Mahershala Ali Avoids Talking About MCU As 'Blade' Reboot Still AWOL

It's been six years since Marvel announced that Mahershala Ali was tapped to be their new "Daywalker" in the reboot to their Blade franchise, but since then, the film has gone through numerous re-writes, different directors dropping out, and ultimately being stuck in limbo as the MCU itself is set to be rebooted following the events of Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027.




Though there were rumors that the film's star, Mahershala Ali was close to quitting the project himself out of pure frustration, he himself has never said he was walking away from the project and now it seems like he doesn't want to speak on the topic at all.




During an interview for Vogue, the subject of Blade came up while Ali was out doing promotion for his latest film, Jurassic World Rebirth, after co-star Jonathan Baily asked him and Scarlett Johansson how many Marvel films they had each appeared in. With Scarlett having played "Black Widow" since being introduced in 2010's Iron Man 2, she's got quite a few MCU films under her belt. Ali, on the other hand, not so much.




"Leave me out of it," Ali quickly responded to Bailey's question with a smile on his face. "That's a Scarlett question."




Though Ali did voice Blade in an after-credit's scene in 2021's The Eternals, teasing his eventual debut in the MCU, the Blade film never went into production and has been stuck in limbo ever since. Though it has since been rumored that a good script had finally been nailed down late last year, nothing has come of it since. And it seems like Ali doesn't even want to talk about it these days, as he may very well give up on the character at some point.




We hope he doesn't, but Marvel is really dragging their feet on that particular franchise as they're now introducing The Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom to the MCU.




Will they make room for the supernatural in their new MCU post Secret Wars? We'll have to wait and see. But Ali may be running out of patience, and we don't blame him one bit.




Check out the full interview below and let us know your thoughts on the matter in the comments section.

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