Theres only gonna be one Blade.
The long in-development and beleagueredBladefilm starring Oscar-winnerMahershala Alihas been taken off Disneys release schedule and likely shelved.
Which might be exactly what the MCU needs right now.
According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Snipes wantedBladeto rivalBlack Pantherin terms of scale and importance.
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As discussed earlierhere atDen of Geek, that approach always seemed wrong-headed.
With the right creative team, any character can be used to tell any punch in of story.
But also… Blades kinda just a dude who kills vampires.
Now, to be fair, Black Panther wasnt exactly the richest character either.
But his movie came fromRyan Coogler, a director with uncanny blockbuster sensibilities.
Coogler wisely surrounded TChalla with other, arguably richer characters, to ground his story in a personal journey.
That mercy is especially true in light of the current state of the MCU.
IsMonica Rambeaujust shunted off to X-Men world, never again to be seen?
The MCU has enough compelling characters to continue the universe without Iron Man and Steve Rogers.
They just need better projects.Bladewould never have been one of those projects.
While being a hybrid makes Blade himself stronger, the movie seemed to collapse under the contradictions.
The sun has set on the Daywalker.
