'Blade' Taps 'True Detective' Creator Nic Pizzolatto to Pen the Script

After originally going on hold following the departure of its director Bassam Tariq, the MCU's Blade film has finally spread its wings and escaped development hell. The Mahershala Ali-led project has now found a new writer in acclaimed True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto per The Hollywood Reporter. He'll get to work with the script currently written by Michael Starrbury which sources close to the situation say Pizzolatto has been tinkering with over the past few weeks.