It was one of the most interesting and expected projects by fans, but after many abandonments and delays, Disney eliminated him from his calendar
To the era post-Avengers: Endgame It has been complicated for the Marvel Cinematographic Universe. The franchise has had many problems since 2019: a pandemic, the goodbye of some of its most veteran and venerated actors by the fans, the introduction of others that have not fit very well with the public, a empachcy of series and films with bad bill, failures at the box office, the dismissal of its main villain and the change of plans for their new event Avengers 5. However, the most mysterious setback of all is that of Blade.
The film about the vampire hunter, who was going to star in Mahershala Ali, disappeared from the Disney premieres calendar after many dropouts in his team and delays in his arrival at the movie theaters. Originally, the film had to have been released in cinemas two years ago, in November 2023. It was in October 2024 when Marvel gave up with his most difficult project. The studio is silent about what happened behind the cameras with the film. Sample of them is what happened with Eric Pearson, screenwriter of Thunderbolts* and of Bladewho has answered a question about the vampire movie: he says he can’t speak.
“You can’t talk about the situation of Blade. I’m sorry. I would like power, but I can’t “has declared the screenwriter in THR. The question is born from the success of The sinnersthe original vampire film by Ryan Coogler with Michael B. Jordan that is already the fourth highest grossing title of the year with 244.6 million dollars collected worldwide. The story takes place in 1932 and Ruth E. Carter, the costume designer of The sinnerswhich was also involved in Bladeconfirmed in Designing Podcast what Marvel’s film was set in the 20s.
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Kevin Feige, president of Marvel, announced in the Comic-Con de San Diego 2019 that a film of Blade He was developing with Ali as the protagonist. In 2022, in the same event, he announced a date: November 3, 2022. Since then, directors and screenwriters have been abandoned the project, which delayed their release date several times. In addition to Ali, Mia Goth was also part of the cast of the film.
As for films that are a reality, after the premiere of Thunderbolts*the person in charge of closing the Phase 5 of the UCM, it is the turn of The fantastic 4: first steps. Marvel’s first family’s debut will open the Phase 6 of the franchise. The film, led by Matt Shakman and starring Pedro Pascal, opens in cinemas the July 25.
