Marvel has already set up the movie to be a fresh take on the character that will finally bring the iconic vampire hunter into the MCU fold. The new Blade movie was first announced in July 2019 ...

Development on Marvel’s reboot of the “Blade” movies has hit a snag ... who portrayed the half-human vampire hunter in the original “Blade” trilogy, which kicked off in 1998 with ...

But Blade’s influence on bloodsucking movies, an exhaustingly well-trodden genre in culture, cannot be overlooked, as vital as a rush of blood to a thirsty vampire’s head. Some broad-brush ...

Even Wesley Snipes, who played the vampire hunter in a trio of movies released by New Line, weighed in. “Blade, lordylordylordy,” Snipes sniped on X. Ali’s attorney, Shelby Weiser ...

Ohio -- Marvel won’t rush “Blade,” the Mahershala Ali-led vampire film once destined to film scenes in Cleveland. “For the last two years as we’ve been trying to crack that movie ...

As mentioned above, two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali will play the daywalking half-vampire badass in the upcoming Blade movie. Delroy Lindo was originally slated to join Ali in film.

“Having done a lot of research for this period piece about a vampire — Blade is a vampire story ... which eventually translated into a deep love for movies, inspiring his storytelling.

Former vampire Hannibal King is not an invention of this movie, and he really was a co-founder of the Nightstalkers with Blade — alongside another character named Frank Drake — in the comics.