Mahershala Ali Closes Coffin on Marvel’s Long-Delayed ‘Blade’ Reboot: "I'm Done With That"
Ali said Marvel had a contract, billions of dollars and a ready star, yet the studio still failed to move the project forward.
- On Tuesday, actor Mahershala Ali agreed with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige that the Blade cancellation was a major failure, stating, "To this day, I don't know why it didn't happen."
- Marvel Studios originally announced Blade in 2019, but the project stalled after years of script rewrites and the departures of directors Bassam Tariq in 2022 and Yann Demange in 2024.
- Ali uprooted his family to Atlanta and underwent rigorous martial arts training for the role, revealing the physical toll was significant: "I trained so hard I blew my knee out."
- Following the cancellation, Ali told GQ he has "moved on" and is "grateful it didn't happen," which freed him to focus on his new film Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.
- Feige previously admitted the project's failure was the biggest of his career, citing Marvel's over-expansion into streaming content, and told the Happy Sad Confused podcast, "I am feeling like a gigantic loser and failure.
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Mahershala Ali On Kevin Feige's 'Blade' Failure: "He Should Feel That Way"
Mahershala Ali says he still doesn’t know why the long-aborning reboot of Marvel’s Blade franchise never happened. “That’s a Kevin Feige question,” the actor told GQ in a recent interview of why the film fell apart. “I don’t know why it did to this day. I don’t know why it didn’t happen. I just know […]
Blade: Mahershala Ali Wants Kevin Feige to ‘Feel Like a Giant Loser’ After Wasting 7 Years
Mahershala Ali agrees that Kevin Feige should continue to feel like a “giant loser” for abandoning Blade. The actor was preparing for the headlining movie after briefly having a voice-only appearance in Eternals (2021). However, the project never saw the light of day and completely fell through after several production changes. Feige, who is the […] This post belongs to FandomWire and first appeared on FandomWire
Mahershala Ali "100% Agrees" With Kevin Feige Calling Blade His Biggest Failure: "He Should Feel That Way"
Orion Pictures - Amazon MGM “What happened to Marvel’s Blade movie?” is a question that fans will likely be asking for decades to come – or at least until we actually get a new Blade movie. After years of reboot rumors, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige made the first official announcement about Blade at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, bringing actor […]
Ali: Feige 'Should Feel' Failure For "Blade"
Oscar winner Mahershala Ali says he’s as confused as the rest of us when it comes to Marvel Studios’ failure to get a “Blade” film together following his announcement for the role back in 2019. Back in July, Ali revealed he finally walked away from the part after seven years of failed attempts to adapt the property, telling GQ: “For whatever reason, that project is not for me. If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it. So I have to move on, a…
'He Should Feel That Way' — Mahershala Ali Agrees That Kevin Feige Is a 'Gigantic Loser and Failure' Over Failed Blade Reboot
Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali wholeheartedly agreed with Kevin Feige’s description of himself as a “gigantic loser and failure” for not getting Marvel Studios’ Blade reboot off the ground.
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