The film will arrive next year after repeated delays since it was first announced in 2019 Marvel ‘s Kevin Feige has given an update on the forthcoming Blade reboot, suggesting its approach will be informed by how the studios have tackled Deadpool & Wolverine . Blade has been a long time in the making, having first been announced in 2019 with Mahershala Ali attached to star as the titular half-vampire. Its release has been delayed by numerous changes in the names attached to the film, but it is expected to come out next year.
In an interview with BlackTree TV to promote Deadpool & Wolverine, which is out on Friday (July 26), the film producer was asked if the release of the film – the first R-rated [quivalent to a 15 in the UK] film from the studio – changes how they can approach Blade when the previous instalments had been R-rated as well. “I think that’s right,” Feige replied. “I mean, for the last two years as we’ve been trying to crack that movie, the most important thing for us is not rushing it and making sure we are making the right Blade movie.
” He continued: “Because there were some great Blade movies years ago — they were all rated-R. So I think that’s, like Deadpool, inherent with the character of Blade.” Last month, director Yann Demange exited the project “amicably”.
This marks the second director to leave the film. Mogul Mowgli director Bassam Tariq, who was originally tapped to direct, departed from the film in 2022, just weeks befo.