The film was announced five years ago and has been racking up delays ever since, fueling suspicions of potential cancellation.
In full effervescence due to the success of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios announced in summer 2019 during San Diego Comic-Con. That seems to be a cursed batch of announcements: although some projects have ended up seeing the light of day, others have been delayed to the point of exhaustion, as is the case of Bladethe film that will bring the vampire hunter to the MCU.
Mahershala Ali excitedly announced at that Comic-Con that it would become Eric Brooks in the remake that would allow the character he once embodied Wesley Snipes make the leap to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, that was the beginning of a very long wait that has no signs of ending soon.
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If the impact of the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t enough on the pre-production process, in 2022, Blade’s original director, Bassam Tariq, abandoned the project. Marvel would find in Yann Demange the perfect replacement to bring the film to fruition.
Well, at least that’s what they thought until now, well The Wrap reports that Yann Demange has followed in Tariq’s footsteps and leaves the movie of Blade. According to sources, the departure took place on good terms, although the causes are not highlighted.
Blade It’s a festival of mishaps
In addition to the directors’ ball, the writers’ room Blade It has also been a kind of game of chairs, with several changes that have affected history. In fact, it was rumored that Mahershala Ali himself considered abandoning the project when he realized that Blade he had been relegated to a supporting role in his own film.
Rumors aside, the constant delays of Bladewhich for now maintains its release date for November 7, 2025are a cause of constant concern among fans as they do not know if the film will see the light of day or will be permanently canceled.
Marvel is going through a few turbulent years with few box office successes and with the fandom divided in the reception of new films and series, so it should avoid a conflictive production in Blade.
For now, the House of Ideas begins the search for a new director to take up Yann Demange’s baton and, hopefully this time, make the film Blade move in the right direction.
