MarvelBlog News for July 25th, 2026
We just got more MarvelBlog News this past week than in the previous six months. There’s so much to cover, so let’s get started on all the highlights. The Doomsday Trailer Arrives Last December,...
Tagged: Blade
Kevin Feige Pretty Much Confirms That ‘Blade’ Is Dead
In the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), no project has struggled quite like Blade. When Marvel announced the film in 2019, it looked like a guaranteed hit. The studio was riding the...
Mia Goth Gives a Disappointing ‘Blade’ Update
In the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), no project has ever gone quite as poorly as Blade. When the film was initially announced in 2019, it seemed like a sure-hire hit. At...
The Never-ending ‘Blade’ Delay Led to a Major Change to “Marvel Zombies’
While fans will have to continue to wait to see if Mahershala Ali ever makes his MCU debut as Blade, the Daywalker will soon make an appearance in Marvel Zombies. A spinoff of What...
A New Report Suggests Marvel May Have Cooled on ‘Blade’ and ‘Deadpool 4’
Despite the fact that Kevin Feige just gave perhaps the most insightful look into the future of the MCU that he has ever given, a new report from Variety says things may be changing...
Kevin Feige Gives a Positive Update on the Long-Languishing ‘Blade’
Since Marvel Studios announced its plans for a Blade reboot in 2019, production on the film has been an abject disaster. When the film was initially revealed, Marvel was coming off the high of...
Marvel’s ‘Blade’ May Never Hit Theaters, But Its Legacy Lives on in ‘Sinners’
While it remains to be seen whether Marvel’s Blade reboot will ever make it to theaters, the long-delayed film contributed to one of the biggest hits of 2025. Those who have been following the...
Mahershala Ali Still Wants To Make ‘Blade’
When Marvel Studios announced that a new Blade film was in development, with Mahershala Ali set to play the titular anti-hero, the movie sounded like an unstoppable success. At the time, Marvel was coming...
David S. Goyer Says Marvel Turned Down His Offer to Help With Their ‘Blade’ Reboot
Last week, David S. Goyer, who wrote the original Blade trilogy, weighed in on Marvel’s troubles rebooting the franchise. For those who haven’t been following along, a new Blade film was announced in 2019,...
‘Blade’ Writer David S. Goyer Is “Baffled” by Marvel’s Reboot Troubles
Among the pantheon of Marvel Studios productions, there has never been a project as troubled as Blade. Since Marvel announced that they were rebooting the popular Blade franchise, with Mahershala Ali assuming the mantle...
Delroy Lindo Reflects on ‘Blade’s’ Disastrous Production
While Marvel Studios is expected to have a big year at the box office in 2025 with the release of Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, one film...
MarvelBlog News for October 27th, 2024
Venom: The Last Dance just won the weekend at the box office, while Blade vanished from sight. We’ve got two huge stories to discuss in MarvelBlog News. Slightly Less Venomous As I mentioned last...
Mahershala Ali’s ‘Blade’ Film Has Been Delayed Again
n perhaps the least surprising Marvel announcement in a long time, Disney has removed Blade from its November 7, 2025, release slot. A reboot of the Blade franchise was initially announced in 2019, with...
Marvel Studios Is Set to Enter Its Horror Era
With Agatha All Along set to debut later this month, Marvel is once again wading into the horror genre. While the studio has traditionally found success in the middle ground between action and comedy,...
Ryan Reynolds Asks For “More Blade Please” Has He Reflects on Wesley Snipes’s Triumphant Return
Following his triumphant return in Deadpool & Wolverine, Wesley Snipes is once again riding high. Snipes, of course, reprised his role as Blade in the film, suiting up as the Daywalker for the first...
Kit Harrington Says He Didn’t Join the MCU Because It Was “Different” or “Interesting”
Expectations were high when Game of Thrones star Kit Harrington made the jump into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for 2021’s Eternals. Portraying Dane Whitman, a scientist, historian, and boyfriend of Gemma Chan’s Sersi,...
MarvelBlog News for June 22nd, 2024
This week, we’ve got exceptional news about Deadpool & Wolverine and more about the Blade confusion. Let’s discuss the good and the bad in MarvelBlog News. What Mahershala Ali Wants In the storied history...
MarvelBlog News for June 16th, 2024
Marvel’s Blade plans come into focus thanks to…an entirely different project altogether?! I’ll explain in MarvelBlog News. Why Blade Needs to Happen Longtime readers of this blog have been hearing about Blade since the...
MarvelBlog News for December 10th, 2023
How many set leaks are too many? Ryan Reynolds and the readers of MarvelBlog don’t line up on the answer here. We’ll talk about this story and plenty more in MarvelBlog News. Stop Leaking!...
The Best Choice to Direct the MCU’s Blade is an Obvious One
He is set to be one of the biggest introductions of the MCU’s Phase Five, and despite tumultuous production and the best choice to direct the MCU’s blade is an obvious choice. Throughout the...
Marvel Reveals Brand New ‘Blade: Vampire Nation #1’
He is easily among the most beloved Marvel heroes within the massive pantheon, and has certainly become the subject of so many conversations; with his MCU debut on the horizon, however, Marvel has just...
Production on MCU’s Blade has Officially Halted
It was a tumultuous process that fans have been immensely curious about, but it seems like a delay is imminent, as production on MCU’s Blade has officially been halted. There is no understating that...
Marvel’s Midnight Suns Shows Off Blade Gamplay Footage
It is among the most anticipated Marvel projects, and it presents a brand new kind of experience for MArvel gamers, as Marvel’s Midnight Suns show off Blade’s Gameplay footage, and what he is set...
Marvel Announces ‘Bloodline: Daughter of Blade’ at New York Comic-Con
Her father has certainly been one of the most beloved supernatural Marvel characters the publication has ever crafted, and now fans will get a better peak into her story, as the company announced the...
‘Blade’ Production Now Reportedly Delayed to 2023
It has proven to be one of the most tumultuous journeys of the bringing together of an MCU project to date, as recent developments have the Blade production now reportedly delayed to 2023. There...
The MCU’s Blade Should Debut in ‘Werewolf by Night’
He is among the most anticipated arrivals of Phase Five, and with the supernatural realm of the Marvel Universe set to be explored in the upcoming Halloween special, we conclude that the MCU’s Blade...
MCU’s Blade Reportedly Experiencing Big Delays
It was slated to be one of the biggest films of the MCU’s Phase Four, but with little progress made on its production, the MCU’s Blade is reportedly experiencing big delays. In the Marvel...
‘Blade’ Rumored to Finally Have Filming Date
It has been one of the most uncertain sagas in Marvel this year, and fans have followed along to hopefully get some information as to when their fan-favorite Marvel hero could arrive on the...
Marvel’s Premiere Vampire Hunter Blade is Set to Return in Phase 5!
Any vampires lingering in the MCU should beware because Marvel’s greatest vampire hunter Blade is making his live-action return after almost 16 years! Phase 5 will feature the next Blade film set to release...
Filming for MCU’s ‘Blade’ Reportedly Delayed
It was among the most anticipated announcements of the most recent San Diego Comic-Con event for Marvel Studios, but had also had among the least among of traction as any Marvel project; it appears...
Could Blade’s MCU Debut Happen on Disney+?
With filming on the characters first solo film taking place this summer, a recent report suggests Blade’s MCU Debut could happen on Disney+. There are very few Marvel announcements that garnered the level of...
MCU’s ‘Blade’ Reportedly Set to Start Filming This Summer
A film that is among the most anticipated films in Marvel’s upcoming Phase Five slate, the upcoming MCU’s Blade is reportedly set to start filming this summer. With the constant hype surrounding the various...
Feige Signals Exciting Future for the MCU
Marvel fans rejoice! Kevin Feige has made made an exciting revelation! Plans are now in the works for the next 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The Next Ten Years The president...
Why Blade is Poised to be One of the MCU’s Strongest Characters
One of the more interesting additions to Marvel’s Phase Four slate was the introduction of the Daywalker; with what we know about how the Marvel Universe operates, this is why Blade is poised to...
‘Morbius’ Should be on a Collision Course With One MCU Character (And it Isn’t Spider-Man)
Following Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the films undoubted status as one of the most successful films of recent memory, Sony has justified its continued exploration into its own Spider-Verse with its newest film;...
MarvelBlog News for November 29th, 2021
Happy Spider Monday! Hawkeye has debuted on Disney+, Blade has cast a new role, and two Marvel productions are on hold. Let’s talk it through in this week’s MarvelBlog News. The Hawkeye Update When...
Delroy Lindo Confirmed for Blade Reboot
In an article posted on the Deadline website on Friday, November 19th, 2021, it was revealed that Delroy Lindo has been cast opposite star Mahershala Ali in the highly anticipated upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe...
REVIEW: A Cold, Dark World in Darkhold: Blade #1
In Darkhold: Blade #1 by Daniel Kibblesmith, Federico Sabbatini, Rico Renzi, and Clayton Cowles, with a main cover by Juan Ferreyra, the most recent tie-in in the ongoing Darkhold event, we get a story...
What’s Coming Soon to the MCU?
Over the next calendar year, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its less attractive twin will add at least 11 new titles (now, up to 31 titles since this article was drafted). Rumors persist that one...
Blade Director: Wesley Snipes Got the ‘Ball Rolling’
In an interview with IndieWire posted to the website on Sunday, September 5th, 2021, the director of the high-anticipated upcoming Blade movie, Bassam Tariq, stated that the franchise owed a debt to original daywalker...
MarvelBlog News for October 4th, 2021
This week, an ugly divorce evolved into the unlikeliest of reconciliations. And when two symbiotes collided, everyone wanted to watch. Let’s catch up in this week’s MarvelBlog News update. Carnage, Indeed Since March of...
MarvelBlog News for September 20th, 2021
This week, Marvel Studios provided some clarity about its upcoming theatrical releases. It’s a big deal, and we need to catch you up on a lot. Here’s the latest MarvelBlog News for September 20th,...
Drool All Night: Marvel’s Midnight Suns Gameplay Trailer Arrives
In gameplay footage released to the website IGN, and then subsequently released on Marvel’s Midnight Suns official Twitter account, we got our first look at what Marvel’s Midnight Suns from Firaxis Games will be...
POP ROUND-UP: State of the Marvel Funko Pop!
Funko Pop! has really been making a come back lately, with a ton of great designs for all the new movies and television shows currently in the works at Marvel Studios including What If…?...
REPORT: Bassam Tariq to Direct Blade?
In a Tweet sent on Monday, July 19th, 2021, the official Fandango Twitter account reported that Bassam Tariq is in talks to direct the upcoming Blade Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot, starring Mahershala Ali as...
MarvelBlog News for June 7, 2021
This week, we learn about release date changes, What If…? rumors, and Disney introduces Avengers Campus. We have much to discuss in MarvelBlog News! Release Date Changes The Walt Disney Company, the parent of...
REVIEW: In Heroes Reborn #2, Hyperion Soars*
In Heroes Reborn #2 by Jason Aaron, Dale Keown, Carlos Magno, Scott Hanna, Carlos Magno, and Edgar Delgado, the story builds on the foundations laid by the previous issue, and readers immediately begin to...
Spike Lee: “Make Mine Marvel!”
According to an interview with Entertainment Weekly (which was brought to our attention here at Marvel Blog thanks to an article from February 2021 at Shadow and Act), legendary Oscar-winning director Spike Lee would...
Review: For Blade Fans, HEROES REBORN #1 Is A Must
In Heroes Reborn #1 by Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, Matthew Wilson, and Cory Petit, Blade the Vampire Hunter awakens in a brave new world – one that has no Avengers in it!...
BLADE Details Surface, Marvel Begins Hunt for Director
According to some details in an article posted by The Hollywood Reporter about the upcoming Superman adaptation written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation of Blade, starring Mahershala Ali, has had...
The FALCON and the WINTER SOLDIER Talk Crossovers
At a press event for The Falcon and the Winter Solider, the first episode of which will arrive for streaming on Disney+ on Friday, March 19th, 2021, series stars Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson) and...
Look Sharp! BLADE to Begin Filming in 2021
According to reports corroborated by several pretty reliable blogs, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Blade reboot is set to begin production in September 2021. The movie, which follows the half-vampire daywalking supernatural hunter Blade, will...
BLADE Adds Watchman Writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Marvel Studios’ Blade movie is adding head writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour (Watchman, Pen15, Hunters) to the production team. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to expand mightily over the next few years. So much so,...
RUMOR: Marvel’s “Tomb of Dracula” Show Lives!
Now LISTEN: Strain to hear…the sound of a nightmare’s BIRTH! This is not just ANY bat…no, not an ORDINARY night-flying demon. Something very SPECIAL. Something that is SOMEONE. Someone who is DRACULA. Marvelous Marvel...
