You’d think a Blade movie starring Mahershala Ali would be the easiest plane to land, but for multiple reasons, Marvel just can’t seem to make it happen.
Mahershala Ali is a two-time Oscar winner with a filmography you couldn’t point out a flaw in even if they paid you to find one. When the Mahershala-led Blade was first announced in 2019, the studio was unknowingly just hitting its peak. Every year up until then had been marked by Marvel figuring out how to hit a new, higher high. But the quick one-two punch of Infinity War and the pandemic changed everything.
