MCU Stars Hailee Steinfeld & Wunmi Mosaku Join BLACK PANTHER Director Ryan Coogler's Jim Crow-Era Vampire Film

MCU Stars Hailee Steinfeld & Wunmi Mosaku Join BLACK PANTHER Director Ryan Coogler's Jim Crow-Era Vampire Film

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler has added two more cast members to his still untitled vampire movie: Hawkeye star Hailee Steinfeld, and Loki's Wunmi Mosaku...

By MarkCassidy - Apr 10, 2024 12:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
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Ryan Coogler really does seem to be enlisting as many MCU stars as he can for his Blade vampire movie!

We got word back in February that a new project from director Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan, who worked together on the likes of Black Panther, Creed, and Fruitvale Station, was in development via the former's Proximity Media production company.

At the time, the movie was said to be so top secret that "executives and buyers were forced to make the pilgrimage to the Beverly Hills offices of WME, the agency that represents Coogler and Jordan, in order to take a gander at the script," but some details have since leaked.

The film was initially described as a "genre feature," with a "period element to the story," and we'd later learn that it was actually going to be set in the Jim Crow-era South, and possibly involve both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions.

Now, THR is reporting that Hailee Steinfeld (Hawkeye, Edge of Seventeen) has signed on in an undisclosed role. She joins previously-announced cast members Wunmi Mosaku (Loki), Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) and Jack O’Connell (Starred Up).

Though not yet confirmed, insiders believe that Jordan is set to play twin brothers, and according to the trade, "Mosaku may be playing Jordan’s romantic interest (but of which twin?); O’Connell may be a racist antagonist."

Coogler will also write the script and is on board as lead producer along with Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian.

The filmmaker's last feature was Marvel Studios Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which saw Jordan reprise his role as Erik Killmonger for an afterlife cameo. Last we heard, Coogler was working on a third Black Panther instalment, but there's been no official word on his progress.

Coogler is also said to be involved in at least one planned small-screen BP spin-off, and was recently rumored as a possible contender to helm Avengers: Secret Wars.

We wouldn't put too much stock in that one at the moment, especially since Coogler is also taking charge of an X-Files reboot for the Disney-owned 20th Century Studios, and is going to be kept pretty busy over the next while.

What do you make of this casting news? Be sure to drop us a comment down below, and check out Jordan's return as Killmonger in Wakanda Forever.

In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena, and Alex Livanalli.

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bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 4/10/2024, 12:33 PM
Hey, more racial crap. Awesome. Can't wait.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 4/10/2024, 12:37 PM
@bl0odwerk - So . . . are you saying that people should just stop making films set in the period between 1619 and 1964? Because "racial crap" was a pretty prominent aspect of that 300-year stretch.
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 4/10/2024, 12:40 PM
@Clintthahamster - I blame DeSantis. His snowflake law said white people are too fragile to handle history. I guess some people agree and the world is too much for them. 🤷🏻‍♂️
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/10/2024, 12:40 PM
@bl0odwerk - Hey, the Jim Crow era actually happened. Not awesome, but history.
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 4/10/2024, 12:41 PM
@Clintthahamster - Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying. I can't understand why people are so obsessed w/all of us fighting each other. The demand for racism FAR exceeds the supply, so these morons have to keep bringing it up.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 4/10/2024, 12:43 PM
@bl0odwerk

Lol. Just say you don't like black people next time.
LiteralSense
LiteralSense - 4/10/2024, 12:46 PM
@bl0odwerk - People who aren’t racists shouldn’t be offended over films like this.

Why are you?
Conquistador
Conquistador - 4/10/2024, 12:47 PM
@bl0odwerk - No one's forcing you to watch it.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 4/10/2024, 12:48 PM
@bl0odwerk - I'm really sorry that discussions about racism make you so uncomfortable. But America's history is bloody and racist, and sticking our head in the sand doesn't change that.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/10/2024, 12:50 PM
@bl0odwerk - Does the saying "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it" ring any bells?
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 4/10/2024, 1:03 PM
@MarkCassidy - Not really, no. Maybe if they gave us a decent CHANCE to forget it, it might. As is, they won't shut up about it so there's absolutely no chance to forget it... thus we won't be repeating it.
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 4/10/2024, 1:04 PM
@LiteralSense - Who's offended? I guess Coogler might be, since he's the one making the movie.
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 4/10/2024, 1:05 PM
@regularmovieguy - Do I have to enjoy racism in order to "like" black people?
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 4/10/2024, 1:05 PM
@UniqNo - How do you know?
Conquistador
Conquistador - 4/10/2024, 1:06 PM
@bl0odwerk - well you're freely typing on here, so I guess you have some agency to make a choice. ✌🏽
AvalonX
AvalonX - 4/10/2024, 1:06 PM
@MarkCassidy - Sure except all of the people who keep repeating this nonsense completely ignore actual MODERN slavery. That makes them frauds. None of these movies, social commentaries or discussions are centered around solving a current day problem. Instead there is some narrative that white males want to erase that slavery happened... @bl0odwerk is right.

@LiteralSense just replied with the same gas light response all you weirdos do. Why does it offend you? Guess you must be racist!

@regularmovieguy comes in and just says it.

Once again, hes right. They keep bringing these things up like they are a modern day problem and stirring the pot. You guys are just dishonest about the true intent of it or are too stupid to admit it.
DarthAlgar
DarthAlgar - 4/10/2024, 1:09 PM
@Izaizaiza - EXACTLY!

I remember doing a book report on black vampires during the Jim Crow era during Black History Month in the '90s.


Lol, GTFO.

You can't really judge fragility when you're one of the most fragile and perpetually offended people on here.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/10/2024, 1:10 PM
@AvalonX - I know I'm going to regret this but.... go on, fill me in on "actual MODERN slavery."
Ikusa
Ikusa - 4/10/2024, 1:16 PM
@MarkCassidy - So you think slavery is a something of the past?
Vigor
Vigor - 4/10/2024, 1:19 PM
@bl0odwerk - that's right! Let's ban all books that mention our tumultuous racist history while we are at it! Who's with me?!?
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 4/10/2024, 1:22 PM
@bl0odwerk - "Do I have to enjoy racism in order to "like" black people?"

You don't have to go to see the movie at all!
Vigor
Vigor - 4/10/2024, 1:22 PM
@bl0odwerk - "they won't shut up about it so there's absolutely no chance to forget it"

That's not how that works.
Do you know how many people choose to believe the holocaust never really happened ? If we hide our heads in sand like ostriches, the big bad dingo will bite us on the behind

Hopefully you get the drift
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 4/10/2024, 1:23 PM
@Vigor - Florida's WAY ahead of you.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/10/2024, 1:26 PM
@Ikusa - No, I realize that there are still other forms of slavery - be it child slavery, sexual trafficking, organ harvesting etc - but I have a feeling this guy might have a different definition. Maybe I'm wrong!
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/10/2024, 1:28 PM
@MarkCassidy - Those who can learn from history are doomed to argue about it with people that cannot and watch as others repeat it.
Vigor
Vigor - 4/10/2024, 1:38 PM
@Clintthahamster - the Futurtopia, led by chancellor Palpa--- errr, i mean Gov. Desantis
Vigor
Vigor - 4/10/2024, 1:41 PM
@AvalonX - so with everything you just said, do you also think we shouldn't have films about civil war or the holocaust. They all occurred in the past too.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 4/10/2024, 1:44 PM
@AvalonX - this dude literally asked to be given the chance to forget about slavery. That's what he actually said here just a couple comments before yours. There's no spinning his words here.

And I remember when David Duke first started with all this messaging back in the 1970's. You hear his POV across so much of modern media now its ridiculous. Tucker Carlson in particular was spouting theie messages constantly. https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/7/21/16008190/strikethrough-white-supremacists-love-tucker-carlson

Are you aware that's where these messages stem from? That this history traces back through Duke?

If you don't know you're history, you're doomed to repeat it and I constantly see people on here repeating what we all heard in the past. And just like Duke they continue to claim they aren't racist.

Not that I expect anyone to change, but if you really did your research into the history of the messaging around race it might surprise you to see what you've found and help you understand why so many who have been through this before see it as racism.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 4/10/2024, 1:45 PM
@AvalonX - eh.... I think their responses and accusations don't help, but assuming the intent of this doesn't either.

@bl0odwerk - we'll have to wait and see what's up with it though I admittedly doubt you complain this much over other historical fiction
Slotherin
Slotherin - 4/10/2024, 1:45 PM
@DarthAlgar - we can still judge much of this thread as fragile. Because it kind of reads as such.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 4/10/2024, 1:47 PM
@Vigor - I can't understate how much I appreciate what you bring to the table
The1st
The1st - 4/10/2024, 1:48 PM
@bl0odwerk - Right...we need more caucasian-centric history, cause that's the only thing that happened (We don't have enough of that). Let's just gloss over the minutia.
The1st
The1st - 4/10/2024, 1:51 PM
@Izaizaiza - They're not fragile. Some just don't want acknowledge change. As for why...now that's a good question, isn't it?
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 4/10/2024, 1:55 PM
@Izaizaiza - "I blame DeSantis. His snowflake law said white people are too fragile to handle history." Nah. He pushed a law (overwhelmingly passed by both houses in Florida) that prohibits public schools from teaching Marxist nonsense. And you wonder why people keep moving to Florida.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 4/10/2024, 1:56 PM
@Slotherin - not to bring the last thread into this one but this is the exact reason I was calling certain users fragile 😮‍💨😭
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 4/10/2024, 1:57 PM
@bl0odwerk - Blacula with a heavy dose of current year politics
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Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 4/10/2024, 2:00 PM
@DarthAlgar - You seem offended, and not very smart. Were you trying to make a point? Maybe try again 👍🏻
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