Kevin Feige explains why theMCU’sBladereboot has taken so long and what Marvel Studios is looking for in the movie.Marvel’sBladewas first announced at San Diego Comic Con 2019, but it has taken much longer to take shape than titles likeCaptain America: Brave New World,Thunderbolts*, and evenAvengers: DoomsdayandSpider-Man: Brand New Day. Six years after it was first announced,Marvel’sBladeremains in development, with no full cast or script confirmed.
As reported byDeadline,Kevin Feige revealed there have been four different versions of Marvel’sBlade: two of them set in the past, and two of them set in the present day.Feige confirmed the currentBladescript takes place in the modern day and explained that Marvel doesn’t want a straightforward action movie that only focuses on Mahershala Ali’s Blade killing vampires. Read Feige’s comments onBlade:
“We didn’t want to put a leather outfit on him and have him start killing vampires. you may start and have a good script and make it a great script through production, but we didn’t feel confident we could do that on Blade. We didn’t want to do that to Mahershala and didn’t want to do that to us.”
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By this point,Blade’s many delays have taken center stage in the discussion around Marvel’s reboot. Marvel’s struggle to find its perfectBladescript stands out even more consideringthe Wesley Snipes-ledBlademovies of the early two thousandswere massively popular more than twenty years before.Back in the day, Blade’s nonchalant battles against vampire hordes were enough to make the Daywalker a Marvel movie icon.
Now, Kevin Feige’s comments confirm that Marvel Studios is putting special emphasis on itsBladereboot’s innovative qualities. Instead of a simple action movie starring a vampire hunter,Bladeis gearing up to be a groundbreaking installment that positions Mahershala Ali’s Eric Brooks as a key MCU figure. Which extraordinary qualitiesBladewill offer in order to stand apart from theBladetrilogy remain to be revealed.
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Marvel Studios' insistence on having theBladereboot take place in the past is an intriguing idea.Eternals' post-credits scenesuggests Mahershala Ali’s Eric Brooks is well acquainted with mystical threats beyond vampirism, meaning that he may have started his superhero career over a century before the MCU’s present day. Even if Marvel Studios settles onBlade’s modern-day setting, this aspect of the MCU’s Eric Brooks will likely remain.
Bladewill likely take place in the modern day with some hints or flashbacks to Eric Brooks' origins. Still, the reboot may have to prove exactly why Mahershala Ali’s first MCUBlademovie can’t be a straightforward vampire-hunting story. Similarities with Wesley Snipes' portrayal, creative differences with each director, andBlade’s place in the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe can all be contributing factors to this defining characteristic.
