Not surprisingly, Marvel Studios’ Blade will not be released on November 7, 2025, but instead Disney will release 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands.
The reboot of Wesley Snipes’ famous Marvel film, starring two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, was first announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con. Blade’s production and development suffered unavoidable delays due to the global pandemic and dual industry strikes.
Two directors have left the project, first Bassam Tariq, who was aiming to start in the fall of 2022, and then Yann Demange. Mia Goth is set to play supervillain Lilith in the Vampire Slayer movie. She told Deadline’s Natalie Sitek at the world premiere of the A24 film MaXXXine that Marvel “really cares, it cares” about the Blade delay. They want to make great movies. That’s the feeling I get from them and it feels so good. ”
It’s important to Marvel boss Kevin Feige to make the best Blade movie ever. Studios won’t make a movie until they have a great script. Meanwhile, Snipes had a cameo as Blade in Marvel Studios’ highest-grossing R-rated film Deadpool and Wolverine ($1.3 billion).
The Blade movie was probably the first R-rated superhero movie set. Released in 1998 by New Line Cinema, the other two titles in the trilogy were Blade II in 2002 and Blade: Trinity in 2004, with a total worldwide box office gross of 418.1 million not adjusted for inflation. reached the dollar.
Additionally, three untitled Marvel movies have dates of February 18, 2028, May 5, 2028, and November 10, 2028.
Dan Trachenberg, who directed the previous Predator movie Prey, which was released on Hulu, is returning to direct the latest film Predator: Badlands, starring Elle Fanning. There has been some debate about whether Disney was leaving money behind by taking plays directly to their homes, but in fact the reversal here shows that Disney had a strong commitment to plays even in the post-Bob Chapek studio era. Demonstrates continued commitment. The first Predator was released in the summer of 1987, directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers. It grossed nearly $100 million. In total, the “Predator” series counts six titles, including two “Alien vs. Predator” movies, and has a worldwide box office gross of $750.6 million.
