Blade: Marvel boss removes expected Marvel film from release plans

Following a change in the studio’s release plans, the future of the Marvel’s Blade reboot is once again in focus.

Since the project was announced in 2019, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) have been thrilled at the prospect of seeing a new version of the vampire hunter, years after Wesley Snipes played him in a film trilogy.

However, due to the pandemic, strikes in Hollywood and the exit of two directors, the production was hit with one hurdle after another, a series of events that Snipes himself described as “tough.”

While Snipes briefly reprized the role in Dead Pool & Wolverinein which he stated, “There is only one blade,” Mahershala Ali will be playing the character in the upcoming film.

Yann Demange was set to direct the film, which was scheduled to hit theaters in November 2025, but abandoned the project earlier this year. He became the second director to exit the highly anticipated film after Bassam Tariq’s departure in 2022. When Tariq was involved, Blade was scheduled to hit theaters in November 2023.

Now the film’s release has been postponed to November 2025 Predator: Badlandsout of prey Director Dan Trachtenberg should come to cinemas instead.

The latest draft of the new blade The film was written by Eric Pearson, who was also Marvel’s co-writer new Fantastic Four Film that will be released next year.

It was previously edited by at least five other authors, including Michael Green, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Michael Starrbury, Beau DeMayo and True detective Creator Nic Pizzolatto.

When blade Since Tariq’s departure was initially delayed, Marvel suspected that the filmmaker’s exit from the project was simply due to a scheduling issue.

However, there were also unconfirmed rumors of further unrest behind the scenes.

Journalist Jeff Sneider claimed on Twitter that he was informed about the script by someone familiar with the project blade was “about 90 pages” long at the time – unusually short for a film of this size. He also claimed that the script only contained two “lackluster” action sequences.

“Mahershala [is] said he was very frustrated with the process,” he claimed. “[Marvel Studios boss Kevin] Feige said it was spread too thin. But hey, that’s exactly what sources tell me.”

In 2023, Ali said Weekly entertainment He remains optimistic about the film, saying, “I’m genuinely encouraged about where things are at, who’s on board and who’s taking the lead in writing the script, directing and all of that.”

Meanwhile, his co-star is Mia Goth. As for who will play the villain Lilith, she said the delay is because Marvel wants to make sure they “make a great movie.”