Marvel's Blade reboot will be rated R
Nov. 6, 2023This marks the MCU’s second-ever R-rating
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Marvel’s Blade reboot has officially been given an R rating.
“They gave me the R, which is so important,” Director Yann Demange toldDeadline.
The upcoming superhero-horror is a reimagining of Marvel’s 1998 pre-MCU film, and stars two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali as the titular vampire slayer, taking over for Wesley Snipes – who played Blade in not one, but three films.
The original film received an R rating for its massive amounts of blood – and a less violent, PG-13 version of the film just doesn’t sound fun. Blade marks the second-ever MCU movie to receive an R-rating, with the upcoming Deadpool 3 being the first.
“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,” Demange continued. “He’s got a dignity and integrity, but there is a ferocity there that he usually keeps under the surface. I want to unleash that and put it on the screen.”
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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