Mahershala Ali’s attorney comments on Blade delay, saying it is “pretty much the craziest thing in my professional experience.”

Blade could be the most cursed production in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and director Yann Demange’s current exit only added to the delay. In a THR function profiling Hollywood’s prime entertainment lawyers and attorneys, Mahershala Ali’s attorney, Shelby Weiser, threw a small shade at the Blade production.

“That deal was in 2019, and they still haven’t shot it, which is pretty much the craziest thing in my professional experience,” Weiser stated. If you’d like a small point of view, Blade was 1st announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 alongside a handful of other Marvel projects, such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Hawkeye, Thor: Love and Thunder, The Marvels, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and far more. You’ll notice that all of these projects have been released, but Blade hasn’t even began shooting.

Blade was 1st set to be directed by Bassam Tariq, but he was replaced by Yann Demange, who has also left. The production has also been by means of its share of writers. Watchmen‘s Stacy Osei-Kuffour wrote the initial script, which was later rewritten by Michael Starrbury (When They See Us), Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective), and Michael Green (Logan). Eric Pearson (Fantastic Four) is at present functioning on the new script.

Demange had previously teased that the film would be rated R. “They gave me the R, which is so important. … We are going to have fun, because Mahershala is such a deep actor,” Demange stated. “I’m excited to show a sort of ruthlessness, a roughness he has, that makes it possible for him to stroll the earth in a specific way. I really like him for that. He’s got a dignity and integrity, but there is a ferocity there that he commonly keeps beneath the surface. I want to unleash that and place it on the screen.“

Mahershala Ali is nonetheless attached to star in Blade, and he supplied what was believed to be an optimistic update final December. “We’re working on it. That’s the best I could tell you,” Ali stated. “I’m really encouraged with the direction of the project. I think we’ll be back at it relatively soon.” Blade is nonetheless slated for a November 7, 2025 release, but I would picture we could see a additional delay as Marvel tries to get this project on the ideal track.