Mahershala Ali Has ‘Moved On’ From ‘Blade’
Mahershala Ali confirmed he has moved on from the planned Blade reboot, indicating the project is unlikely to proceed. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige expressed disappointment over the film's stalled development. The actor stated that if Marvel wanted to produce the movie, it would have happened, but the studio has not moved forward.
- ▪The Blade reboot starring Mahershala Ali was announced with high anticipation but has faced delays and intermittent updates.
- ▪Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige described the inability to launch the film as a personal failure.
- ▪In a GQ interview, Ali said the project is not happening and he has moved on from Blade.
- ▪Ali noted that Marvel has the resources and if they wanted to make the movie, it would have been produced.
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- ▪ Mahershala Ali on Marvel’s cursed Blade reboot: ‘If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it’ — The Guardian — World
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There is perhaps no story more emblematic of Marvel Studios’ inability to get its house in order post-Avengers: Endgame than the failure to launch what should’ve been its easiest layup: the Blade reboot starring Mahershala Ali. Before the announcement, it was hard to imagine anyone other than Wesley Snipes playing the daywalking half-vampire, but Ali, coming off two recent Oscar wins and a standout performance as Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes in Luke Cage, was a uniquely worthy successor to the throne. Anticipation for the film immediately shot through the roof, and it remained high even as the years passed and the updates became bleaker and more intermittent. But, eventually, we all had to stop fooling ourselves and admit that it probably wasn’t happening.
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