David S. Goyer Offered to Help Fix Marvel’s BLADE Reboot, but They Told Him "We’ve Cracked It Now"
It’s been six years since Mahershala Ali took the Hall H stage at San Diego Comic-Con, where it was announced he would be starring in Marvel’s Blade. But since that electric moment, Marvel’s Blade reboot has faced nothing but turbulence with script rewrites, creative shakeups, cast dropouts, and even abandoned sets.
Now, one of the franchise’s original architects, Blade and Blade II writer David S. Goyer, is talking about it again. In a new interview with Variety, Goyer revealed he actually reached out to Marvel to offer a helping hand. The response he got? Surprisingly polite… but ultimately a no.
“It’s so funny, about eight months ago — when, not the latest hiccup hit, but like the prior hiccup — I had so many people that would say to me, ‘Dude, would you get in there on Blade? Would you just get in there?,’ whether it be friends or fans or people on social media.”
That wave of encouragement led him to at least try.
“I wasn’t even really thinking about it, but then I had my agent call Marvel and say, ‘Do you guys need any help?’ And they said, ‘We love you, but we think we’ve cracked it now, and we’re in a good place.’ And then the latest thing happened. And so no, they haven’t contacted me.”
The “latest thing” is just one more in a long line of production setbacks that continue to stall Blade’s comeback. But Goyer, whose early work helped turn the character into a cinematic icon, isn’t bitter, he’s just waiting by the phone.
“I might consider it because I love the character, and it sort of started my superhero career. Even though I’m now considered a DC guy, I started as a Marvel guy.
“I would consider it, it would be fun to return to that world. That being said, I’m pretty much otherwise 99% done with superheroes. I love this stuff. I watch all the movies, but I’ve just done so much in the world. But yeah, I would consider it, just for old time’s sake.”
Goyer’s resume also includes film like The Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Steel, but that was in collaboration with Christopher Nolan. Marvel may be searching for a new creative voice, not a familiar one.
That said… it’s been eight months since Marvel told Goyer they had it all figured out. And yet, we’re still waiting.