BLADE MCU Reboot Now Rumored To Be On "Indefinite Hold"

BLADE MCU Reboot Now Rumored To Be On "Indefinite Hold"

A potentially disappointing update for Daywalker fans here, as Marvel Studios' long-awaited Blade reboot is now said to be on indefinite hold...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 26, 2025 04:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Blade

Though Blade was removed from Marvel Studios' slate late last year, we had heard that the movie was simply delayed and would eventually move forward. Now, we have a not-so-positive update.

Despite recent reports that the MCU reboot was still on track to commence production in the UK at some point later this year, scooper MTTSH believes that Blade has is now "on indefinite hold."

Last we heard, the latest draft by Eric Pearson - who is the sixth writer to have been assigned to the project after Michael Green, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Michael Starrbury, Beau DeMayo and Nic Pizzolatto - had "finally satisfied everyone involved," but clearly this isn't the case.

Apparently, the real reason Blade was pushed back again is because Marvel is prioritizing Multiversal stories in the build-up to Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. So, it may not be a case of the studio struggling to "get Blade right," and simply bad timing for Ali's Daywalker to make his MCU debut.

We have also heard that the positive response to Wesley Snipes' appearance in Deadpool and Wolverine had led to the studio planning to make the reboot a Multiverse story that could feature both takes on the Daywalker.

This may all be moot now, anyway, but hopefully Marvel will come back around to the movie after Secret Wars.

Star Mahershala Ali's last update during an interview with EW was a positive one.

“We’re working on it. That’s the best I could tell you. I’m really encouraged with the direction of the project. I think we’ll be back at it relatively soon.”

“I’m sincerely encouraged in terms of where things are at and who’s on board and who’s leading the way as far as the writing of the script and the directing and all that,” he added. “So that’s the extent of what I can tell you.”

Demange (who stepped in to replace Bassam Tariq) previously confirmed that the movie - or at least, the version he was attached to - was going to be rated R.

"I'm excited to show a kind of ruthlessness, a roughness he has, that allows him to walk the earth in a particular way. I love him for that," said the filmmaker. "He’s got a dignity and integrity, but there is a ferocity there that he usually keeps under the surface. I want to unleash that and put it on the screen." 

How would you feel if the MCU Blade reboot never happened? Drop us a comment down below.

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CaptainAwkward
CaptainAwkward - 3/26/2025, 4:33 PM
lol.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/26/2025, 7:45 PM
@CaptainAwkward - User Comment Image
RichardGrayson
RichardGrayson - 3/26/2025, 4:35 PM
Good just do Old Man Blade with Snipes
Goldboink
Goldboink - 3/26/2025, 4:42 PM
@RichardGrayson -
There's only one Blade. He said it and it's true.
AnthonyMango
AnthonyMango - 3/26/2025, 5:19 PM
@RichardGrayson - At this point, by the time they get around to doing the film, it'll be Old Man Blade with Ali, even.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/26/2025, 4:37 PM
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I’m sure projects like Blade or Armor Wars are on hold right now till they get a better idea of of where & when to do them , if at all so we’ll see.

I just hope Marvel (and DC) both have learned to not announce anything unless you are going to do it sometime in the near future because honestly the GA doesn’t know the difference between “greenlit” or “in development…

Just keep it to yourself if it’s the latter as much you can in this day & age of scoops and rumors but only announce it if you are going to move forward with it soon.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 3/26/2025, 5:06 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Disney plan to have a Star Wars / marvel thing every month really [frick]ed both franchises
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/26/2025, 5:07 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - that was the previous CEOS mandate before Iger took over again and yeah , it didn’t help alongside a pandemic , 2 strikes and a bunch of other external factors
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 3/26/2025, 6:33 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I remember where it came from it did a lot of damage though
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/26/2025, 7:00 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - I agree that it was certainly a factor
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/26/2025, 4:38 PM
No shit.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/26/2025, 4:53 PM
@regularmovieguy -

Mahershala Ali is too old.

Too old to begin the training.
TheWinkler
TheWinkler - 3/26/2025, 7:07 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Fully agree. Ali is 11 years younger than Snipes, and by the time filming is done and the movie is released, Ali would probably be 55 or so.

Wasn't on board with the John Boyega fancasting, but damn if that's not the age range they need to be shooting for.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 3/26/2025, 4:39 PM
Just cancel it and do it with younger actor after MCU reboot
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/26/2025, 4:43 PM
@GodHercules20 -

This.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 3/26/2025, 6:20 PM
@GodHercules20 - John Boyega
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 3/26/2025, 10:27 PM
@SonOfAGif - No
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/26/2025, 4:40 PM
To no one's surprise
KurtCrawler
KurtCrawler - 3/26/2025, 4:40 PM
Do people still think this is happening? I'm assuming we'll get Blade eventually but it'll be 5+ years with an younger actor
Goldboink
Goldboink - 3/26/2025, 4:43 PM
@KurtCrawler -
There are too many other properties that need to be made other than Blade, which is a rehash. Snipes has plenty of juice left and he is that charachter as much as any actor.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 3/26/2025, 4:40 PM
No point. Getting Snipes back in secret wars probably
ThorArms
ThorArms - 3/26/2025, 4:42 PM
Snipes in Secret Wars and then try again in 2030. Ali isn't going to be Blade, that is for sure.
dragon316
dragon316 - 3/26/2025, 4:42 PM
On and off make up your mind
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/26/2025, 4:48 PM
@dragon316 -

That's what Jennifer Lopez said to Puff Daddy.
BruceWayng
BruceWayng - 3/26/2025, 4:43 PM
Marhershala Ali when Blade got announced vs when it finally comes out…

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DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 3/26/2025, 4:44 PM
WWW We. Want. Wesley.

Y'all couldn't get your shit together for 5 years. Five years ago Ali came on stage. In all that time y'all couldn't figure out anything? You really needed a Wesley cameo to tell you the fans wanted him back? We've been screaming it forever.

Tell an old man Blade story. That's it. Bring back Wesley and stop the games. It can't be this hard.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 3/26/2025, 4:44 PM
They're bringing D&W Gambit back

Just why
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/26/2025, 4:50 PM
@GodHercules20 -

Because Tatum Gambit entertained a lot of people.

Right or wrong.

Disney think it's a good meme.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 3/26/2025, 5:50 PM
@GodHercules20 - As long as they bring back Paquin with him and have her steal Brie's powers. Then she can start wearing yellow because brie is cheese.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 3/26/2025, 4:48 PM
Everyone saying no shit in this thread would've been both hilarious and fitting
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/26/2025, 4:52 PM
Thank the liberals at Disney for this.

Kevin Feige was obsessed with pushing Blade to the side to make it a stealth women Blade knows movie.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/26/2025, 4:59 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - You've been in the meetings to have confirmation on this, and not just rumors
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/26/2025, 5:53 PM
@dagenspear -

You can't prove liberal writers didn't do that.

This is Marxist Disney.

It is definitely possible.

Many lefty MCU fans and non fans would approve of it.

Because girls get it done.

Except for making their movies and shows become financial and critical hits, then they don't get it done.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 3/26/2025, 4:54 PM
Blade didn’t fit the motif. Marvel was doing “cosmic” and there wasn’t a place to insert Blade and a whole race of vampires. The last chance to insert Blade was Doc Strange: MOM.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/26/2025, 4:58 PM
@WruceBayne - plus with Secret Wars likely soft rebooting the universe , they could do vampires more freely instead of having some convoluted reason why we hadn’t really seen any in the MCU till now.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 3/26/2025, 5:11 PM
@TheVisionary25 - absolutely! At this point the “vampires remained in the shadows of society”, trope just wouldn’t cut it, especially after everything that’s happened over these 10 years.
Polaris
Polaris - 3/26/2025, 5:26 PM
@TheVisionary25 - the vampires being a consequence of the new merged universe would be funny. Good news everyone, we got mutants!! ...and also vampires are a thing now too, sorry.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/26/2025, 5:27 PM
@Polaris - the people in the MCU would go insane…

If that universe wasn’t crazy enough already lol
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 3/26/2025, 4:55 PM
Cancel it, no one wants this.
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 3/26/2025, 4:55 PM
Maybe that's a good thing.
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