After delivering two “Black Panther” movies for Marvel Studios, earning them an impressive $2.2 billion at the global box office, director Ryan Coogler is still riding high. He’s parlaying that success and reuniting again with his muse, actor Michael B. Jordan (“Creed III“), for an original supernatural genre movie that recently landed at Warner Bros. after a heated bidding war. The film is set to be released on March 7, 2025, and more actors have joined the highly anticipated untitled film. THR reports that Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld (“Bumblebee,” “True Grit“) and Wunmi Mosaku (“Lovecraft Country“) are the latest hirings by Coogler, with Deadline adding character actor Omar Benson Miller (“Ballers”) has nabbed a role as well.
Steinfeld and Mosaku have their own Marvel connections, with the latter appearing in the “Loki” series. Steinfeld played Kate Bishop in the Disney+ series “Hawkeye” and voices Gwen Stacey in the “Spider-Verse” franchise for Sony Animation. The newest additions join Jordan alongside Jack O’Connell, who is said to be playing the film’s villain, and veteran actor Delroy Lindo (“Da 5 Bloods”).
Filming on the untitled pic is set to begin this month in New Orleans, Louisana. It is expected to be a supernatural thriller featuring vampires in the Jim Crow-era South (seemingly taking a page from “Blade” and “Lovecraft Country“), with Jordan reportedly playing twin brothers.
Jordan is as busy as it gets. He’s returning for MGM’s “Creed IV“ and has many sequels in the works, such as the CIA/military thriller “Rainbow Six“ (a follow-up to “Without Remorse” that has “John Wick” director Chad Stahelski set to helm). He is also poised to be involved with WB‘s other action horror project, “I Am Legend 2,” alongside Will Smith.
While this untitled supernatural movie has yet to be pegged as a franchise starter, the level of studio interest suggests that sequels might be in the cards if there is enough worldwide support for the film next year.