Marvel Studios' Blade reboot will be R-rated.
Marvel's Blade will have bite. Director Yann Demange confirms that the reboot, which stars Mahershala Ali as the sword-wielding vampire hunter, will be rated R. Disney's Marvel Studios hasn't yet sunk its teeth into R-rated superhero fare — it typically opts for PG-13 — but with Daredevil, Punisher, and Blade on the way, Marvel is venturing into more mature territory.
"They gave me the R, which is so important," Demange told Deadline in an interview about his Toronto Film Festival short Dammi, about a man's search for his cultural identity. Demange's semi-autobiographical short film is also about an outsider: Ali plays the"Daywalker" Eric Brooks, the half-human/half-vampire who has the powers of vampirism but none of the weaknesses.
According to Demange, the MCU Blade will be no less ruthless or violent than Snipes' leather trenchcoat-clad, vampire-slaying superhero. "I come out of wanting to be more open, more vulnerable and bring a more personal aspect to my work," he said."But for Blade, we are going to have fun because Mahershala is such a deep actor. I'm excited to show a kind of ruthlessness, a roughness he has, that allows him to walk the earth in a particular way. I love him for that. He's got a dignity and integrity, but there is a ferocity there that he usually keeps under the surface.
Demange confirming Blade's R rating comes after news that producer Kevin Feige tapped Oscar-nominated writer Michael Green —whose credits include the R-rated Blade Runner 2049, Alien: Covenant, and the gritty and gory Wolverine movie Logan — to rework the Blade script.
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