Marvel Studios has removed Blade from its 2025 release calendar. In July 2019, Marvel’s Kevin Feige officially announced that Mahershala Ali would star in a reboot of Blade. The MCU project has faced numerous hurdles since then,

In a move that will be unsurprising to those following the woes of Marvel's Blade movie, starring Mahershala Ali, Disney officially pulled the title from its 2025 release calendar. Blade was on the schedule for a theatrical bow on Nov.

The move comes after 20th Century Studios’ historical Predator feature Prey became a sleeper hit on Hulu in 2022. Prey director Dan Trachtenberg returns to helm Badlands, with Elle Fanning starring. Until now, it was unclear if the film would be for streaming for theatrical.