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Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Sinks Its Teeth Into ‘Watchmen’ Writer Stacy Osei-Kuffou

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Marvel Studios, on Wednesday, announced the new writer for the upcoming Blade reboot starring Mahershala Ali: HBO Watchmen‘s story editor Stacy Osei-Kuffour.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio spent six months meeting with various writers during a search which THR called, “meticulous.”

More Black writers were reportedly considered because the studio wanted to focus on diversity and representation when telling the stories of characters of colors.

Blade, a protagonist and anti-hero, first appeared in Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula, issue 10, in 1973. Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colon, David Goyer penned the original Blade trinity starring Wesley Snipes.

Den of Geek: Blade finally coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (played by Mahershala Ali) is a little different from the other comic characters in rebooted movies. Unlike, say, Spider-Man or Joker, Blade comes with a certain set of expectations that have less to do with his comic book origins, and more to do with the Wesley Snipes movies. Sure, there’s going to be the novelty of being in a shared universe, but a lot of Blade’s popularity comes from the previous movies and it’s been long enough since Blade Trinity that they can reboot the series and still keep it feeling familiar.

Prior to killing Dracula, Blade finally opened up to his compatriots about why he had such a hate-on for vampires. When Blade’s mother was in labor with him, the doctor arrived and told her friends to leave them be. Turned out he was Dracula (Dr. Acula?) and he started feasting on Blade’s mother. The other women ran in to ward him off and at least save the baby. Blade grew up wanting revenge on Dracula and vampires in general.

 

 

Marvel’s ‘Blade’ to be written by ‘Watchmen’ writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour

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