BLADE: David S. Goyer Is "Baffled" MCU Reboot Hasn't Happened; Calls DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Cameo "Confusing"

BLADE: David S. Goyer Is "Baffled" MCU Reboot Hasn't Happened; Calls DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Cameo "Confusing"

David S. Goyer wrote the original Blade trilogy and, in a new interview, shares his thoughts on what Marvel Studios should be doing with the Daywalker and Wesley Snipes' Deadpool & Wolverine cameo...

By JoshWilding - Jun 16, 2025 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Blade

David S. Goyer wrote Blade and Blade II, two comic book movies widely considered among the genre's best. He later wrote and directed the disappointing Blade: Trinity, and moved on from that with The Dark Knight Trilogy and, eventually, Zack Snyder's Man of Steel

Wesley Snipes played Blade in Goyer's movies, while Mahershala Ali was announced as the MCU's new Daywalker at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2019. However, the pandemic massively delayed Marvel Studios' plans for the movie, as did 2023's Hollywood strikes.

The Blade reboot has lost a seemingly endless list of writers and directors (and even the odd actor, with Lanterns star Aaron Pierre among the most noteworthy). It's also been undated for a while now, making claims that it's on "indefinite hold" not in the least bit surprising. 

Talking to Josh Horowitz for Batman Begins' 20th anniversary, Goyer addressed fans who believe he's the right person to make Marvel Studios' Blade a reality. 

"I'm pretty much still not in a comic book place...look, I go back and forth," the filmmaker explained. "All the time on social media, I see, 'Oh, they should have Goyer do the new Blade.' Part of me thinks it would be fun, but part of me thinks I did, so far, the definitive Blade, and [it would be] a mistake."

He added, "I remember Chris [Nolan] advising me not to work on the Affleck Batman because it's confusing. We did one, just stick with that."

Horowitz expressed his confusion with Marvel Studios' apparent inability to get cameras rolling on Blade, prompting Goyer to respond, "I don't either, because in my mind, I think Blade is a relatively simple story. It's not complicated. I always think when you embark on a movie like this, you have to distil down what the promise of the movie [is]."

"The promise of a new Blade is that it should have insane ass kicking, it should be pretty scary, might be R-Rated, and it should not be complicated. It should be a simple story," he continued. "So, I don't know why it's been so hard. I have no idea why. I'm baffled. Mahershala Ali is an amazing actor. I don't know why."

Goyer later shared his belief that Snipes' return as Blade in Deadpool & Wolverine might have been a misstep, especially with so many fans now eager to see him hunting vampires again. 

"I thought that was cool too," he acknowledged, "but it's confusing also if you're trying to do another one." He quickly added that he has nothing to do with the next Blade movie, so he's unaware of what Marvel Studios might be plotting. 

After so many delays, the hope is that Blade might follow a Midnight Sons movie featuring the Daywalker alongside characters like Moon Knight, Werewolf by Night, and Clea. However, plans for that project still haven't been officially announced.

Stay tuned for updates on these movies as we have them. You can watch the full interview with Goyer in the player below.

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skyshark03191
skyshark03191 - 6/16/2025, 8:39 AM
Yeah if anything Snipes’ cameo made fans want him back instead of a full on reboot. The man has a movie left in him honestly and I’d rather see him then a new incarnation.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 6/16/2025, 10:05 AM
@fanboy03191 -
There is no way they are doing anoher Blade. They keep cranking out these movies and nobody is going to see them and that would be another one. They made the difinitive Blade and rahashing it would be a waste of resources. They are racing as fast as they can to X-Men and clearing most of the other stuff away.

Snipes is Blade and will be moving forward. If they do something with all the creepy characters he'll be it and not some new actor.
skyshark03191
skyshark03191 - 6/16/2025, 12:06 PM
@Goldboink - indeed. I’ve enjoyed the last two MCU movies, especially Thunderbolts but I wouldn’t be surprised if after the next Avengers and Spider-Man movies they took a break. Really do feel like it’s playing itself out and just needs a recharge.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 6/16/2025, 12:22 PM
@fanboy03191 -
We are well past the point where General Audiences will go see just anything and even CBM fans will skip stuff that they aren't 100% interested in. I liked Thunderbolts but the wife thought it was meh. 2 movies a year tops and they need to be big ones.
skyshark03191
skyshark03191 - 6/16/2025, 12:46 PM
@Goldboink - Yeah. Think Marvel/Disney got too greedy and presumptuous after Endgame and NWH- both great movies, but they thought they could dish out whatever and people would take it. Not so.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 6/16/2025, 1:21 PM
@fanboy03191 -
And the vast majority of the Infinity Saga movies were good and had a purpose. Then they hit Endgame out of the park and NWH also and they thought it was the Marvel of it all and not the writing/acting/story. They are also not the only ones pumping out CBMs and such so the market is saturated.

The other mistake they made was to try to reach every audience in the same way they did on the publishing end. You can have a niche book be financially successful but that may not translate to the big or even the small screen.
Chasekeane
Chasekeane - 6/16/2025, 8:41 AM
Arguably, all that nostalgia-baiting has conditioned the audience to fear new Marvel things.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 6/16/2025, 8:57 AM
@Chasekeane - I'd say phase bore's new Marvel things put people off the new Marvel things.
mountainman
mountainman - 6/16/2025, 9:12 AM
@Chasekeane - The low quality new things that came out post Endgame is what made people yearn for nostalgia because most of the new stuff sucks.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/16/2025, 9:28 AM
@Chasekeane - it’s odd because while I haven’t disliked the Multiverse Saga as much as some (and don’t think there’s been as much nostalgia baiting as people think) , I do think that still been a detriment to an extent.

I get that this saga is partly a love letter to the Pre MCU Marvel films or atleast certain ones but it does create this sense of “I want that then this” since nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 6/16/2025, 8:42 AM
Well there’s something to be said for giving the fans what they want. “There’s only one Blade… only ever gonna be, one Blade.” ;)
tRuckRogers46A
tRuckRogers46A - 6/16/2025, 11:28 AM
@Jackraow21 - apart from the Blade from the TV series.
skyshark03191
skyshark03191 - 6/16/2025, 1:25 PM
@tRuckRogers46A - didn’t that last like five minutes lol?
IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 6/16/2025, 8:44 AM
It's not hard to figure out why new Blade wasn't/isn't working. Or are people over shitting on Phase 4 and still into 5?
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/16/2025, 8:58 AM
@IAmAHoot - explain it mister clown
IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 6/16/2025, 9:23 AM
@bobevanz - No place to insert the film and moreover no cohesive vision.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 6/16/2025, 8:44 AM
I've been saying this for a long while, it's a huge mistake to bring back the older versions of so many Marvel characters (Blade, Xavier, Wolverine, X-Men, Osborn, Octopus, etc) before introducing the proper new MCU versions of the same characters.

Same way it was a mistake to cast Krasinski as Reed in MoM if he was not going to be Reed in the new Fantastic Four movie.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 6/16/2025, 9:02 AM
Am I the only one who feels that the original Blade-trilogy is pretty overrated? Not bad movies by any means (except Trinity), but not something worth putting on a pedestal either and you can see del Toro's fingertips on Blade II less than, say, Raimi's on Multiverse of Madness.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 6/16/2025, 9:14 AM
@FinnishDude - I think the first one is superior for the time it came out (dated VFX aside). I watched the second/Del Toro version recently. I couldn't finish it, it's not aged well at all. The third....we know it sucks.

It's an important character movie to have had though since that around the time the superhero genre of movies really kicked off, and whilst Blade wasn't the first, in has the right impact at the right time.
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