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So here we are again, waiting for Blade to rise from the shadows—this time with Mahershala Ali ready to stake his claim in the MCU. But is it just me, or has this comeback been dragging on longer than a vampire’s night shift? Blade’s legacy runs deep, chopping through darkness long before Marvel became the cinematic giant it is today. Wesley Snipes laid down a heavy-hitting foundation, and now with Ali poised to own the role, expectations are sky-high. Yet behind the scenes, the project has stumbled through a maze of directors and scripts, caught in Marvel’s sprawling expansion strategy. Kevin Feige’s recent confession about the need for something “insanely great” hints at just how high the bar really is. So, will Blade finally get his fangs back in the game, or is this the start of another long, dark night? Only time will tell… LEARN MORE

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Hype is huge for the return of Blade the vampire hunter, played by Mahershala Ali. But it’s also feeling a bit long in the fang.

Made famous in a trilogy of movies featuring Wesley Snipes pre-MCU, the half-vampire, full-time killer helped pave the way for the superhero-film resurgence in the late 2000s. Now, after Snipes’ amazing farewell in Deadpool & Wolverine, Mahershala Ali is set to take over in the MCU’s reboot.

But production on the movie has stalled, with a number of writers and directors coming through the project like a revolving door. During a July 2025 press conference ahead of the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Kevin Feige opened up about the delays surrounding Blade, blaming it on Marvel’s over-expansion.

“We didn’t want to simply just put a leather outfit on him [Mahershala Ali] and have him start killing vampires. It had to be unique,” Feige said to the journalists in attendance. “It fell into the time when we started pulling back and saying, ‘Only accept insanely great.’ And it wasn’t ‘insanely great’ at the time.”

For now, Blade is delayed indefinitely. But you can’t keep a good vampire hunter down for long.