Blade (film)

Blade
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Blade is an upcoming film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Plot[]

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Cast[]

• Mahershala Ali as Eric Brooks/Blade
• Mia Goth as Lilith

Continuity and References to the Marvel Cinematic Universe[]

• Eric Brooks/Blade appears.
• Ebony Blade appears.

Production History[]

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Trivia[]

• A reboot to the Wesley Snipes trilogy from New Line Cinema.
• Wesley Snipes wanted to reprise his role as Blade before the rights went back to Marvel.
• Kevin Feige announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con that a film about Blade was in development and Mahershala Ali is set to play the title character.
• Wesley Snipes congratulated Mahershala Ali on getting the role of Blade.
• Kevin Feige revealed in a interview that the film will be part of Phase 5.
• Mahershala Ali turned down to play Commissioner James Gordon in The Batman to do this film instead.
• Idris Elba, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and John Boyega were interested in portraying Blade before the part went to Mahershala Ali. In the comics, Blade is in fact English.
• Kevin Feige has clarified this will be part of phase 5 of the MCU not Phase 4 as originally thought.
• Kevin Feige announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con that a film about Blade was in development and Mahershala Ali is set to play the title character.
• David Leitch expressed interest in directing the movie. He previously did stunt work in Blade (1998).
• Jordan Peele has stated that he won't direct the reboot due to his commitment with The Twilight Zone and other projects.
• Stephen Dorff played the main antagonist in the original film and was also Ali's costar in season 3 of True Detective.
• This is the first Blade movie to not only be officially part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also not have involvement from David S. Goyer or Wesley Snipes. It's also the first Blade movie to not be produced by New Line Cinema, which is now owned by Warner Bros, who are the distributors of DC Comics' films.
• After being announced as Blade, Mahershala Ali took part of a photo selfie with the cast and crew of Black Widow, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, WandaVision, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Loki, What If...?, Hawkeye and Thor: Love and Thunder at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con.
• The first Blade film to be rated PG-13.
• Adeel Alam, better known as WWE superstar Mustafa Ali campaign to have a role in the film.
• Carla Seneca has campaigned to appear as the character of Faiza Hussain/Excalibur.

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References[]

External Links[]

• Blade on Wikipedia
• Blade on IMDB