Blade (2025)

Summary

A gritty newMCUconcept trailer shows just how amazing Marvel Studios’Bladereboot could be , if it can ever get out of its yield hell . Academy Award - winner Mahershala Ali was first announced to be wander as the MCU ’s Daywalker back in 2019 , but , since then , he ’s only had one voice cameo as Eric Brooks ' Blade inEternals’post - credits , and has n’t actually been seen in person . Thedevelopment of Blade ’s solo MCU moviehas been turbulent , raising dubiousness about whetherBladewill still go in the lead or not .

After the loss of at least four writer and two directors , including Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange , Blade’sfuture in the MCU is still no more clearthan it was when Mahershala Ali was confirm for the nominal part in 2019 . However , a novel concept trailer shared byKH Studioproves just how impactful , powerful and impressiveBladecould be in the MCU ’s Phase 5 . This dawdler suggestsBladecould research Eric Brooks ' origin storyas the Daywalker , and pits him against all style of monstrous enemy , and Marvel Studios could take note .

Blade’s Troubled Production Shouldn’t Kill It (& This Fan Trailer Shows How It Can Work)

There have been concern thatBlade’stumultuous production periodpoints to the project potentially being shelved at Marvel Studios . Marvel boss Kevin Feige disregard to mentionBladeat this yr ’s SDCC and D23 display , despite talking about other picture show and television demonstrate exhaust in the coming month and years . While it is indeed possible thatBladecould be indefinitely put off or canceled at Marvel Studios , Feige seems adamant that the project is moving in the right direction ( viaBlavity TV ) .

We are attached to the film , and we ’re so committed to it that we ’re not going to make it until it ’s right . [ It ] has been frustrating for us and for some fan that it ’s taken a while , but we have a writer working on it now . I ’ve read half of his new draft , and it ’s feeling good so far .

The author Feige is referring to is Eric Pearson , who has antecedently crop with Marvel Studios on projects includingThor : Ragnarok , Spider - Man : HomecomingandBlack Widow , and lend to the scripts for the upcomingThunderbolts*andThe Fantastic Four : First Steps . Pearson ’s old work within the MCU indicate thatBladecould become an natural action - pack risky venture for Mahershala Ali . This could reflect the strength and energy of KH Studio ’s conception lagger , which proves incisively whyBlade’sdevelopment necessitate to be complete .

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The MCU has a solid appeal of pic add up out over the next few years , but one with a long , bumpy yield turn on me the most by far .

There is a immense amount of anticipation to see Mahershala Ali finally fit up as Blade , especially afterWesley Snipes reprised his role from 1998’sBladetrilogyinDeadpool & Wolverine . Blade has the opportunity to be one of the new faces of the MCU , but many have mistaken Marvel Studios ' care and due process with the project as battle , discord and misstep . presently , Bladeis still schedule to liberate in November 2025 , though it seems likely this will be pushed back , but there ’s no doubt that Mahershala Ali ’s eventual debut as the Daywalker will be incredible and well - deserved .

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Marvel Studios ' Blade sees the return of the iconic vampire Orion more than two tenner after Wesley Snipes first play the character in live - action . star Mahershala Ali as Eric Brooks , the Blade reboot officially introduce vampires to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Eternals ' 2d post - credits view teased the Daywalker ’s MCU launching .

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Marvel Studios' Blade sees the return of the iconic vampire hunter more than two decades after Wesley Snipes first played the character in live-action. Starring Mahershala Ali as Eric Brooks, the Blade reboot officially introduces vampires to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Eternals' second post-credits scene teased the Daywalker’s MCU debut.

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