‘Blade’ Pulled from Disney’s 2025 Schedule

Marvel‘s “Blade” has been delayed yet again. Disney has removed the superhero-vampire movie starring Mahershala Ali from its 2025 release slate entirely.

The most recent update had “Blade” due to open on November 7, 2025, but that won’t happen anymore. Instead on that date, we’ll be getting the next movie in the Predator franchise, “Predator: Badlands.”

For now, “Blade” isn’t on the schedule at all. But Marvel did put three new placeholder dates on the calendar up through 2028. Those are on February 18, 2028, May 5, 2028, and November 10, 2028.

The project has been a real thorn in the side of the generally reliable Marvel and Kevin Feige. Feige recently said they’ve been spending the last few years “trying to crack that movie,” and the important thing to do now is “not rushing it.”

The film has dealt with the exit of two different directors, it was postponed because of the pandemic and because of the writers strike, and some of the actors have come and gone as well.

More to come…