Marvel Studios will pause pre-production on its upcoming vampire thriller Blade due to the ongoing writers' strike, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of True Detective, was recently hired to work on the script, but according to an unnamed source, "time simply ran out." Marvel plans to restart production once the strike is over. The studio had already paused production once before, and now Blade has become the first high-profile movie to be affected by the strike.

Late-night talk shows and Saturday Night Live have been among the TV shows affected by the writers' strike, with Showtime's Billions also halting production as studios fail to agree to new terms with writers.