‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Trailer Showcases Mahershala Ali’s Dramatic Chops … And ‘Blade’ Skills

Amazon MGM Studios‘ Orion Pictures on Monday released the trailer for Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, the dramatic action thriller starring two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali and written and directed by Bassam Tariq. The pic was recently set to have its world premiere in the Special Presentations section of September’s Toronto Film Festival, ahead of an awards-season rollout in theaters beginning September 25 in New York and Los Angeles, with expansion set for October. If Ali’s and Tariq’s names have been floating around of late, it’s because both were once attached to a reboot of Marvel’s Blade back in 2021. Tariq exited the project about the iconic vampire hunter the following year, and it has never gotten off the ground. Watch on Deadline Ali said in a GQ interview last week that Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother exists because Blade fell apart, noting that after “working on for over a year training for Blade,” he was approached by Tariq and “was able to use those skills” for the new film. That brings us to Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, a title gleaned from an Islamic saying about the care and love owed to mothers. The plot centers on an assassin named Latif (Ali) who is navigating single fatherhood and his hidden life after the death of his wife. Per the official logline: “While searching for breast milk for his infant daughter alongside his teenage daughter (Adia) and young son, Latif is unexpectedly pulled into a hit job that places him in direct opposition to influential faith leader Hwan Yoon (John Cho). With the support of his community, he fights to protect his family while confronting his own understanding of faith, grief and responsibility.” Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, Jahleel Kamara and Giancarlo Esposito also star. Check out the trailer above.