The Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen its Blade movie suffer a series of delays, which have led to actors departing the project, and a DC star who was previously attached to the film has now opened up. The MCU Blade movie was announced back at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019. The film came to be due to Mahershala Ali's desire to play Blade.

What seemed to be a streamlined process got complicated in the years that followed. Blade has gone through several changes, with the film initially scheduled to be released in theaters on November 3, 2023. It was later delayed to September 6, 2024, before moving to February 14, 2025, then November 7, 2025. The Blade movie has since been removed from the MCU's release slate .

Due to those delays and story changes, multiple cast members exite

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