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2026 has been a big year for Marvel Studios, especially this week, as it featured the highly anticipated launch of the first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. The next Avengers film is coming to theaters on December 18, and it stars Robert Downey Jr as Doctor Doom — after the first four Doomsday teasers focused on the heroes, the newly-released trailer finally shows off the first official look at Downey’s Doom, along with his voice for the character. Before the launch of Avengers: Doomsday, though, Marvel fans have another big movie to look forward to with Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth solo Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland. Holland’s role as Peter Parker in Avengers: Doomsday is currently unconfirmed, but considering the success of his movies and love for the character, it would be surprising if he wasn’t included in the film in some capacity.
Over the years, there have been plenty of MCU projects that failed to make it off the ground, but perhaps the most anticipated film to escape development limbo was Blade, which was due to star two-time Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali. Ali is also known for his role in the third season of True Detective. The film was first announced in 2019, and after several director changes, a handful of writer changes, and most cast members leaving the project, the future of Blade is unclear — the movie was once scheduled to drop at the end of 2025, but it has since been taken off the release schedule entirely. MCU boss Kevin Feige recently sat down for an episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast hosted by Josh Horowitz, and when asked how he felt about the current state of Blade, he didn’t hold back, saying, “I feel like a giant loser and failure that we didn’t get off the ground with Mahershala.”
What Does This Mean For The Future of ‘Blade’?
While this doesn’t confirm that Marvel’s Blade movie has been officially canceled, this is more of a negative outlook than Kevin Feige is usually willing to share. Feige has become a master over the years at ducking hard questions and giving just the right answers, so for him to say that he feels like a failure for Blade never getting off the ground is as negative an outlook as he’s ever had about a project so publicly. Mahershala still expressed excitement about the film when he was asked, so there’s no reason to give up hope yet, even if there’s very little hope still burning.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the MCU’s Blade movie.
