{
  "id": 12001837,
  "title": "Bassam Tariq Defends Kevin Feige After Their Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: Competing With Wesley Snipes Was an ‘Impossible Task’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/bassam-tariq-defends-kevin-feige-after-their-failed-blade-reboot",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T20:35:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/blade-director-bassam-tariq-defends-kevin-feige/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Director Bassam Tariq collaborated with Mahershala Ali on the original \"Blade\" action thriller for Marvel Studios' cinematic universe, but the project ultimately failed. Tariq defended Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige, praising him as a \"good dude\" and criticizing the notion that he was solely responsible for the project's failure. Tariq admitted that the task of competing with the original \"Blade\" film, starring Wesley Snipes, was \"impossible\" and caused significant setbacks for the project. After joining the film in 2021, Tariq left the project in 2022 and Ali criticized Feige's assessment of the \"Blade\" reboot as his \"biggest failure of his career.\"",
  "summary": "The filmmaker still calls the Marvel Studios chief \"a good dude\" The post Bassam Tariq Defends Kevin Feige After Their Failed ‘Blade’ Reboot: Competing With Wesley Snipes Was an ‘Impossible Task’ appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Blade Director Defends 'Good Dude' Kevin Feige After Marvel Scrapped Mahershala Ali's 1920s Vampire Movie",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/blade-director-defends-good-dude-kevin-feige-after-marvel-scrapped",
        "published": "2026-10-04T21:11:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}