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Mahershala Ali Gives Unfortunate Update On MCU 'Blade' Delay

Jun 25, 2025 am 10:12 AM

Six years after Mahershala Ali was introduced on stage at San Diego Comic-Con to reveal his casting in a Blade movie, the actor has shared new comments indicating the project is still stalled, even though he remains open to portraying the character.

Ali is currently starring in Jurassic World Rebirth, and during red carpet interviews, he was questioned multiple times about Blade:

“Call Marvel,” he said to Variety. “I’m ready. Let them know I’m ready.”

“I would love for it to happen, we’ll see, I don’t know where Marvel is right now,” he told THR.

Mahershala Ali Gives Unfortunate Update On MCU ‘Blade’ Delay

The fact that the actor doesn't seem involved in the current status of the film is concerning. There is no announced release date for Blade, and the production has gone through two director changes since 2022. Originally planned for a November 2023 premiere, then pushed to 2025, the film now appears to be completely derailed.

Adding to the news this week, David S. Goyer, the writer behind the original Blade trilogy, commented on the delays and even revealed he offered assistance to Marvel, but it was declined.

"In my mind, I think Blade is a relatively simple story," Goyer stated on Happy Sad Confused. "It's not complicated. And I always think when you embark on a movie like this, you have to distill down what is the promise of the movie."

"It should have insane ass-kicking," he added. "It should be pretty scary. Might be R-rated. And it doesn't have to be, it should not be complicated."

Mahershala Ali Gives Unfortunate Update On MCU ‘Blade’ Delay

In an interview with Variety:

“I had my agent call Marvel and say, ‘Do you guys need any help?’ And they said, ‘We love you, but we think we’ve cracked it now, and we’re in a good place.’ And then the latest thing happened. And so no, they haven’t contacted me.”

Goyer wrote all three Wesley Snipes Blade movies and directed Trinity. The first one arrived in 1998, and the modern superhero genre owes much to those films, which came before Spider-Man, X-Men, and long before the rise of the MCU. Now, despite having a seemingly straightforward concept and an Oscar-winning actor waiting in the wings, Marvel seems unable to make it work — and at this point, may never find a way forward.

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