New York playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour has been hired to pen the new film adaptation of the “Blade” comics for Marvel Studios.
Osei-Kuffour acted as story editor and writer on HBO’s acclaimed “Watchmen” limited series and now will handle this reboot of the property about the ‘Daywalker’ with Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali in the lead role.
Ali’s involvement was revealed eighteen months ago at San Diego Comic Con in 2019 and both he and Marvel spent months meeting with writers in a meticulous search to find the right person for the job.
Kuffour becomes the first Black female writer to pen a Marvel movie, following the relatively recent hiring of “Candyman” reboot helmer Nia DaCosta as Marvel’s first Black woman director.
Marvel will next move to hiring a director who will work with Osei-Kuffour who also worked on Hulu’s acclaimed “Pen15” series, HBO’s “Run” and Amazon’s “Hunters”.
Source: Heat Vision
