Mahershala Ali Joins Former Blade MCU Director's New Movie
Academy Award winner has been tapped to star in a new movie written and directed by former Blade MCU director .
The project, which hails from Amazon MGM Studios' Orion Pictures, is called Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Other details about the movie, including the plot, are still being kept close to the vest. The project's producers include Tariq and Two & Two Pictures' Lucan Toh (Before I Disappear) and Babak Anvari (I Came By).
Tariq was previously attached to direct Marvel Studios' Blade reboot, with Ali set to star as the titular anti-hero. However, in 2022, the director was confirmed to not be moving forward with the project due to 'continued shifts' in the production schedule. The future of the highly-anticipated Blade reboot remains unclear to this day.
'Due to continued shifts in our production schedule, Bassam is no longer moving forward as director of Blade but will remain an executive producer on the film,' Marvel said in a 2022 statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter. 'We appreciate Bassam's talent and all the work he's done getting Blade to where it is.'
The announcement comes on the heels of Sam Esmail's record-breaking thriller Leave the World Behind, which starred Ali, Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Myha'la. Ali can next be seen starring in Jurassic World Rebirth, set to release on July 2.
Ali's other notable credits include Moonlight, Green Book, Hidden Figures, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, House Of Cards, The Place Beyond The Pines, True Detective, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Luke Cage, Kicks, Swan Song, and Roxanne Roxanne.
Meanwhile, Tariq — whose debut feature film Mogul Mowgli premiered to critical acclaim — is the co-director behind the 2013 documentary film These Birds Walk. Tariq also served as the director for Netflix's 2019 documentary Ghosts of Sugar Land.
(Source: Deadline)
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