Delroy Lindo to star in new 'Blade' film

Delroy Lindo has landed a role in the new "Blade" movie. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Delroy Lindo attends a photocall for the play "The Exonerated" in London in 2006. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI Mahershala Ali (L), with Laura Dern, winner of the Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Marriage Story," appears backstage with her Oscar during the 92nd annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2020. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Mahershala Ali arrives for the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, September 22, 2019. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Wesley Snipes attends the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2020, in Beverly Hills. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Disney said The Harder They Fall and Da 5 Bloods actor Delroy Lindo has signed on to star in its upcoming Blade reboot.

The Hollywood Reporter said Lindo will appear alongside Mahershala Ali, who was previously announced to play the titular half-vampire, half-human hero.

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Deadline.com said it is unclear who Lindo will play in the comic book adaptation.

Playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour is writing it and Mogul Mowgli director Bassam Tariq is on board to direct.

The project is expected to start shooting late this summer.

The character of Blade first appeared in the comic book, Tomb of Dracula No. 10, in 1973. Wesley Snipes played him in a trilogy of New Line Cinema films from 1998 to 2004.

Lindo's other credits include Beauty & the Beast, This Is Us, The Good Fight, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers, Get Shorty, The Cider House Rules, Gone in 60 Seconds and Up.