The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) Blade reboot has encountered another hurdle as its second director exits, prompting the original Blade actor, Wesley Snipes, to throw some shade.
Wesley Snipes, who starred in the original Blade trilogy, recently commented on the MCU’s Blade reboot, highlighting the challenges they face while reminiscing about his own experience with the character.
Snipes’ tweet hints at the complexity of finding the “secret sauce” for the Blade movie, suggesting that the process is more difficult than it seems.
In July 2019, Marvel Studios and Mahershala Ali announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Ali would take on the role of Blade, with the MCU set to reboot the character previously played by Snipes. However, the MCU audience was not prepared for the numerous creative issues that would follow the Blade movie over the next five years.
Recently, it was revealed that the MCU’s Blade movie has lost its second director, with Yann Demange exiting the project. Three days later, Snipes took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to seemingly poke fun at the MCU’s complicated situation with the Blade reboot, sharing the following:
Snipes wrote, “Blade, lordylordylordy folks still lookin for the secret sauce, ridin snowmobiles in traffic, kinda rough. Daywalkers make it look easy, don’t they?” While the search for a new director is reportedly underway, Marvel Studios and Disney have yet to comment on the latest Blade director exit. There is also no word yet on whether the Blade movie will be delayed from its current November 7, 2025 release date.
Up to this point, following the 2019 announcement, Ali has only appeared in the MCU as Blade through a voice-cameo when he appeared off-screen during 2021’s Eternals. However, as it has almost been three years since Eternals came out, the MCU has not utilized Blade anywhere else. The further they get away from that movie, the less impact Ali’s cameo with Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman has. Many believed Dane would then show up in the Blade film, but his official return has not yet been announced.
Even though it makes sense that Marvel Studios wants to get Blade right, it also begs the question of how it could be this complicated for them to find a proper story for him. If a creative team were able to tell a whole Blade trilogy from 1998 to 2004, it truly shouldn’t be this complex for the MCU to land on a modern adaptation of the iconic Marvel hero for the big screen. Since the MCU has tackled darker stories and characters in recent years, it doesn’t justify a lot of the creative problems they are having with Ali’s reboot.
It wouldn’t be shocking if they end up pushing Blade until after The Multiverse Saga, especially as it is unlikely the creative team will meet their November 2025 release date. In the meantime, it would be far more interesting to see Ali appear as Blade in other MCU projects before taking center stage in his solo film. For now, time will tell if Marvel Studios will actually land on a direction for Blade, especially if they still hope to start shooting it later this year.
Source: Wesley Snipes/X/Twitter
