Bladethe promised reboot of the popular film series with Mahershala Ali in the title role, has seen several flops but has been highly anticipated by fans of the franchise. Collectively, fans themselves are decrying Marvel's decision to remove Blade from the 2025 launch and sparking a lively debate about X.
As reported by DeadlineBlade, which has seen a shuffling of names for directors, was reported to be released in November 2025. Instead, Predator: Badlands has the date slot. As the outlet adds, the reboot of the beloved Wesley Snipes vehicle was announced in 2019 at San Diego Comic-Con, and the announcement of Mahershala Ali as Daywalker was approved.
However, the film's production was halted after its first director, Bassam Tariq, left the project. Yann Demange was then set to helm the film, but the French director decided to move on earlier this year. Adding to all this, production continues Blade was beset by delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a series of strikes in the film industry.
Since Snipes appeared in the welcome Deadpool & Wolverine film in a reprise of the vampire hunter character, it appeared that it was still full speed ahead for the film to come to fruition.
Some MCU fans online, still reeling from the loss of Chadwick Boseman, who played King T'Challa aka Black Panther, were hoping to have another black character to rally around and show that black moviegoers are willing to support characters who look like them.
There's also wider talk on Platform X about scrapping the project entirely and reviving the King T'Challa character, despite Marvel boss Kevin Feige saying he has no plans to do so.
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