Wesley Snipes and Marvel Have Been Discussing a BLADE Project For a Couple Years
Years before Marvel Studios launched their MCU brand, Wesley Snipes starred in the R-rated 1998 film Blade, which spawned two sequels. The first couple films were actually pretty badass. We have yet to see the character make his MCU debut, but there's a chance that one day it will happen.
There's been talk about Blade jumping into the MCU for years. Snipes has been interested in reprising the role for a long time and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige even said it could happen someday. When recently talking about the possibility of another Blade film, the actor told Vice that Marvel and his team have been discussing the possibility for the past couple of years:
"All the main execs [at Marvel] and my team, we've been discussing for the past two years. Everyone's enthusiastic about it, everybody gets it. But they got a business to run and they gotta square the things that they gotta figure out before they can get to it, I guess. In the meantime, we got a business to run and our own slate of things to do."
If this happens I doubt it will happen anytime soon. Snipes went on to say that there are two projects that could presumably fit into the Marvel world, and that the next time we see Blade, it will make what came before look like child's play. He's obviously got some ambitious plans for the character.
A few years ago it was rumored that Marvel's Blade movie could focus on the character's daughter, Fallon Grey. For those of you who have not heard of Fallon:
"Blade’s daughter is 16-year-old Fallon Grey. She’s a sort of ‘anti-Peter Parker.’ She’s popular, she’s well-liked and it seems like the world is her oyster. But, the expectations that come with being so damn perfect are starting to break her down, and that’s before she learns she’s the heir to a Daywalking-Monster-Stabbing-Empire."
This is a story that Snipe's Blade could be worked into if Marvel decides to take things in that direction. Who knows, though. Marvel has got a lot of big plans and I imagine that Blade isn't near the top of their list at the moment. I hope one day that we do see a new Blade film or even a series. It would be fun to see Snipes back as Blade and I think the fans would love it.
If Marvel Studios did move forward with a Blade movie, what would you like to see them do with it?