Mahershala Ali On ‘Blade’ Being A Big Failure For Kevin Feige: “100%. He Should Feel That Way”
Mahershala Ali says he still doesn’t know why the long-aborning reboot of Marvel’s Blade franchise never happened. “That’s a Kevin Feige question,” the actor told GQ in a recent interview of why the film fell apart. “I don’t know why it did to this day. I don’t know why it didn’t happen. I just know […]
Mahershala Ali expressed his thoughts on the failure of the Marvel reboot of Blade, stating that he still doesn't know why the project never materialized. He attributed this question to Kevin Feige, the Marvel Studios president.
Ali agreed with Feige's assessment that the failure of Blade was one of the biggest of his career. According to Ali, Feige should feel like a failure, saying "100%. He should feel that way."
The Blade reboot was initially announced in 2019 but was eventually pulled from Marvel's release calendar five years later. Ali noted that he had been under contract for the project, which had significant resources behind it, and expressed his puzzlement at its demise.
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