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The man who wrote Wesley Snipes' Blade trilogy wants to write the Mahershala Ali reboot for Marvel: "Give me a call."
The MCU's version of Blade has been in development so long that even the original trilogy's writer is wondering what is going on.
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We know that everyone, including Mahershala Ali, is tired of waiting for the MCU’s Blade movie. So much so that it became a joke in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine. Now, it seems that the guy who wrote the original Blade trilogy starring Wesley Snipes is eager to step in and put us all out of our misery by writing Marvel’s reboot for them.
David S. Goyer, who penned the first three Blade movies starting with 1998’s Blade, has some simple advice for Marvel on getting the script ready. “Give me a call,” he said in a recent interview. “I’ve always loved the character and I love him, and I’ve been sitting on the sideline wondering, ‘What in the world is going on? Why is it taking so long?’ Because I’m a huge Marvel fan myself, and I’ve just been totally puzzled.”
He isn’t the only one who is wondering why it is taking so long to get the Blade reboot off the ground. Marvel first announced that Mahershala Ali would play the character at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Since then, it has gone through two directors, multiple scripts, and a giant train set that may or may not be used in the final version. There are reports that Ali himself is frustrated with the glacial development pace, though Marvel insists that they are still committed to bringing this version of the character to life in the MCU.
Whether David S. Goyer could deliver a script that would appeal to Ali or Marvel Studios at this point, but there is also the question of what they have to lose. With Blade removed from Marvel’s upcoming slate of films and no visible progress on the movie, maybe it is time to give Goyer a call.
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