{"id":379675,"date":"2022-09-30T18:02:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=379675"},"modified":"2022-09-30T18:02:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:02:23","slug":"marvel-removes-bafta-award-winning-pakistani-as-blades-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/marvel-removes-bafta-award-winning-pakistani-as-blades-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Removes BAFTA Award-Winning Pakistani as Blade’s Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marvel Studios has announced that Bassam Tariq<\/a> is no longer directing its upcoming film, Blade, <\/em><\/strong>starring Mahershala Ali. Kevin Fiege.<\/p>\n

Although the President of Marvel Studios is currently looking for a replacement director, he confirmed that Karachi-born Tariq will stay on as an executive producer.<\/p>\n

Marvel Studios officially announced,<\/p>\n

Due to continued shifts in our production schedule, Tariq is no longer moving forward as director of Blade but will remain an executive producer on the film.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t

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For his part, Tariq expressed gratitude to Marvel Studios and Kevin Fiege saying,<\/p>\n

It’s been an honor working with the wonderful folks at Marvel. We were able to put together a killer cast and crew. Eager to see where the next director takes the film.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Blade <\/em><\/strong>suffered a major setback months before going into production as the firm let go of Tariq.<\/p>\n

The production of the film was set to start this November Tariq left due to a scheduling conflict.<\/p>\n

It is unknown whether his departure will delay or affect the filming in any way.<\/p>\n

The vampire action film starring Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali as the titular hero is slated for a November 2023 release. He will be joined by supporting actors Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre.<\/p>\n

Blade\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is one of the most eagerly anticipated Marvel projects ever since its announcement at San Diego Comic-Con 2019.<\/p>\n

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Bassam Tariq is a renowned filmmaker who made headlines with his recent project Mogul Mowgli<\/em><\/strong>, a rap drama featuring Riz Ahmed.<\/p>\n

It will be a tough task for Kevin Fiege to find a replacement director to fill in Tariq’s shoes.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marvel Studios has announced that Bassam Tariq is no longer directing its upcoming film, Blade, starring Mahershala Ali. Kevin Fiege. Although the President of Marvel Studios is currently looking for a replacement director, he confirmed that Karachi-born Tariq will stay on as an executive producer. Marvel Studios officially announced, Due to continued shifts in our production schedule, Tariq is no […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":379681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,2368,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-379675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-hollywood","9":"category-social-media","10":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"The President of Marvel Studios is currently looking for a replacement director.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bassam-tafiq-marvel-blade-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bassam-tafiq-marvel-blade-758x426.jpg",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bassam-tafiq-marvel-blade.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Featured","Hollywood","Social Media","TV & Film"],"title_text":"Marvel Removes BAFTA Award-Winning Pakistani as Blade\u2019s Director","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,2368,1291,1297&exclude=379675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379675"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=379675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}