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Mahershala Ali delivers promising update on Marvel’s Blade

December 8, 2023 by EJ Moreno

From rocky relationships with directors to allegedly almost exiting the project altogether, Mahershala Ali’s journey at Blade has been rough.

At one point, it felt like this project would be canned when Kevin Feige and the higher-ups at Disney began to clean house, but something kept this new take on the iconic Marvel vampire hunter alive.

Now, we’re getting insight from Blade himself as Mahershala Ali is finally opening up about the new direction the project has allegedly been taking. While promoting Netflix’s Leave the World Behind, Ali tells EW that the future is looking bright for Marvel Studios’ Blade.

“We’re working on it. That’s the best I could tell you,” the actor says. “I’m really encouraged with the direction of the project. I think we’ll be back at it relatively soon.”

Marvel Studios recently brought in Logan and Blade Runner 2049 writer Michael Green to pen the script, and they’re looking to scale back the budget some. This back-to-basics but gritty approach seems to be working for all parties involved.

“I’m sincerely encouraged in terms of where things are at and who’s on board and who’s leading the way as far as the writing of the script and the directing and all that,” adds Ali. “So that’s the extent of what I can tell you.”

SEE ALSO: Blade: Revisiting the Marvel Action-Horror Classic

Yann Demange (White Boy Rick) will direct Blade, which stars Mahershala Ali, Delroy Lindo, Aaron Pierre, and Mia Goth. The film was set for release on September 6th, 2024, but is currently undated after Marvel chose to push back all of its slate except Deadpool 3.

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Blade, Mahershala Ali, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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