Blade | Marvel Studios | Mahershala Ali... Officially Out
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I bet this film took years off of Mahershala's prime acting years.....
Is this a legit crossover or a fan made work? The biggest question I'm left with is how is Blade even aware of Mojo? I know they're both Marvel but AFAIK they never interacted. Mojo is an X-Men villain.
Yes digital only
DC Announces New DC GO! Crossover Webcomic: Supergirl/Blade | DC
DC today revealed Supergirl/Blade, the next chapter in its historic digital-first crossover initiative with Marvel, arriving April 8 exclusively on DC GO!
Thanks for link, fam.Yes digital only
DC Announces New DC GO! Crossover Webcomic: Supergirl/Blade | DC
DC today revealed Supergirl/Blade, the next chapter in its historic digital-first crossover initiative with Marvel, arriving April 8 exclusively on DC GO!www.dc.com
Is it just me or this a weird choice for a crossover? Like if it were Blade and Etrigan or Blade and Constantine, I could see it. These two characters are just strange to put together. It would be like making a Spider-Man/Big Barda crossover.
Its a throwback to the big event crossovers. Its for fun and interest and gaining new readers.
You should go back and read the Amalgam comics
The best big event crossovers were intracompany. I'm thinking stuff like Crisis on Infinite Earths and Secret Wars. The Marvel/DC crossovers were usually just gimmicky in comparison.
But thats what they were meant always meant to be. And they always did what they were supposed. But there have been some great company crossovers between them. Even recently.
Name two of your favorites. I'll read them ASAP if I haven't read them already.
Recently batman Deadpool and the back up stories. I gotta think. All time? Jla/avengers. All time personal favorite? Xmen titans. I feel like there is a lobo Wolverine?
damn you i gotta look in the storage for some of those!
And I did recommend books in my last response Amalgam
They have two Luke Cages in there.
Microsoft Reportedly Considering Canceling Marvel's Blade and Shutting Arkane Down
Microsoft is reportedly considering canceling Marvel’s Blade and shutting its developer, Arkane, down.
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They still talking about this
Microsoft Reportedly Considering Canceling Marvel's Blade and Shutting Arkane Down
Microsoft is reportedly considering canceling Marvel’s Blade and shutting its developer, Arkane, down.
Wait WTF????!!!
Put the stake in him. He's done.
Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Kevin Feige is disappointed Marvel's 'Blade' reboot with Mahershala Ali never got off the ground.
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Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is expressing disappointment over the failed “Blade” reboot that was supposed to star Mahershala Ali as the legendary vampire slayer. Speaking on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Feige said bluntly: “I am feeling like a gigantic loser and failure that we didn’t get off the ground with Mahershala.” Although the studio chief admitted at the same time it was “very exciting” to have Wesley Snipes back as Blade in 2024’s “Deadpool and Wolverine.”
Marvel originally announced its “Blade” movie with Ali in July 2019. Bassam Tariq was the first director to join the movie, but he exited in September 2022 roughly two months before it was set to begin shooting. Several screenwriters came and went during development, from “Watchmen” scribe Stacy Osei-Kuffour to Michael Starrbury. Yann Demange stepped in as the movie’s director after Tariq’s exit, but Demange ended up dropping out in June 2024.
Variety reported in November 2023 that “Blade” had gone through at least five writers. One person familiar with the script changes said the story at one point morphed into a narrative led by women and filled with life lessons. Speculation at the time said that Marvel was still looking to make the film but on a budget of less than $100 million. Marvel Studios officially took “Blade” off its release calendar in fall 2024.
Amid the film’s development struggles, Ali’s interest in playing Blade has never wavered. He told Variety on the “Jurassic World Rebirth” red carpet last summer: “I’m ready. Let them know I’m ready.”
Speaking to press in July 2025, Feige explained how the prolonged delays on “Blade” were a symptom of Marvel’s “over-expansion” into Disney+ streaming content where “for the very first time ever, quantity trumped quality.” When Marvel began to reevaluate its development process, the “Blade” movie was one of the projects that stalled.
“We didn’t want to simply just put a leather outfit on him and have him start killing vampires. It had to be unique,” Feige explained. “It fell into the time when we started pulling back and saying, ‘Only accept insanely great.’ And it wasn’t ‘insanely great’ at the time. We didn’t feel like, as we often do, you can have a good script and make it a great script through production. We didn’t feel confident that we could do that on ‘Blade,’ and we didn’t want to do that to Mahershala and didn’t want to do that to us.”
They should've introduced him as part of a team. If I'm not mistaken, Marvel has already introduced the Darkhold and, of course, Ghost Rider.Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Kevin Feige is disappointed Marvel's 'Blade' reboot with Mahershala Ali never got off the ground.
Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is expressing disappointment over the failed “Blade” reboot that was supposed to star Mahershala Ali as the legendary vampire slayer. Speaking on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Feige said bluntly: “I am feeling like a gigantic loser and failure that we didn’t get off the ground with Mahershala.” Although the studio chief admitted at the same time it was “very exciting” to have Wesley Snipes back as Blade in 2024’s “Deadpool and Wolverine.”
Marvel originally announced its “Blade” movie with Ali in July 2019. Bassam Tariq was the first director to join the movie, but he exited in September 2022 roughly two months before it was set to begin shooting. Several screenwriters came and went during development, from “Watchmen” scribe Stacy Osei-Kuffour to Michael Starrbury. Yann Demange stepped in as the movie’s director after Tariq’s exit, but Demange ended up dropping out in June 2024.
Variety reported in November 2023 that “Blade” had gone through at least five writers. One person familiar with the script changes said the story at one point morphed into a narrative led by women and filled with life lessons. Speculation at the time said that Marvel was still looking to make the film but on a budget of less than $100 million. Marvel Studios officially took “Blade” off its release calendar in fall 2024.
Amid the film’s development struggles, Ali’s interest in playing Blade has never wavered. He told Variety on the “Jurassic World Rebirth” red carpet last summer: “I’m ready. Let them know I’m ready.”
Speaking to press in July 2025, Feige explained how the prolonged delays on “Blade” were a symptom of Marvel’s “over-expansion” into Disney+ streaming content where “for the very first time ever, quantity trumped quality.” When Marvel began to reevaluate its development process, the “Blade” movie was one of the projects that stalled.
“We didn’t want to simply just put a leather outfit on him and have him start killing vampires. It had to be unique,” Feige explained. “It fell into the time when we started pulling back and saying, ‘Only accept insanely great.’ And it wasn’t ‘insanely great’ at the time. We didn’t feel like, as we often do, you can have a good script and make it a great script through production. We didn’t feel confident that we could do that on ‘Blade,’ and we didn’t want to do that to Mahershala and didn’t want to do that to us.”
That could've been used as a jumping off point to introduce more occult Marvel characters. They could've brought in characters like Brother Voodoo, Daimon Hellstrom, Hannibal King, and, obviously, Blade. They just went about this wrong.
I’m cool with that this !Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Kevin Feige is disappointed Marvel's 'Blade' reboot with Mahershala Ali never got off the ground.
Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is expressing disappointment over the failed “Blade” reboot that was supposed to star Mahershala Ali as the legendary vampire slayer. Speaking on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Feige said bluntly: “I am feeling like a gigantic loser and failure that we didn’t get off the ground with Mahershala.” Although the studio chief admitted at the same time it was “very exciting” to have Wesley Snipes back as Blade in 2024’s “Deadpool and Wolverine.”
Marvel originally announced its “Blade” movie with Ali in July 2019. Bassam Tariq was the first director to join the movie, but he exited in September 2022 roughly two months before it was set to begin shooting. Several screenwriters came and went during development, from “Watchmen” scribe Stacy Osei-Kuffour to Michael Starrbury. Yann Demange stepped in as the movie’s director after Tariq’s exit, but Demange ended up dropping out in June 2024.
Variety reported in November 2023 that “Blade” had gone through at least five writers. One person familiar with the script changes said the story at one point morphed into a narrative led by women and filled with life lessons. Speculation at the time said that Marvel was still looking to make the film but on a budget of less than $100 million. Marvel Studios officially took “Blade” off its release calendar in fall 2024.
Amid the film’s development struggles, Ali’s interest in playing Blade has never wavered. He told Variety on the “Jurassic World Rebirth” red carpet last summer: “I’m ready. Let them know I’m ready.”
Speaking to press in July 2025, Feige explained how the prolonged delays on “Blade” were a symptom of Marvel’s “over-expansion” into Disney+ streaming content where “for the very first time ever, quantity trumped quality.” When Marvel began to reevaluate its development process, the “Blade” movie was one of the projects that stalled.
“We didn’t want to simply just put a leather outfit on him and have him start killing vampires. It had to be unique,” Feige explained. “It fell into the time when we started pulling back and saying, ‘Only accept insanely great.’ And it wasn’t ‘insanely great’ at the time. We didn’t feel like, as we often do, you can have a good script and make it a great script through production. We didn’t feel confident that we could do that on ‘Blade,’ and we didn’t want to do that to Mahershala and didn’t want to do that to us.”
I'd be okay with it if Disney/Marvel gave someone outside of Disney a chance to work with it. Someone who would be all in like Ryan Reynolds with Dead Pool.
nah @xxxbishopxxx we got to get it right according to our big bro @playahaitianKevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Kevin Feige is disappointed Marvel's 'Blade' reboot with Mahershala Ali never got off the ground.
Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: ‘I Feel Like a Gigantic Loser and Failure That We Didn’t Get Off the Ground With Mahershala Ali’
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is expressing disappointment over the failed “Blade” reboot that was supposed to star Mahershala Ali as the legendary vampire slayer. Speaking on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Feige said bluntly: “I am feeling like a gigantic loser and failure that we didn’t get off the ground with Mahershala.” Although the studio chief admitted at the same time it was “very exciting” to have Wesley Snipes back as Blade in 2024’s “Deadpool and Wolverine.”
Marvel originally announced its “Blade” movie with Ali in July 2019. Bassam Tariq was the first director to join the movie, but he exited in September 2022 roughly two months before it was set to begin shooting. Several screenwriters came and went during development, from “Watchmen” scribe Stacy Osei-Kuffour to Michael Starrbury. Yann Demange stepped in as the movie’s director after Tariq’s exit, but Demange ended up dropping out in June 2024.
Variety reported in November 2023 that “Blade” had gone through at least five writers. One person familiar with the script changes said the story at one point morphed into a narrative led by women and filled with life lessons. Speculation at the time said that Marvel was still looking to make the film but on a budget of less than $100 million. Marvel Studios officially took “Blade” off its release calendar in fall 2024.
Amid the film’s development struggles, Ali’s interest in playing Blade has never wavered. He told Variety on the “Jurassic World Rebirth” red carpet last summer: “I’m ready. Let them know I’m ready.”
Speaking to press in July 2025, Feige explained how the prolonged delays on “Blade” were a symptom of Marvel’s “over-expansion” into Disney+ streaming content where “for the very first time ever, quantity trumped quality.” When Marvel began to reevaluate its development process, the “Blade” movie was one of the projects that stalled.
“We didn’t want to simply just put a leather outfit on him and have him start killing vampires. It had to be unique,” Feige explained. “It fell into the time when we started pulling back and saying, ‘Only accept insanely great.’ And it wasn’t ‘insanely great’ at the time. We didn’t feel like, as we often do, you can have a good script and make it a great script through production. We didn’t feel confident that we could do that on ‘Blade,’ and we didn’t want to do that to Mahershala and didn’t want to do that to us.”
dont be they screwed them over.
the director now has new movie coming with masrh
they did the same thing with black panther kevin is fuk boi
now they had to create whole new movie
Damn right.
If you can't do it RIGHT?
don't do it.
Ask Gunn about Supergirl.
When they can do it right? Do it.
I dont want to see failure.
I’m not sure what you mean bro; explain please
Outside of Batman and sups I mean DC characters are blah or I should say at least how they portray them in the movies…
He was vague and to the point at the same time. Makes me say hmmmmmm
So are you saying recasting Momoa to play Lobo was a problem? If so, what about recasting RDJ to play Doom?
SHORT VERSION- Ryan Reynolds went on a full social media blitz when he decided he wanted a second chance at playing Deadpool the correct way. Remember, "the merc with a mouth" was never allowed to speak in his first appearance in Wolverine. Fox wasn't interested in Ryan doing any new Deadpool projects.
At some point, Fox paid for some test footage that end up getting "leaked" and social media went wild over it. Eventually Ryan and the first director, Tim Miller, made a monster hit movie because Fox let Ryan and Tim do what they wanted to do.
When it came time for the second film, Fox was more than happy to oblige. Ryan had full control over everything. He even fired Tim when he felt Tim would hinder his vision of how the the sequel should be made.
When Disney got involved, there were a lot of questions about whether or not they would be willing to make another R-rated Deadpool, which would be the only way Reynolds would have done it. Eventually, Disney gave him the greenlight to not only do a third film, but include Wolverine as his frenemy in the movie. It should be noted that prior to this, Reynolds made all kinds of social media jabs and jokes over the years about Hugh Jackman and his Wolverine character. Jackman, in on the joke, would respond with a set of jabs at Ryans' expense. It was basically a part of Reynolds social media blitz to get Jackman's Wolverine into a Deadpool movie.
During production, it was rumored that Disney tried to insert a lot of ideas into the story that, lets just say, were similar to what they tried to do with the Blade script (I refuse to say the W-word). At this point, Reynolds was able to tell the studio to fuck off and leave him alone. They left him alone to complete his vision. As a result, Disney got roughly a 1.5 billion box office hit out of Reynolds.
Hope that all makes sense.
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I’m not sure how Deadpool applies to blade; Deadpool was is a known property that was already made and scripted and made a lot of money! Wasn’t a reboot property like blade; also It was 2 movies in before Disney got the property; also disney was in transition when it was trying to do blade so I think that played a lot into it. Also Reynolds has a lot more pull and a bigger star than Ali is; which plays a role in all of this as well; don’t think Deadpool and blade are a fair comparison and or an appropriate comparison…
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