Blade (2025)
Summary
Marvel’sBladeis struggling to get off the land , but Mahershala Ali ’s vampire - track down hero could have already made hisMCUdebut in a dissimilar project . Eric Brooks is one of the most famous characters in Marvel Comics ' supernatural repertory . Better known as Blade , Eric Brooks face all kinds of drear and mystical threats , coming into conflict with villains such as Deacon Frost , Michael Morbius , and Dracula himself . Despite the character ’s popularity , and despite the fact thatMarvel ’s first threeBlademovieswere crucial to the superhero movie genre ’s current success , the MCU’sBladereboothas confront several obstacles .
Bladewas first announced at San Diego Comic Con 2019 , with virtuoso Mahershala Ali himself disclose the labor ’s basic details and express his excitement about enclose the titular anti - hero in the MCU . Since then , Bladehas been delayed multiple times , both due to dealership - wide setback and due to major change inBlade ’s development . Within five geezerhood , Bladehas lose two conductor and has reportedly been rewritten from scratch five times . While it ’s clear that Marvel and Mahershala Ali are seek to getBladeright , it ’s also true that Blade ’s first solidifying - up has been totally ignored .
The MCU Is Wasting Eternals’ Post-Credits Scene
Eternals Teased A Blade And Black Knight Storyline In 2021
In 2021,Eternals ' post - credits sceneshowed Dane Whitman foregather the courage to bring out a family unit gem until he ’s check by someone off - screenland , who ask him whether he truly believes he ’s quick to face the consequences . The treasure is , of course , the Ebony Blade , and the deep man is Mahershala Ali ’s Blade . Eternals ' post - credits shot lay up a shared dangerous undertaking between Blade and Black horse , but nothing has fall of it so far . TheBladesolo motion-picture show is still a long way off , and Kit Harington does n’t have any MCU appearances on his docket .
If there were n’t any plans to retain this plotline , there was no justification forEternalsto include a Blade flirt .
Eternals ' post - credits scene did n’t needfully have to set up a Blade and Black Knight crossover flick , but three years without any payoff or any update on Dane Whitman ’s whereabouts rear many questions about the scene . If there were n’t any plan to continue this plotline , there was no justification forEternalsto include a Blade coquette , which only becomes more bunglesome as the MCU moves on . Blade ’s multiple delays and rewrites only supply insult to injury , and the fact thatEternals ' ending and mid - credits teasehaven’t been acknowledged either makes it seem as thoughEternalshad been wholly dismiss by Marvel .
The MCU’s Mystical Characters Have Spent Too Long Without A Crossover
Marvel Doesn’t Take Advantage Of Each Occult Character’s Popularity At Their Peak
Blade and Black Knight are n’t the only two characters who seem to have been thrown to the wayside after their first appearance ( or articulation cameo , in Blade ’s case).Moon Knightset up its titular fiber to be one of the new A - list hoagy of the Multiverse Saga , yet there are no project in the MCU ’s current ticket where Moon Knight is jell to generate , except forAvengers 5orAvengers : Secret Wars , both discharge more than four years later . Likewise , Werewolf By Night , Elsa Bloodstone , and Man - Thing have no substantiate visual aspect in any ofthe MCU ’s upcoming projectsannounced so far .
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessreinforced Wong ’s status as a rooter - favorite theatrical role , and calls for a Wong solo serial strain their pinnacle with Wong ’s patronage theatrical role inShe - Hulk : Attorney at Law . However , Wong has n’t been envision or heard of in almost two yr now . Although it might still be too former for anAvengers - level crossover voter that bring all occult heroes together , these fictional character should have met each other by now , or at least started to build a defined MCU journey of their own .
Doctor Strange may be the only mystical character who could get another project separate from an Avengers motion-picture show , perhaps in the form ofDoctor Strange 3 , released in betweenAvengers 5andAvengers : Secret Wars .
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Blade Drafts Haven’t Included Black Knight Or The Ebony Blade
Eternals' Ebony Blade Tease Will Likely Remain In The Backburner For Years
The never-ending changes inBlade ’s product hint that nothing about Eric Brooks ' first MCU appearance is set in stone yet . For case , actor Aaron Pierre leftBlade ’s cast after one of the projection ’s many rewrites . However , Dane Whitman actor Kit Harington has n’t been confiscate toBladeat any point . Although Marvel could surprise audiences with a brief Dane Whitman cameo whenBladefinally arrives in theater , Kit Harington ’s absence seizure inBlade ’s many drafts suggests that Black Knight and the Ebony Blade definitely wo n’t recreate any role in the moving picture .
Eternals ' Emily Post - credits see Dane Whitman gain the Ebony Blade , but Marvel ’s Black Knight was subtly correct up over the track of the entire plastic film .
In Marvel Comics , Dane Whitman inherits the Ebony Blade and the mantle of the Black Knight from his uncle , Nathan Garrett . Unlike Nathan , Dane uses the Ebony Blade for heroic purpose , and he resists the artillery ’s corrupting influence to become an autonomous superhero and an Avenger . Meanwhile , Blade exercise full metre as a vampire - hunter , but he stays out of the Avengers ' large - scale conflicts . Blade and Black Knight never really get across paths in the cartoon strip , therefore any shared storyline between them in the MCU would have to be an original idea .
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What A Blade And Black Knight Crossover Could Be About
A Blade And Black Knight Special Presentation Or Series Could Be A Great Prelude For A Bigger Crossover
Taking into account that Blade and Black Knight have no amusing book storyline in common , their divinatory MCU squad - up could adjust part of both theatrical role ' reservoir textile . Blade warned Dane Whitman about the Ebony Blade ’s perils either because he wants to utilize it as a weapon system to struggle vampires , or because he does n’t require the sword ’s full electric potential to be unleashed . As a result of Blade ’s intervention , Eric Brooks and Dane Whitman could look villains who want the Ebony Blade for themselves , admit Blade villains such as Draconis and Lilith , as well as Black Knight antagonists like Mordred and Bloodwraith .
Blade and Black Knight could produce the Nightstalkers in a Special Presentation departure under theMarvel Spotlightbanner .
or else of a full - distance movie that precedes or followsBladeandBlack Knightsolo projection , their first team - up could serve as a prelude to aMidnight Sonscrossover . In the comic strip , Doctor Strange assembles a small team to defend the mother of all demons , Lillith . Some of the heroes unknown recruits into the " Nightstalkers " are Blade , Ghost Rider , and Morbius . In the MCU , Blade and Black Knight could create the Nightstalkers in a Special Presentation liberation under theMarvel Spotlightbanner before adding more members and rebranding their squad .
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