We’ve known a Blade movie is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2019. Who can forget when the film’s star—Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali—put on a hat that said “BLADE!” and caused an excited uproar in San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H? Well, uh, it’s now 2025 and we’re still waiting to see him in action. And we will be for a lot longer. After many starts and stops, Deadline reports Marvel Studios has removed Blade from its 2025 release schedule. Instead of coming to theater on November 7, 2025 as expected, Disney will instead give that spot to Predator: Badlands.

But Mahershala Ali still wants to play Blade. At a June premiere for Jurassic World Rebirth , Ali replied to a question about Blade and simply said “Call Marvel… I’m ready.” Sigh. But it does seem that Marvel St

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