Even if the Blade movie doesn’t come out for a while, I still hope Mahershalla Ali gets to play him

I hope he does play Blade in the future, I know it’s gonna be a while since we can get a Blade film, but he should still play the character. He’s a great actor, and I know people would say oh he’s old to play the character, so?? Wesley got to play him again last year with D&W, and he got to kick so much ass!! If Wesley can, so can Mahershalla

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Ok-Adhesiveness-41412025-10-02 16:24

Nopes.

Jaideco2025-10-02 16:35

Snipes was a great Blade 20 years ago, now he is just comic relief. It was fun to see him again but I’d like to see the new film done properly, and I do think that Ali would do a great job. I hope that once Doomsday is out of the way, everyone are Marvel can figure that out once and for all. There is no reason why Blade should be the character that they cannot figure out. If they can adapt Rocket Raccoon, WandaVision and a Living Planet, they sure as hell can figure out Blade.

ricree2025-10-02 20:48

> If they can adapt Rocket Raccoon, WandaVision and a Living Planet

It helps that two of the three took place well away from Earth. The tricky part about all this is fitting it in the same world as the rest of the avengers. I suspect the best way to fit it in might be to align it more with the witchey, overtly supernatural stuff we've had like Agatha All Along (even though tonally it's far from what Blade would be).

Though a lot of that has been in the TV shows, and tying too closely to those has its own risks.

Jaideco2025-10-02 21:12

I still don’t see it being that hard… on the surface of it, you have a bunch of people trafficking other people around who regularly disappear… the vampires stay out of sight and operate through a network of criminals and crooked cops using dead drops and old school messages (no phones/no tech). There is a vigilante who is occasionally known to engage this specific group but no bodies are ever found.

If the vampires are careful enough not even SHIELD/HYDRA would realise who is pulling the strings or why, and just assume that they are just another crime gang and not a particularly threatening one at that (again, no tech, no public displays of super powers…).

If the Eternals, Witches and Wizards, the Ten Rings, and the Black Widow network can operate alongside the Avengers, I’m pretty sure that Blade can as well.

chiefranma2025-10-02 23:11

they also showed that marvel is more than good when it comes to gore from wolverine and deadpool. him fighting vampires doesn’t even have to use a lot of cgi since blade isn’t in space or any of that so idk how it’s taking so long for a good story for someone who hunts vampires. it basically writes itself

chiefbrody622025-10-07 06:00

They originally were going to have it be a period piece in the earlier 1900s, but when that got scrapped, they sold the costumes and Ryan Coogler used them in Sinners.

yungstark222025-10-03 14:12

He was more than ok - he’s like the original marvel hero before the X-men ever was, think I recall something else before Blade but couldn’t have been as cool as Blade was. I love the huge Deadpool Easter egg in Blade 3 and think it’s awesome we got Wade Wilson while we he was just still Wade. good stuff

-_The_Dark_Knight_--2025-10-02 17:09

I also hope so!

TheMikey22072025-10-02 19:58

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If he doesn’t get to play Blade in live action, it would be great to have him back as Cottonmouth in the post Secret Wars world with the mix of new and returning characters being in that universe.

Cottonmouth was such a great character in Luke Cage and it always felt like they killed him off too early.

LADYBIRD_HILL2025-10-02 20:38

So this is how I find out that he didn't voice Blade in Marvel Zombies

Lukecubes2025-10-03 11:34

Damn. Same. Why make Blade look like him then?

GoatUnicorn2025-10-03 19:06

Maybe they made the model thinking he'd boice him, but plans changed and he didn't voice him anyways

SadHumbleFlower272025-10-04 05:48

Same reason Zemo and Thor looked like their live-action actors. They weren’t voiced by them, but everyone is supposed to look like their live-action MCU counterparts.

Lukecubes2025-10-05 09:30

The difference is they were already established live-action characters before What If came out.

ricree2025-10-02 20:40

>and I know people would say oh he’s old to play the character, so?? Wesley got to play him again last year with D&W, and he got to kick so much ass!! If Wesley can, so can Mahershalla

Wesley Snipes was a short, undemanding (relatively), and *final* (presumably) callback. The gulf between that and starring as the new version of the character in a solo film is really wide. Add in the fact that they probably want a character like blade to have some staying power in years to come, and that's even more trouble.

If they had it down and were ready to start filming today, then fine, he's only 51, they could make it work. But the reality is that they aren't ready to start filming, and we'd realistically be talking mid 50s before a movie could even start, never mind future sequels, tie-ins, etc.

Mahershalla Ali as Blade is something that really, really ought to have happened, but the unfortunate reality is that it didn't, and probably won't.

_Football_Cream_2025-10-02 20:50

It's pretty funny they use Mahershalla's likeness for Blade in Marvel Zombies before we even get to see him portray him in live action lol.

CaptHayfever2025-10-02 22:32

If it's not Ali, it won't happen; the entire project was *his* idea.

JoshTHX2025-10-03 00:15

Ali is already over 50 years old. I’m certain Marvel can find someone just as good and younger so this character can be around for over 10 years on screen.

Longjumping-Tell29952025-10-03 01:33

I doubt it will ever happen it’s an open secret that Feige doesn’t really want to make it he hired Ali to play chicken with him.

Competitive_Image_512025-10-03 01:41

I really do feel sorry for Mahershala Ali, at this point because both he and blade deserves better then what they got. Wesley snipes, Will always be the one true blade in my opinion. However with the MCU and the multiverse, and the horror side of the MCU kinda been on the sidelines for a while now a new blade is needed. While we all know after secret wars, the MCU will be bringing in the X-Men and the mutant saga I really hope they start also concentrating on the supernatural, side of things bring on the midnight sons with blade leading the team

AustinAlexanderK972025-10-03 03:50

My biggest fears about the Mahershala Ali Blade are that he'll either quit out of frustration due to the lack of progress made or nearly age out of the role. The dude has to be absolutely frustrated. His movie was announced in 2019, and barely any groundwork has been completed since then.

_________FU_________2025-10-03 04:00

He did. Zombies.

…wait what the fuck?

SeekerVash2025-10-03 06:09

Unfortunately, that window is closed.

Mahershalla is 51. He'll be 53 when Secret War comes out. Blade is not presently on the schedule, nor is Midnight Sons, so the very very best scenario is that he's 54 when the first movie comes out. 55 or 56 is more likely.

Disney isn't going to commit to a character who can only be used for perhaps 10 years (perhaps 5 movies) and then is out of the MCU, and it's very possible the actor retires at 60.

It's also highly unlikely that the actor will want to sign an unbreakable contract for him to continue to work to 65 or 70 in a very physical role.

Disney's going to want someone in their 20's, who can potentially play the character for 20-30 years if it hits big.

chiefbrody622025-10-07 06:05

I agree, although I'm pretty sure Feige said they stopped doing multi-picture contracts way back in Phase 3.

saibjai2025-10-03 06:51

I felt Ali is a great dramatic actor. His cottonmouth character really shined. I would much rather they casted a martial arts Oriented guy for blade, even if it's a fresher face. I really don't need them to complicate blade too much. It's a cool dude kicking vampire ass saying cool shit. Really Don't need to ice skate uphill on this one

Forrest_Cp2025-10-03 07:58

At this point I doubt it but I dream also.

MajorTurn68902025-10-04 00:21

I don't. He's too old for the role at this point imo.. for a one off movie yeah he's fine but id rather have it be someone who can keep the character going for the future

chiefbrody622025-10-07 05:51

I agree. I know Ali didn't voice him in Marvel Zombies, but Moon Blade looked like him on there and really nailed the look and vibe.