>Set in 1920s New Orleans.>Main plot was Blade protecting his estranged daughter Zora from vampire lord Aaron Thorne, who wants to use Zora’s blood to turn himself and his followers into Daywalkers.>Milan Ray was cast as Zora.>Aaron Pierre was cast as Aaron Thorne.>Delroy Lindo was cast as a “Marcus Garvey-like” black community leader and Blade’s mentor.>Joshua Mikel was cast as one of Aaron Thorne’s vampire followers.>Vampire hunters Quincy Harker, Rachel Van Helsing and Taj Nital were set to appear but hadn’t been cast yet.>Quincy is a descendant of Jonathan Harker who finances vampire hunters including Rachel, a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing. Nital is an Indian who took an oath of silence until the vampire who murdered his family is slain.>A major setpiece involved vampires attacking a train Blade and Zora are traveling in.>Mahershala Ali reportedly wanted Blade to be “as big as Black Panther” and have a strong cultural message.>Kevin Feige reportedly scrapped the script for having too much drama and not enough action, while Ali pushed for a more experienced director, sending the project back to the drawing board.
Sounds alright.
