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  • RUMOR: Marvel Studios to Reteam with Michael Giacchino on ‘Werewolf By Night’ Follow-Up

    RUMOR: Marvel Studios to Reteam with Michael Giacchino on ‘Werewolf By Night’ Follow-Up

    Michael Giacchino is a cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since Doctor Strange his theaters in 2016, the fanfare he created has become one of the world’s most recognizable jingles. He has scored 5 Marvel Studios films and in 2022 directed the studio’s first Special Presentation–for which he created another unique and catchy fanfare–Werewolf By Night. The streaming special caught fire with audiences and Giacchino’s work in creating a singular look for the new corner of the MCU drew heavy praise. Fans have been eager for Giacchino to reteam with Marvel Studios for a new project and while he recused himself from the search for a director for Blade, a new rumor making the rounds suggests that by waiting, he may have found himself a perfect scenario.

    According to insider Daniel RPK, Marvel Studios is eyeing Giacchino to helm their big-screen Midnight Sons project.

    First assembled to battle Lilith in 1992’s Ghost Rider #31, the roster of the Midnight Sons/Midnight Suns team has changed greatly with each iteration though the mission has mostly remained the same: stop supernatural shit from happening on Earth. And that’s where Giachhino fits in.

    While there’s been no official word on who might make up the team, Werewolf By Night, Man-Thing and Elsa Bloodstone have all been members of the squad in the comics and those just happen to be characters Giacchino is very familiar with. Additionally, if he were to helm the project, he could get his chance to work with Blade, who he previously described as one of his favorite Marvel characters.

    I mean, look, I love Blade. I think that’s an amazing, amazing character. It’s one of my favorites. But I feel like that thing is already in motion in a way that is like, and I’m in motion on other things as well, and there’s just– It’s a whole… you know. It’s just, timing-wise, it’s a little crazy. So I feel like, you know… I want that to be a great movie. I want that to be an awesome movie, because that character deserves it in a huge way. But yeah, right now, I mean, no.

    Michael Giacchino on why he’s not directing Marvel Studios Blade

    Given the rumors that horror scream queen Mia Goth is playing Lilith in Blade–which is still scheduled to go into production later this year–it’s possible that a Midnight Sons film could also serve as a follow-up to that film and, like the comics, see the team assemble to take on her and her 9 demonic offspring, the Lilin. A handful of other members from the comic book team already exist in the MCU (Doctor Strange, Moon Knight and Wong) and there could be more on the way as a rumored Ghost Rider project remains in development. While there’s no timeline for when to expect the Midnight Sons film just yet, it certainly sounds like the perfect opportunity for the studio to reteam with Giacchino and let him work his magic one more time.

  • New Rumors Point to an R-rated, Badass ‘Blade’ Film from Marvel Studios

    New Rumors Point to an R-rated, Badass ‘Blade’ Film from Marvel Studios

    Marvel Studios have certainly taken their time developing the Mahershala Ali-led Blade reboot. First announced at SDCC ’19, the project came as a shockingly wonderful surprise…and then the world went to hell. Nearly four and a half years, one global pandemic and two major Hollywood work stoppages later, production on the film still hasn’t gotten underway and, in fact, has been delayed multiple times. However, all signs point to principal photography finally getting underway sometime late in 2024 and now a new rumor about the film is sure to provide some much-needed hope about the state of the project.

    According to insider Daniel RPK, after having multiple writers work on the script (current writer Michael Green is the sixth scribe to work on the screenplay) it sounds as though they’ve found their story and it sounds fairly badass!

    In November 2023, director Yann Demange told Deadline that Marvel Studios had given him the green light to make Blade an R-rated film. “They gave me the R, which is so important,” said Demange, adding that “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. 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.” he explained. The new rumor from Daniel RPK lines up with Demange’s R-rated comment and gives some insight into exactly what Ali’s Daywalker will be up against.

    The rumor states that Blade will be a period piece and will have ties to one of the MCU’s most confusing post-credit scenes. Apparently the film’s plot will revolve around an attempt by the villain Lilith–played by horror queen Mia Goth–to gather up the blood of Blade’s daughter in an effort to create an army of Daywalkers. To make things more interesting, Goth’s baddie will reportedly weild the mysterious Ebony Blade, first seen in the MCU in The Eternals. In the mid-credit scene, Kit Harrington‘s Dane Whitman was revealed to be in possession of the sword, which was shown to have some fascinating properties. Just as Whitman was about to pick it up, he was stopped by Ali’s Blade, who was not seen, only heard.

    Following the release of The Eternals, Marvel Studios executive producer Nate Moore explained how the studio came to connect Blade to the sword. “Cause the Ebony Blade, the characteristics of the Ebony Blade are not dissimilar to some degree to vampirism and we think that’s an interesting kind of thing to play with,” explained Moore. Now it sounds as though Blade will establish a MUCH clearer connection to the stinger scene though it’s not believed that Harrington will play a role in the film.

    Blade is currently slated for a November 7, 2025 release.