Amid all of Marvel’s canceled and postponed projects, one movie is always brought up as the epitome of development hell: Blade. The reboot of the ‘90s vampire hunter series was announced in 2019 with Mahershala Ali as its star, but directors kept churning through the project with no sense of forward movement.
After years of kicking the release date back, Marvel finally removed it from its schedule in October 2024, putting the movie’s existence in jeopardy. But a figure from the franchise’s past has revealed that he offered a helping hand — and got a hopeful update in response.
