Rumors: ‘Blade’ Gets a Story Update & Filming Location Change

Marvel has plenty of projects bound to be released in the next few years, and we know that most of these projects have been stuck in a sort of limbo due to the historic SAG-AFTRA strike that paralyzed the whole industry as a whole, causing plenty of projects to be both delayed or altogether canceled. 

One extremely anticipated Marvel Studios project that had problems way before the strikes began is ‘Blade.’ It is an MCU-based movie following Eric Brooks, the most notable vampire hunter in comics, and a reboot of the already highly popular ‘Blade’ trilogy that contributed to paving the way for the MCU that we know today. 

Next to nothing is known about the ‘Blade’ movie besides the fact that Mahershala Ali proposed the project and will be playing the titular vampire hunter. The movie was originally supposed to come out in 2023, but the release date was pushed all the way to 2025 (so far) due to Ali not exactly being happy with the script.  According to some reports the movie was supposed to focus on Blade’s daughter but if CanWeGetSomeToast is concerned that’s not happening anymore. Notable scooper and leaker posted an exclusive rumor about how ‘Blade’ is no longer being developed as period pieces and it’s shifting the filming location to London from Atlanta. This indicates that some previous speculations have been correct and that the movie will involve Black Knight.

This is just one of countless changes in the movie. A few months ago rumor was going around that Mahershala Ali dropped out of the project completely due to the movie facing delays once again before eventually releasing a statement that he is fine with the story so far and sticking with the project. Apparently, Michael Green was hired to do rewrites and they are aiming to conserve the “R” rating under any means necessary, something that Demange stated even several months ago.

‘Blade’ movie was supposed to be released back in 2023, but after a series of production problems and the SAG-AFTRA strike it’s been delayed by over 2 years, with the estimated release date being November 7, 2025. Considering the rumor that the movie is undergoing more changes, it’s safe to bet that the movie will be delayed some more.

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