Marvel is putting the Blade film starring Mahershala Ali officially on the backburner. Per multiple reports, Disney has taken Blade off of its 2025 release calendar. Instead, Disney is putting Predator: Badlands in its place. The film was originally slated for a Nov. 7, 2025 theatrical release. Blade ‘s development stall gets even more intense as Marvel adds more films to its 2020s release schedule. Three untitled films are now scheduled for Feb. 18, 2028, May 5, 2028 and Nov. 10, 2028. The new development around Blade reflects a lot of the behind-the-scenes retooling of Marvel projects that has happened in recent years. Disney CEO Bob Iger said in July 2023: “There have been some disappointments. We would have liked some of our more recent releases to perform better,” he said to CNBC, according to Variety . “It’s reflective not as a problem from a personal perspective, but I think in our zeal to basically grow our content significantly to serve mostly our streaming offerings, we...
