‍♂️

bobevanz - 11/23/2022, 10:10 AM

The hired hand thanks the other hired hand lol. Tarantino is always right

GhostDog - 11/23/2022, 10:13 AM

@bobevanz -

bobevanz - 11/23/2022, 10:23 AM

@GhostDog - lmao

demery - 11/23/2022, 11:30 AM

@bobevanz - At least Yann makes more sense to direct Blade than Bassam ever did. He's a pretty good director with experience in action and horror based off of his work on Dead Set, '71, and Lovecraft Country.

Plus (and Yann has talked about this plenty of times in interviews) how most of his directorial efforts revolve similar themes about outsiders looking for one's tribe, leading to question their sense of belonging, and having to contend with them in their own way even if it ends with them being alone.

All of these qualities seem to fit with a character like Blade if you ask me.

Also of note, Yann is a French-Algerian who lived in the UK for a long period of his life (just like Eric Brooks in the comics) and had a father who was Muslim (just like Mahershala Ali).

Origame - 11/23/2022, 10:12 AM

I swear, if Ali drops out this project will be dead in the water.

SirDuckAlot - 11/23/2022, 10:14 AM

Doesn't really matter who directs it. It's a puppet director for the studio.

Matchesz - 11/23/2022, 10:18 AM

@SirDuckAlot -

“can I” “no”

“But” “no”

“The fans want” “no”

“Aww man”

demery - 11/23/2022, 11:32 AM

@SirDuckAlot - At least Yann makes more sense to direct this more so than Bassam ever did. That one was just plain random and definitely felt like more of a puppet director from that point beforehand until he dropped out.

GhostDog - 11/23/2022, 10:15 AM

“He’s a puppet”

“He’s just a hired gun”

“Mercenary director”

BLADE: Former Director Bassam Tariq Shares His Support For The Movie's New Helmer Yann Demange

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