Editing Blade: Trinity (section)

===Marvel Cinematic Universe===
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In May 2013, Marvel had a working script for a new [[Blade (character)|Blade]] film.<ref name="May2013HorizonFilms">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-cliffhanger-robert-downey-jrs-518837 |title=Marvel Cliffhanger: Robert Downey Jr.'s $50 Million Sequel Showdown |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |last2=Bond |first2=Paul |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 7, 2013 |access-date=May 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218021012/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-cliffhanger-robert-downey-jrs-518837 |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy}}</ref> Snipes said in July 2015 that he had discussions with Marvel to reprise the role.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTXQZ9x4fLs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/TTXQZ9x4fLs |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=The Player: Wesley Snipes, Philip Winchester Interview – Comic-Con 2015|date=July 10, 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55K0kC8uO0M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/55K0kC8uO0M |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Snipes "In Talks" With Marvel About Blade Reboot |work=[[IGN]] News|date=July 10, 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="SnipesBlade">{{cite web |title=Comic-Con: Wesley Snipes On 'Blade' Marvel Talks, 'The Player' & Spike Lee |first=Dominic |last=Patten |date=July 9, 2015 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url= https://deadline.com/2015/07/wesley-snipes-blade-comic-con-interview-blade-the-player-1201472733/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150710071119/http://deadline.com/2015/07/wesley-snipes-blade-comic-con-interview-blade-the-player-1201472733/ |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |url-status= live |access-date= July 11, 2015}}</ref>

In July 2019, at [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Marvel Studios announced [[Blade (upcoming film)|a ''Blade'' reboot]] set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU), with [[Mahershala Ali]] cast as the title character, who first had an uncredited voice cameo role in ''[[Eternals (film)|Eternals]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |title=Mahershala Ali to Star in 'Blade' Reboot for Marvel |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mahershala-ali-star-blade-marvel-1225888 |publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=21 July 2019 |date=20 July 2019 |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721064559/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mahershala-ali-star-blade-marvel-1225888 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2021, Stacy Osei-Kuffour was hired to write the script,<ref>{{cite web |date=5 February 2021 |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Marvel's 'Blade' Movie Finds Its Writer in 'Watchmen' Scribe (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvels-blade-movie-finds-its-writer-in-watchmen-scribe-exclusive-4127473/ |publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205222400/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-blade-movie-finds-its-writer-in-watchmen-scribe-exclusive |url-status=live }}</ref> with [[Bassam Tariq]] hired to direct by that September. Tariq left a year later due to the film's production shifts and creative differences. [[Yann Demange]] was set to direct in November 2022, when [[Michael Starrbury]] was rewriting the script, while [[Nic Pizzolatto]] joined as another writer in April 2023, and [[Michael Green (writer)|Michael Green]] was hired to write a new script by November. Demange had exited the film by June 2024, when Pearson was rewriting the script.<ref name="BladeDemangeExit">{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |date=June 12, 2024 |title=Marvel's 'Blade' Loses Director Yann Demange {{!}} Exclusive |url=https://www.thewrap.com/marvel-blade-director-yann-demange-exits-mcu-eric-pearson/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612231120/https://www.thewrap.com/marvel-blade-director-yann-demange-exits-mcu-eric-pearson/ |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |access-date=June 12, 2024 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> ''Blade'' was originally scheduled to be released on November 7, 2025.<ref name="Aug2024Dates">{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=August 2, 2024 |title=Marvel Removes 2026 Title, Searchlight's 'A Real Pain' Moves to November in Major Disney Release Date Update |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/disney-release-date-update-marvel-a-real-pain-1236094195/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802183824/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/disney-release-date-update-marvel-a-real-pain-1236094195/ |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In October 2024, the film was delayed and removed from the release schedule.

In 2024 Snipes reprised his role as Blade in ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]''.<ref name="Romano" />