Aquaman director James Wan revealed he pitched a Blade reboot to a “particular studio” years ago after the success of the first Conjuring film.
Before taking on Aquaman directorial duties in 2015, Wan was circling a Blade reboot. Blade was one of the first Marvel characters to get the live action treatment with three films starring Wesley Snipes. It has been fourteen years since the last film and some Marvel fans have been clamoring for a reboot of the character. Marvel Studios got the Blade film rights from Sony back in 2013, but the character still awaits his MCU debut. Wan revealed on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast that he actually pitched a Blade reboot after the success of The Conjuring, which came out in 2013:
“Years back, a couple of years back, I think it was right after Conjuring 1 that I went into a particular studio and told them ‘Hey, I’m a big fan of Blade. Would you guys be interested in rebooting Blade?’ So that was one. Obviously, nothing came out of that! But that was my first intro into looking at potential comic book properties.”
However, the Aquaman director admits he doesn’t remember what the pitch was, just that he liked it at the time:
“It was just to kind of talk about it. I didn’t have a full presentation. I did have an idea, I can’t quite remember what it was. That’s how far back it was and I’ve done a lot since then so I can’t quite remember what I had thought of. But I did like it at the time.”
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From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an acition-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be… a king.
Directed by James Wan, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Patrick Wilson as Orm / Ocean Master, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Ludi Lin as Captain Murk, and Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry.
Aquaman will be released in theaters on December 21, 2018.
Source: Happy Sad Confused
