There has been a TON of Marvel talk as of late! Spider-Man: Brand New Day just released in theatres, having the second biggest opening weekend of ALL TIME, and fans are getting ready for Avengers: Doomsday to release at the end of the year. On top of that, Marvel announced two NEW projects that are on the horizon at San Diego Comic Con.

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However, there’s one other project that has been talked about a lot amongst fans as of late, and it’s a project that we won’t be seeing. Seven years ago, in July of 2019, Marvel announced that a Blade movie starring Mahershala Ali would be coming. That movie has been completely scrapped, and fans AND Mahershala Ali have responded!

Recently, the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, expressed his disappointment over the failed Blade reboot that was supposed to star Mahershala Ali. He claimed that he felt like “a gigantic loser and failure” that the movie never got off the ground with Mahershala.

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Marvel announced the Blade reboot in July 2019, and it was said that Bassam Tariq was going to direct the project. He then 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,” according to Variety.

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Mahershala Ali ended up calling Marvel out, saying, “I’ve been doing this professionally for pushing 30 years now, and one thing I’ve learned is that what is for you is for you and what is not is not. For whatever reason, that project is not for me. If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it. So I have to move on, and I have moved on. Again, you had me under contract, they have billions of dollars, if they wanted to do the movie, we would’ve done the movie. So we’re not doing the movie.”

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The quote was posted by Variety via Instagram, and fans weren’t happy as well. @ruffdraft commented, “This is such a loss — Marvel had a great opportunity with a generational talent and a storyline that proved itself long before Marvel had a successful movie pipeline.”

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Other people recognize that the movie may have been bound for failure based on the lack of commitment. @doumbot said, “He dodged a bullet. It’s pretty clear that whatever scripts they had were terrible or they would have made the movie.”

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This isn’t the only Marvel cancellation that has been announced this year. In fact, just a few days ago it was announced that Wonder Man is no longer in the works, despite the success of season 1. Wonder Man premiered on Disney+ and quickly became a Marvel TV hit. The first season gained a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics. Disney eventually announced a second season for the series before changing their mind that a season 2 of Wonder Man is no longer on the table.

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With all the big stuff happening with Marvel, specifically with Spider-Man and Avengers: Doomsday, maybe there wasn’t a better time to announce cancellations. It stinks to not get a Blade movie, and who knows if we ever will. Maybe a Blade movie comes out in the future when the MCU resets. We’ll be keeping an eye out for more news, so make sure to follow us at the Disney Food Blog.

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