Influential digital music producer and filmmaker Flying Lotus right now revealed he had been tapped to jot down music for Marvel’s long-awaited Blade reboot earlier than the challenge was indefinitely delayed.
FlyLo took to social media to substantiate he was signed on to attain the movie.
“I guess we are so far from it even being a possibility now but. Yeah I was signed on to write music for the new BLADE movie before it fell thru,” he wrote on X. “Maybe it’ll come around again but I doubt it. Would have been fun tho.”
I assume we’re so removed from it even being a risk now however. Yeah I used to be signed on to jot down music for the brand new BLADE film earlier than it fell through.
Perhaps it’ll come round once more however I doubt it. Would have been enjoyable tho💔
— FLYLO (@flyinglotus) April 24, 2025
The revelation provides one other chapter to the troubled manufacturing historical past of the film, which was introduced with appreciable fanfare at 2019’s San Diego Comedian-Con. Academy Award-winning Inexperienced E book actor Mahershala Ali was forged to fill the vampire hunter’s leather-based coat beforehand worn by the long-lasting Wesley Snipes.
Since then, the challenge has hemorrhaged expertise, reportedly biking by means of a slew of screenwriters with out efficiently transitioning to manufacturing. The challenge additionally misplaced a pair of administrators, Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange.
Snipes, who originated the function within the 1998 cult traditional, made a quick return to the character in a cameo look in Deadpool & Wolverine earlier this 12 months, providing followers a bittersweet reminder of the daywalker’s cinematic legacy whereas the reboot stays trapped in growth hell.
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