{"id":2075942,"date":"2026-08-03T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2075942"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:57:58","slug":"blade-fans-furious-mahershala-alis-movie-has-been-scrapped-what-are-you-guys-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2075942","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blade\u2019 fans furious Mahershala Ali\u2019s movie has been scrapped: \u201cWhat are you guys doing?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mahershala-Ali-2019.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Film News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018Blade\u2019 fans furious Mahershala Ali\u2019s movie has been scrapped: \u201cWhat are you guys doing?\u201d<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;Marvel this is not a good look for you&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Sam Warner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-03T11:57:58+01:00\">3rd August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mahershala-Ali-2019-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Mahershala Ali\" title=\"Mahershala Ali\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Mahershala Ali at 2019 Comic-Con International. CREDIT: Getty\/Kevin Winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Mahershala Ali has confirmed that the <i>Blade<\/i> film has been scrapped, with fans sharing their anger on social media.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-listid=\"1326\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\"><b>Read More:<\/b>\u00a0<b>Marvel movie order: a definitive viewing chronology for the MCU (including Disney+ shows)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The double Oscar-winner was first announced to be playing the famous Marvel character back in 2019, though the project has faced numerous setbacks since.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among them are several changes of director and writers, and Ali has now opened up about the cancellation, sharing how he decided to do new film <i>Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother<\/i> \u2013 which is helmed by Bassam Tariq, who was originally meant to direct <i>Blade<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look at what is for me, is it was either this [<i>Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother<\/i>] or that \u2014 and I\u2019ll take this,\u201d he told <i>GQ<\/i> (via <i>Empire<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo offense to them. I\u2019ve been doing this professionally for pushing 30 years now, and one thing I\u2019ve learned is that what is for you is for you and what is not is not. For whatever reason, that project is not for me. If they wanted to do it, we would\u2019ve done it. So I have to move on, and I have moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAgain, you had me under contract, they have billions of dollars, if they wanted to do the movie, we would\u2019ve done the movie. So we\u2019re not doing the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fans shared their anger at the news, one writing on Bluesky: \u201cMarvel this is not a good look for you. What are you guys doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow exactly does one fumble Blade so badly? How do you overcomplicate \u2018half-vampire kills vampires with a sword and looks like a badass\u2019?\u201d another added, a third sharing: \u201cMarvel cancelled Blade. Knock all this shit over and wrap it up \u2013 Fuck\u2019em.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referencing the cancellation of <i>Wonder Man<\/i>, a fourth said on X: \u201cWonder man got an Emmy nom but it still gets cancelled and now he joins mcu limbo with Monica and Blade\u2026\u2026great job Feige.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wonder man got an Emmy nom but it still gets cancelled and now he joins mcu limbo with Monica and Blade\u2026\u2026great job Feige pic.twitter.com\/QfXDAC30dX<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mello \ud83c\udd98 (@Mellosctrl) July 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marvel previously removed <i>Blade<\/i> from its planned November 2025 release in 2024, while Marvel boss Kevin Feige said last year that the MCU has suffered from \u201cover-expansion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the very first time ever, quantity trumped quality,\u201d he said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to simply just put a leather outfit on him and have him start killing vampires. It had to be unique. It fell into the time when we started pulling back and saying, \u2018Only accept insanely great.\u2019 And it wasn\u2019t \u2018insanely great\u2019 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t feel like, as we often do, you can have a good script and make it a great script through production. 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social media.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-listid=\"1326\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\"><b>Read More:<\/b>\u00a0<b>Marvel movie order: a definitive viewing chronology for the MCU (including Disney+ shows)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The double Oscar-winner was first announced to be playing the famous Marvel character back in 2019, though the project has faced numerous setbacks since.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among them are several changes of director and writers, and Ali has now opened up about the cancellation, sharing how he decided to do new film <i>Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother<\/i> \u2013 which is helmed by Bassam Tariq, who was originally meant to direct <i>Blade<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look at what is for me, is it was either this [<i>Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother<\/i>] or that \u2014 and I\u2019ll take this,\u201d he told <i>GQ<\/i> (via <i>Empire<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo offense to them. I\u2019ve been doing this professionally for pushing 30 years now, and one thing I\u2019ve learned is that what is for you is for you and what is not is not. For whatever reason, that project is not for me. If they wanted to do it, we would\u2019ve done it. So I have to move on, and I have moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAgain, you had me under contract, they have billions of dollars, if they wanted to do the movie, we would\u2019ve done the movie. So we\u2019re not doing the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fans shared their anger at the news, one writing on Bluesky: \u201cMarvel this is not a good look for you. What are you guys doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow exactly does one fumble Blade so badly? How do you overcomplicate \u2018half-vampire kills vampires with a sword and looks like a badass\u2019?\u201d another added, a third sharing: \u201cMarvel cancelled Blade. Knock all this shit over and wrap it up \u2013 Fuck\u2019em.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referencing the cancellation of <i>Wonder Man<\/i>, a fourth said on X: \u201cWonder man got an Emmy nom but it still gets cancelled and now he joins mcu limbo with Monica and Blade\u2026\u2026great job Feige.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wonder man got an Emmy nom but it still gets cancelled and now he joins mcu limbo with Monica and Blade\u2026\u2026great job Feige pic.twitter.com\/QfXDAC30dX<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mello \ud83c\udd98 (@Mellosctrl) July 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marvel previously removed <i>Blade<\/i> from its planned November 2025 release in 2024, while Marvel boss Kevin Feige said last year that the MCU has suffered from \u201cover-expansion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the very first time ever, quantity trumped quality,\u201d he said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to simply just put a leather outfit on him and have him start killing vampires. It had to be unique. It fell into the time when we started pulling back and saying, \u2018Only accept insanely great.\u2019 And it wasn\u2019t \u2018insanely great\u2019 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t feel like, as we often do, you can have a good script and make it a great script through production. We didn\u2019t feel confident that we could do that on <i>Blade<\/i>, and we didn\u2019t want to do that to Mahershala and didn\u2019t want to do that to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Feige admitted on the <i>Happy Sad Confused<\/i> podcast that he felt like a \u201cgigantic loser and failure that we didn\u2019t get off the ground with Mahershala\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/blade-fans-furious-mahershala-alis-movie-scrapped-3960457&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mahershala-Ali-2019.jpg&#8221;] NewsFilm News \u2018Blade\u2019 fans furious Mahershala Ali\u2019s movie has been scrapped: \u201cWhat are you guys doing?\u201d &#8220;Marvel this is not a good look for you&#8221; By Sam Warner 3rd August 2026 Mahershala Ali at 2019 Comic-Con International. 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