During Marvel Studio’s Hall H panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Mahershala Ali would play Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Five years later, the Blade reboot continues to be plagued with setbacks and behind-the-scenes issues,

Marvel’s Blade, first announced in 2019, has once again been delayed. The reboot of the franchise that is set to bring the daywalker and vampire killer into the Marvel Cinematic Universe was set to arrive in 2025,

It turns out that line from Marvel's mega-hit Deadpool and Wolverine may have been just as prescient as it is funny, as Marvel Studios' Mahershala Ali starring Blade reboot film has been removed from Disney's release schedule entirely, as reported by Deadline.