US EditionMarvel's Blade Star Mia Goth Says The Movie's Continued Delays Were 'For The Best'
Marvel Studios continues rewriting Blade's screenplay to preserve its darker R-rated tone amid multiple creative changes, with no confirmed release date after removing it from the 2025 calendar.
- Speaking recently, Mia Goth, actress, confirmed she remains set to star as Lilith and said the delay is "for the best" while Marvel Studios' Blade reboot, announced in 2019, faces setbacks.
- After writer departures, Marvel has Eric Pearson rewriting the screenplay following Nic Pizzolatto's exit, while Kevin Feige said the team is still trying to "crack" Blade and avoid rushing development.
- Production details show Mahershala Ali is set to play Blade and is ready despite uncertainty, with wardrobe for supporting artists made but sold, while Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange departed and Chad Stahelski was in talks.
- After the calendar change, Blade was removed from Disney's release calendar last year, while Marvel has slotted three untitled films for February 18, May 5, and November 10, 2028 as it focuses on two Avengers blockbusters.
- Marvel plans to keep Blade's darker, R-rated tone, as Kevin Feige said `We didn't feel like, as we often do, you can have a good script and make it a great script through production`; last month, Marvel also explored Blade in Marvel Zombies on Disney+.
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Kevin Feige Confirms BLADE Is Still Happening With Mahershala Ali
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 schedu…
Mia Goth is still attached to Blade, says delays are "for the best"
The fact that there was going to be a Blade reboot as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring Mashershala Ali in the title role, came as a huge surprise when the announcement was made at the San Diego Comic-Con back in July of 2019… but we’ve reached the six year anniversary of that announcement, and we still haven’t seen a new Blade movie. The closest we’ve gotten is Ali making a vocal cameo as the character at the end of Eternals back …
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