Marvel Studios Blade Mahershala Ali is Blade [Archive]

Autbot_Benz

07-20-2019, 08:46 PM

The superhero movies today can be traced back to X-Men and Spider-Man. But there’s another film that exists in an odd middle-ground between campy superhero and something more gritty and realistic, which is 1998’s Blade. The story of a black half-human, half-vampire who hunts vamps and can survive daylight spawned a trilogy with 2002’s vastly superior Blade II and the pretty atrocious 2004 Blade: Trinity. Wesley Snipes starred in all three films, but when interest died off, Marvel relaunched the character on TV with Blade: The Series in 2006 starring Sticky Fingaz. That only lasted for one season. Then the rights eventually reverted back to Marvel Studios, and the character has been in limbo…until now.
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After a slew of other announcements at their Comic-Con panel in Hall H, Marvel had a brief coda by announcing a new Blade and bringing two-time Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali onto the stage. So we’ve got a new “Daywalker” and it’s the immensely talented Ali in the role.

What’s so cool about Blade getting into the MCU is not only have we seen that you can do some fun stuff with the character and his action-horror world (although I doubt Marvel’s Blade will be rated-R like the previous films), but that the studio is showing they can have more than one black superhero. Rather than just resting on the Black Panther franchise and calling it a day, they’re bringing more black superheroes into the MCU to stand alongside T’Challa, Sam Wilson, Valkyrie, and more. It’s one thing to say you’re going to make a commitment to diversity, but Marvel is out here doing it.

The question now becomes what will they do with Blade and whom will they get to oversee it? Who’s the right director for the franchise? How do you relaunch this character and make him fit in the MCU? These are exciting questions, and I’m eager to find out the answers in a few years when Blade arrives.

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Powder

07-20-2019, 09:25 PM

Good news with a great lead cast. Hope the film's got teeth, though. The old one is very 2000's & has some crappy CGI, but otherwise holds up pretty good. Dark, violent, good action, & of course, Snipes. I'm hella down for this as long as it doesn't stray too far from the path.

Jester

07-20-2019, 09:51 PM

But...Cottonmouth in Luke Cage?

TurtleTitan97

07-20-2019, 10:45 PM

Great casting choice. He was awesome in Luke Cage.

Jester

07-20-2019, 10:48 PM

Agreed about him being an awesome choice, but what does this mean about the linkage between the Netflix series and the MCU Proper?

Xav

07-21-2019, 12:33 AM

Probably the same thing that Alfre Woodard playing two different characters in Luke Cage and Civil War does.

The Deadman

07-21-2019, 05:00 AM

Im disappointed they didnt bring Wesley Snipes back.

newfan

07-21-2019, 05:30 AM

I'm fairly interested in this. Haven't seen the former Blade movies in a while now but I liked them when I saw them, might do a re-watch.

neatoman

07-21-2019, 06:32 AM

But...Cottonmouth in Luke Cage?

Agreed about him being an awesome choice, but what does this mean about the linkage between the Netflix series and the MCU Proper?

Declare the Netflix shows non-canon.

... What? Did you really think they would never do Daredevil, Kingpin or the Hand in the movies?

Andrew NDB

07-21-2019, 11:18 AM

Im disappointed they didnt bring Wesley Snipes back.

I wouldn't rule that out at all. A lot of things point to Snipes still being involved, this being only a soft reboot of Blade, and Blade becoming a legacy character.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

07-21-2019, 08:18 PM

Ali is a badass. Didn't care about Blade before, but I'm definitely interested now!

TigerClaw

07-21-2019, 08:52 PM

They should cast Wesley Snipes as Whistler.

ProphetofGanja

07-21-2019, 10:36 PM

Agreed about him being an awesome choice, but what does this mean about the linkage between the Netflix series and the MCU Proper?

there's essentially zero linkage between the MCU and the Netflix shows

raph27

07-21-2019, 11:17 PM

Agreed about him being an awesome choice, but what does this mean about the linkage between the Netflix series and the MCU Proper?

With Disney going full steam into new shows on their service, I'm guessing the Netflix shows will be declared non-canon any day now.

Excited for this project. Don't know a lot about the character (still need to get around to seeing the trilogy) but I'm a big fan of Mahershala Ali.

neatoman

07-22-2019, 06:09 AM

What I wonder though, is this movie actually going to have excessive amounts of blood?

AT-Man

07-22-2019, 07:38 AM

What I wonder though, is this movie actually going to have excessive amounts of blood?

Of course it should, but it's probably gonna be PG13. Still, Endgame did have that one rather bloody scene where Clint killed some criminals. Could they somehow make it both PG13 and bloody enough to appease everyone?

raph27

07-22-2019, 11:03 AM

Of course it should, but it's probably gonna be PG13. Still, Endgame did have that one rather bloody scene where Clint killed some criminals. Could they somehow make it both PG13 and bloody enough to appease everyone?

I've read some theories that this could be a slightly separate branch of the MCU with a darker tone, hence why this was announced outside of the "phase 4" diagram. I doubt Disney would go that route, but I'd be glad to see something like that open the doors to different types of stories in the MCU. (ex. reboot Daredevil as a movie with the same cast)

Sumac

07-22-2019, 12:25 PM

It would be VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY hard to even touch Snipes charisma, but OK.
Let's see what newcomer will bring to the table.

neatoman

07-23-2019, 01:32 PM

Something that always struck me as a bit weird about Blade is how the adaptations always depict him as an American (or of unknown nationality but with an American accent). I would say it's because of Wesley Snipes but he even had an American accent in the 90's Spider-Man cartoon, in which his first episode aired two years before the movie even came out.

snake

07-23-2019, 09:35 PM

Netflix shows were never canon.

Andrew NDB

10-27-2020, 01:59 PM

So they're apparently only now are they looking for writers. Black writers.

https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/marvel-studios-is-seeking-black-writers-for-blade-star-1845486291

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

10-27-2020, 02:21 PM

So they're apparently only now are they looking for writers. Black writers.

https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/marvel-studios-is-seeking-black-writers-for-blade-star-1845486291

Hmmmm.

I'll freely admit I've never read a Blade comic in my entire life, but the original movies didn't seem to focus on Blade as anything more than a dude who killed vampires because he was part vampire.

For producing a show like Luke Cage, which was deeply embedded in the experience of being a black man, I think that "only black writers / producers" made a ton of sense.

But is that really something that is needed for Blade? I'm not threatened or offended if it is; I'm just curious what the thinking is.

It's absolutely imperative that the market support more diversity, both on screen and behind the screen, but at the same time (as I've already personally experienced) that eventually comes at the cost of marginalizing straight white dudes who would also like to work in that market.

Leo656

10-27-2020, 03:29 PM

I never cared about Blade much at all, but I absolutely cannot stand the recent "Only _________ need apply to work on _______" trend. It's racist nonsense and people shouldn't support it.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

10-27-2020, 03:44 PM

I never cared about Blade much at all, but I absolutely cannot stand the recent "Only _________ need apply to work on _______" trend. It's racist nonsense and people shouldn't support it.

Also, it flies in the face of a writer trying to write outside their comfort zone.

One of the hallmarks of being a good writer is being able to write convincingly outside their own experience and identity.

neatoman

10-27-2020, 03:52 PM

I know there's this weird aspect to Blade's character where tends to talk like an African American stereotype... Even though the character isn't actually an American, which is rather strange.

Sumac

10-27-2020, 07:33 PM

This is idiocy.
The true diversity is achieved, when you don't make a big deal out of character being anything special.

Modern SJW crap made so much harm for the ideas of diversity and inclusion. Their whole modus operandi: we won't be treated like everyone else, but SPECIAL!!
**** that ****. Really.

You are either pretend to be above everyone or not at all. You can't have it both ways.

Coola Yagami

10-28-2020, 12:41 AM

I know there's this weird aspect to Blade's character where tends to talk like an African American stereotype... Even though the character isn't actually an American, which is rather strange.

I'm not familiar with the comics, like where does the character usually reside? Like if he grew up or spent a lot of his childhood in the states, he might have gotten used to talking like that?

And also not to offend anyone.... but I mean... there kinda isn't an 'African American stereotype' when it comes to talking. Personal experience and whatnot, just replace the dated slang with modern slang (cause you know all slang in TV and movies is always a few years behind) and that is pretty much how the average black dude talks, unless they're more 'educated'. And hey, I'm Hispanic, and it's the same, the less 'educated' ones do speak a lot like tv stereotypes do, just with a few extra 'ese' and 'papi' thrown in.

I had a friend who just threw me off with how she talked. Like at work, she was professional as could be, even in the break room and smoking areas where people usually kinda mellow out and cuss a bit cause it's outside work property and whatnot. One time she gave me a ride home and I swear all the 'ghetto' came out. Like I nodded and smiled and whatnot but I never heard the n-word thrown out so many times than the last time I heard a legit rap song. It just impressed me how she could turn it on and off between work and personal.

ZariusTwo

02-06-2021, 02:25 AM

Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who worked on HBO's Watchmen, is writing the script

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-blade-movie-finds-its-writer-in-watchmen-scribe-exclusive

neatoman

02-06-2021, 08:41 AM

stacy osei-kuffour, who worked on hbo's watchmen, is writing the script

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-blade-movie-finds-its-writer-in-watchmen-scribe-exclusive

"I Can Smell Bleach!!!"

Andrew NDB

02-28-2022, 04:44 PM

To be rated PG-13.

https://movieweb.com/blade-deadpool-3-ratings/

Because some mother buggers always try to iceskate uphill.

ProphetofGanja

02-28-2022, 05:38 PM

Technically, they're allowed one use of the "f-word"

How would you have them use it?

IMJ

02-28-2022, 06:15 PM

So they're apparently only now are they looking for writers. Black writers.

https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/marvel-studios-is-seeking-black-writers-for-blade-star-1845486291

Well by liberal logic then they better get a white writer to write the lines for Whistler and black writers to write the lines for people of conflict....errr... I mean people of color. :roll:

Sumac

02-28-2022, 10:05 PM

Well by liberal logic then they better get a white writer to write the lines for Whistler and black writers to write the lines for people of conflict....errr... I mean people of color. :roll:
Better yet, to have writer of each race writing character of their own race, independently from others.
After all, they want a total equality, right?

IMJ

03-01-2022, 02:43 PM

Better yet, to have writer of each race writing character of their own race, independently from others.
After all, they want a total equality, right?

Hammer meet nail.

Andrew NDB

09-28-2022, 12:24 PM

Loses its director:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/marvels-blade-loses-its-director/

Sumac

09-30-2022, 12:07 AM

MCU slowly turns into a shitshow, like DCCU?

Andrew NDB

09-30-2022, 12:15 AM

MCU slowly turns into a shitshow, like DCCU?

I mean, it's always had problems. Iron Man 2, Thor 2, Ant-Man 1 all famously had troubled times with the directors. But this, I dunno. I just don't see how a PG-13 Blade improves or adds anything to the MCU.

Sumac

10-01-2022, 04:10 AM

I mean, it's always had problems. Iron Man 2, Thor 2, Ant-Man 1 all famously had troubled times with the directors. But this, I dunno. I just don't see how a PG-13 Blade improves or adds anything to the MCU.
But they were far and few in-between, if my memory serves me well, and overall quality of the MCU movies were good, up until the end of Phase 3.
Now, both their movies and series are lacking, from what I can understand, and they have trouble with directors and constant rewrites, it seems we are in for a different period of the MCU history and I am not sure, if I like it.

Not that I am big fan of MCU, but compared to the DC output...whatever there is.

Coola Yagami

10-01-2022, 02:30 PM

Apparently the actor either wants out or is already out because the script is horrible and apparently there will be only be 2 (crappy) fight scenes during the entire movie?

Kinda reeks like 80% of the movie is gonna go the 'how tough it is to live as a black man in America' and then... oh yeah... it's a super hero movie, have to squeeze in a fight scene somewhere in there.

Andrew NDB

10-01-2022, 08:23 PM

And if the rumors are true about at least part of it being set in the 1920s... guess what they'll be unable to resist? The Tulsa massacre.

Autbot_Benz

10-11-2022, 11:52 AM

Marvel Studios is going to take some extra time to sharpen its Blade feature project.

In the wake of parting ways with director Bassim Tariq two weeks ago, the studio is pressing pause on the vampire adventure thriller that is to star Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. Marvel is temporarily shutting down production-related activities in Atlanta, where the project was to have shot starting in November, while it conducts a search for a filmmaker and further develops it.

Crew members were notified Tuesday, according to a source.

The studio is hoping to restart the production in early 2023. Blade currently has a release date of Nov. 3, 2023, but it is unlikely to be ready by then. Marvel had no comment on the release date.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blade-movie-on-hold-as-marvel-1235238872/

AquaParade

10-11-2022, 12:04 PM

Good. You guys are on top of the world. You don't need to be rushing out 20 projects a year. Don't start these movies without scripts anymore. And stop basing the scripts around CGI battles. I hope you've already started one for this movie that no longer fits, and I hope you take a loss on it.

I want to love you. Let me love you, MCU.

Coola Yagami

10-11-2022, 01:06 PM

Hopefully there are more than just 2 short and badly done fight scenes in the final cut.

ZariusTwo

10-11-2022, 02:02 PM

Mass delays on all other phase movies

https://twitter.com/BrandonDavisBD/status/1579904137306963968

Autbot_Benz

10-11-2022, 02:20 PM

Blade goes from 11/3/23 to 9/6/24

https://twitter.com/BrandonDavisBD/status/1579904137306963968

ProphetofGanja

10-11-2022, 05:38 PM

We really don't need to update every Marvel movie thread because one movie is delayed. Inevitably the release dates of all these films will change a few more times between now and when they finally come out.

Regardless, I do wish that they would stop announcing their intention to make a movie before they have a story, cast, script, or director. Just asinine.

Coola Yagami

10-11-2022, 07:10 PM

ProphetofGanja

10-11-2022, 07:40 PM

Yes SMH it's like they feel the need to announce every little idea that pops into their heads

Truly we live in the age of non-news

Andrew NDB

03-20-2023, 02:22 PM

https://cosmicbook.news/marvel-blade-severs-eternals-kit-harington

They're giving Blade a 14 year-old daughter now? Jeeze, every MCU character has kids now.

Coola Yagami

03-20-2023, 02:51 PM

https://cosmicbook.news/marvel-blade-severs-eternals-kit-harington

They're giving Blade a 14 year-old daughter now? Jeeze, every MCU character has kids now.

I think they currently gave him one in the comics. I don't follow every last detail of woke Marvel but I think she got a short comic run recently.

I'm telling ya man, they're purposely creating these lame ass characters with the intention of adding them in shows and movies the following year or so.

AquaParade

03-20-2023, 02:58 PM

I think they currently gave him one in the comics. I don't follow every last detail of woke Marvel but I think she got a short comic run recently.

I'm telling ya man, they're purposely creating these lame ass characters with the intention of adding them in shows and movies the following year or so.

I didn't know that about the comics but there is definite synergy there these days, so they could be asking the Marvel comics editorial to try and hype her character.

https://cosmicbook.news/marvel-blade-severs-eternals-kit-harington

They're giving Blade a 14 year-old daughter now? Jeeze, every MCU character has kids now.

That's what phase four has been all about, has it not? They are doing what Marvel did in 2012 with "Marvel Now" and swapping all the dudes for girls, basically. Ant-Man 3, Thor, She-Hulk, Doctor Strange, Falcon & Winter Soldier, even Moon Knight - all of them have been about introducing a successor of some sorts and it's either a girl or a person of color.

Looks like they thought Blade was another great opportunity to do just that. Again, even with Moon Knight they didn't waste any time introducing a female character who was cooler and smarter than the male protagonist.

I'm glad they got called on the crappy script though.

Autbot_Benz

06-13-2023, 11:24 AM

BLADE
Previously dated on 9/6/24 moves to 2/14/25

https://www.marvel.com/articles/movies/marvel-studios-announces-updates-to-theatrical-release-schedule

Andrew NDB

06-13-2023, 11:28 AM

BLADE
Previously dated on 9/6/24 moves to 2/14/25

https://www.marvel.com/articles/movies/marvel-studios-announces-updates-to-theatrical-release-schedule

Shesus, what a mess.

Autbot_Benz

06-13-2023, 11:30 AM

Shesus, what a mess.

its cause of the Writers Strike that's screwing with the MCU release dates

Andrew NDB

06-13-2023, 11:45 AM

its cause of the Writers Strike that's screwing with the MCU release dates

But I mean, coupled with all of the other false starts and troubles it was already having.

Andrew NDB

11-06-2023, 05:33 PM

Well this is good news and seems to confirm an R-rating. Probably goes hand in hand with the budget taking a hit ("fine you can go R, but you're gonna get less money to go that route" is usually the way this goes).

https://www.darkhorizons.com/marvels-blade-aiming-for-an-r-rating/

Now let's see, like Deadpool 3, how many times this will need to be confirmed and reconfirmed before people start to believe it.

Sumac

11-06-2023, 08:04 PM

AFAIK, its still far away from being done, so things could change a lot.

TheCanadiandrome

11-07-2023, 09:44 AM

This movie is doomed to fail but perhaps not

Autbot_Benz

11-09-2023, 07:16 PM

https://i.imgur.com/LgoDSa5.png

XERO

11-09-2023, 07:42 PM

I've waited to say by the time this movie comes out, the new GTA trailer will be released. :lol:

Coola Yagami

11-10-2023, 02:45 PM

https://i.imgur.com/LgoDSa5.png

No sign of X-Men, other than possible random cameos in Deadpool 3.

Andrew NDB

11-10-2023, 02:47 PM

No sign of X-Men, other than possible random cameos in Deadpool 3.

And those will undoubtedly just be various Fox-Men. I don't see Deadpool 3 unveiling any MCU-proper X-Men.

TheCanadiandrome

11-12-2023, 02:24 PM

Anyone else sew the writing on the wall? Various delays, not just on account of the “strike bull” but because of other factors, losing directors, the main star threatens to walk, film delays, etc. I’ll be surprises this even gets made at this point let alone believe it’s coming in 2025

Zulithe

11-12-2023, 02:31 PM

I don't know how accurate it is but I've seen the same report about X-Men casting repeated for over a year now. Supposedly one reason they can't fast track X-Men is they can't cast new actors for certain X-Men roles for contractual reasons until a certain time/date has passed. This is why we may be waiting until 2026 at the very earliest.

TheCanadiandrome

11-12-2023, 06:15 PM

Kevin Feige needs put his big boy panties on and to take control and fix things or else find someone else who can, because Marvel’s going to sh*t on his watch and he doesn’t seem to be doing much about it other than “getting frustrated”. Clearly he’s in way over his head or something is going on.

Andrew NDB

11-12-2023, 06:32 PM

Anyone else sew the writing on the wall?

No.

Various delays, not just on account of the “strike bull” but because of other factors, losing directors, the main star threatens to walk, film delays, etc. I’ll be surprises this even gets made at this point let alone believe it’s coming in 2025

They've shot like 80% of the movie already. It's happening. And I don't think it ever "lost" a director? And "main star threatens to walk" sounds like internet rumormill stuff that probably didn't even happen.

TheCanadiandrome

11-12-2023, 07:12 PM

No.

They've shot like 80% of the movie already. It's happening. And I don't think it ever "lost" a director? And "main star threatens to walk" sounds like internet rumormill stuff that probably didn't even happen.

I’ve seen it posted in a few places that he threatened to walk when a re-write of the script didn’t even have him as the star, and I also say in a couple places that it’s gone through a few different directors, several script re-writes and other delays. If this actually manages to come out in 2025, as I said, I’ll be shocked

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2567365/marvels-blade-movie-mcu-updates

Andrew NDB

11-12-2023, 07:16 PM

Whoops, I thought this was the Deadpool 3 thread. No, you might be right. Though at this Mahershala has been boasted about for so long now as Blade they kind of need to make it just to leave his rep intact.

Autbot_Benz

10-22-2024, 11:49 AM

https://i.imgur.com/bRtzvLI.png

Andrew NDB

10-22-2024, 11:59 AM

Jeeze. I wonder what went wrong this time? Enough is enough? Or I wonder if those Snipes-for-Blade-4 petitions went somewhere.

Zulithe

10-22-2024, 02:26 PM

Andrew NDB

10-22-2024, 03:01 PM

How hard is it to make a blade movie... you have a badass killing vampires... like c'mon. I think their casting was all wrong on this one anyway, the guy is too old to play blade IMO. Get someone who's young and super fit.

Yeah, and even if Snipes' Blade popped up in it, it'd be like Shaft (2000)... with Richard Roundtree basically the same age as Sam Jackson who is supposed to be his "uncle."

Coola Yagami

10-23-2024, 06:41 AM

How hard is it to make a blade movie... you have a badass killing vampires... like c'mon. I think their casting was all wrong on this one anyway, the guy is too old to play blade IMO. Get someone who's young and super fit.

Probably having too hard a time figuring out exactly where to cram in the woke agenda stuff in a movie like that. Or somehow tying it to the rest of the MCU.

Oh and obligatory 'only one Blade, baby' joke.