Det är ingenting nytt att produktionen av Marvels Blade kan beskrivas som en krokig resa (för att uttrycka det milt). Variety berättar att filmen vid det här laget gått passerat fem manusförfattare, två regissörer samt en total nedstängning i sex veckor innan produktionen. Allt såg så pass mörkt ut att Mahershala Ali enligt rykten var på väg att vinka adjöss innan Kevin Feige hoppade in och anlitade Michael Green, manusförfattaren av Logan, som skulle skriva ihop ett helt nytt manus.
"It has gone through at least five writers, two directors and one shutdown six weeks before production. One person familiar with the script permutations says the story at one point morphed into a narrative led by women and filled with life lessons. Blade was relegated to the fourth lead, a bizarre idea considering that the studio had two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali on board."
Nu berättar Michael Stanburry, som jobbade med ett av filmens tidigare manus, att dessa rykten inte stämmer.
I worked on a draft of this before the strike. Never saw a version where Blade was 4th lead or it was a "narrative led by women and filled with life lessons" but I suppose a lot could have happened since I had anything to do with it. He was in 99% of the scripts I was a part of.
Tror du Marvel kan ro Blade i land?