Mahershala Ali’s Blade was Marvel’s lone 2025 film not mentioned at Comedian-Con.
Let’s not lie: Blade is having a tough go at issues. 5 years in the past, Marvel Studios introduced Mahershala Ali on stage throughout its Corridor H panel at San Diego Comedian-Con to announce the Oscar-winner would quickly play Eric Brooks, the antihero higher often known as Blade. By all accounts, the film ought to have been launched by this cut-off date. Solely now, for it’s miles from pre-production. The movie has misplaced two administrators, and it has been caught in writers’ hell because the leap. Because it stands now, the film is schedule to come back out subsequent 12 months, despite the fact that Marvel Studios does not actually need to speak about it.
Saturday night time, Marvel boss Kevin Feige took the stage at Corridor H to speak about Marvel’s releases all through 2025. Loads was mentioned about Captain America: Courageous New World, Thunderbolts*, and The Implausible 4: First Steps. Regardless of technically having a launch date subsequent 12 months, Marvel Studios did not say as a lot as a phrase concerning the movie.
Earlier within the week, Feige expressed some optimistic views on the movie, saying he is liking the place the movie is headed. “[It] has been irritating for us and for some followers that it is taken some time however we’ve got a author engaged on it now,” Feige informed Shadow and Act on the press tour for Deadpool & Wolverine. “I’ve learn half of his new draft and it is feeling good up to now.“
Even then, Blade’s woes have grow to be a little bit of a meme in and of itself. Even Wesley Snipes, the actor that performed the characters within the early aughts, has spoken on the matter.
“I shouted him out, informed him he is received all my blessings and assist,” Snipes informed EW this week. “I even referenced the truth that a number of the challenges they’re going through now with the challenge, it should not be accredited to him … It isn’t the actor’s fault. There’s much more that goes on with pulling this Blade stuff off … You want loads of secret sauce to do the Blade factor, man. Good luck. You are my man, although.”
Blade is at the moment set to hit theaters on November 7, 2025.
