Marvel’s ‘Blade’ loses director Bassam Tariq weeks before filming

Disney unveiled or changed the release dates for a slew of movie titles Tuesday, including Marvel’s Blade, which was announced this morning to be delaying production.

Martine McCutcheon opened up on tough times just weeks before her brother's sudden death aged 31. The Love Actually star, 46, took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce her brother LJ's devastating death, as she explained a cause of death has not yet been determined since LJ's passing two weeks ago.

Martine McCutcheon has announced the sad death of her 'baby brother' just weeks before he was due to marry.MORE: Martine McCutcheon looks phenomenal in slinky micro mini dressTaking to Instagram, the actress shared two photos, one showing her hugging her brother Laurence John, and another showing him smiling at the camera.WATCH: Martine McCutcheon fans respond to hilarious silk underwear illusion - and we can't believe our eyesCaptioning the post, Martine revealed her heart was "forever broken" after losing him "so soon" at the age of 31.READ: Martine McCutcheon stuns in skintight leggings as she reveals her diet secretsRELATED: Martine McCutcheon stuns in figure-hugging neon green swimsuit during Turkish getaway"My heart is forever broken… My baby brother, my gentle giant, sadly passed away, suddenly, 2 weeks ago. He was 31 years old.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter In another blow to Hulu’s series adaptation of “The Devil in the White City,” Todd Field has exited the project on which he was to serve as director and executive producer, Variety has learned exclusively. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the search is now on for a new director. News of Field’s departure from the show comes just days after Variety also exclusively reported that series star Keanu Reeves had bowed out as well. Field most recently wrote and directed the Cate Blanchett-led drama feature “Tár,” which debuted at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. The film received rave reviews upon its debut and is being touted as an early Oscar contender. In his review for Variety, Owen Gleiberman wrote, “The movie is breathtaking — in its drama, its high-crafted innovation, its vision. It’s a ruthless but intimate tale of art, lust, obsession, and power.”

departed, TheWrap has learned. The project hails from EPs Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.The long-gestating project was set to mark “The Matrix” star’s first major television role, as the infamous Dr. H.

A change of plans. Tia Mowry opened up about her and Cory Hardrict’s autumn to-do list with their children less than two weeks before she filed for divorce.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Michael Waldron looks to be in line for another high-profile Marvel property as sources tell Deadline he is set to write Avengers: Secret Wars for Marvel Studios. Deadline recently broke that Jeff Loveness was on board to write Avengers: The Kang Dynasty following the news Destin Daniel Cretton would direct Kang Dynasty for Marvel Studios and now both films have locked up there writers. Insiders add Secret Wars will have its own director though its assumed all parties will be in touch while the films are in development. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is producing.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Coolio recorded lines for the “Futurama” revival at Hulu just weeks before his death at age 59. “Futurama” executive producer David X. Cohen told TMZ that the rapper reprised his role as Kwanzaa-bot for the revival, even recording some new music as the character. Fans of the series will recall that Kwanzaa-bot was the counterpart to Robot Santa and the Chanukah Zombie. Every year he flies around the world distributing a book called “What the Hell is Kwanza [sic]?” He originally appeared in the Season 4 episode “A Tale of Two Santas” and again in the Season 7 episode “The Futurama Holiday Spectacular.” He also made a cameo in the “Futurama” film “Bender’s Big Score.”

antagonist Eleanor in the film.In the Netflix teen dark comedy, Hawke costars as Eleanor alongside Camila Mendes, who plays the other half of the deceitful duo as Drea Torres, the fallen “it” girl. “We cast the movie in 2020. Cami and Maya both signed on, and then ‘Stranger Things’ pushed, which means that in our window where we were making the movie we technically lost Maya,” Robinson said in a recent zoom interview with TheWrap.

The new “Blade” movie was all set to start shooting in two months, but that may now be up in the air.

For more than a decade, Marvel Studios was nearly perfect when it comes to behind-the-scenes shakeups with its film productions. Outside of the very public breakup with Edgar Wright over the original “Ant-Man” film, everything else went to plan in the MCU when it came to choosing filmmakers.

Bassam Tariq has exited his role as director of Marvel Studios’ Blade.