It has been seven years since Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige introduced a Blade film set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and right here we’re: nonetheless no Blade film. Maybe nobody is taking the Blade-shaped absence within the MCU tougher than Feige, who sounds fairly down within the dumps about the entire saga.
Talking with Josh Horowitz of the Glad Unhappy Confused podcast, Feige addressed certainly one of Marvel‘s largest fumbles, saying he feels “like a big loser and failure that we didn’t get off the bottom with Mahershala [Ali].” Feige introduced Blade again at San Diego Comedian-Con 2019 after he enlightened the conventioneers gathered in Corridor H about Marvel Studios’ future lineup. On the time, that included Part 4 fare like Black Widow, Loki, Eternals, and Thor: Love and Thunder. Feige concluded the presentation with a shock look from Ali, who revealed “yet another factor”: Blade.
Since then, Blade was teased in an Eternals post-credits scene, and the tortured manufacturing went via a number of writers and administrators. Marvel Studios ultimately pulled the movie from its launch schedule, and we’ve not had a correct replace in years.
Blade in the end did return to the MCU in 2024 with Deadpool & Wolverine, and Feige says he is “very excited that we bought Wesley [Snipes] again for a time” in that mission. However a stand-alone Blade movie, no less than with Ali within the main position, appears all however inconceivable at this stage. There are many rumors being bandied about relating to a Midnight Suns film that can embrace Blade, however no matter plans Ali and Feige had appear to have fallen by the wayside.
Ali followers can no less than take consolation in figuring out that the director initially hooked up to Blade, Bassam Tariq, did wind up working with Ali on action-packed film. The duo have a brand new motion thriller referred to as Your Mom Your Mom Your Mom coming later this yr. In it, Ali performs a devoutly non secular hitman on a mission to guard his youngsters. It seems to be unbelievable.
Maybe Feige may have extra to share on Blade and Blade-adjacent developments within the MCU later this week at this yr’s San Diego Comedian-Con. Marvel Studios may have its official SDCC presentation in Corridor H on Saturday, July 25 at 5:30 p.m. PDT. MFeige shall be joined by unannounced particular friends “from throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a take a look at what’s subsequent from Marvel Studios.”
