Blade

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Blade was a planned American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Blade, in development at Marvel Studios from 2019 to 2026. It was intended to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures as an installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and a reboot of the Blade film series. Mahershala Ali was attached to star as the title character. Marvel Studios regained the film rights for Blade by July 2011, following the earlier film series from New Line Cinema. Ali approached Marvel Studios about the character in February 2019, and the film and his casting were announced at San Diego Comic-Con that July; Ali first made a voice-only cameo as Blade in the MCU film Eternals (2021). Active development began in 2020, but the film soon entered development hell. Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange were attached as directors at different times over the years, while Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Beau DeMayo, Ben Sokolowski, Michael Starrbury, Nic Pizzolatto, Michael Green, and Eric Pearson all worked on different versions of the script. The film's release date was pushed back numerous times before Disney removed Blade from its release calendar in October 2024. The delays were attributed to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, creative differences between the studio and Ali, and shifting priorities at Disney and Marvel. By July 2026, Ali had moved on from the role and the film was believed to have been canceled. During the course of the film's development, two alternate versions of Blade appeared in the MCU via the multiverse: Wesley Snipes reprised his role from the New Line series in the film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024); and Blade Knight, combining the character with Moon Knight, was voiced by Todd Williams and animated with the likeness of Ali in the first season of the animated series Marvel...