A fan-made poster for Marvel Studios' Luke Cage.
The original Blade film trilogy started in 1998 and had Wesley Snipes take on the role of the main character. The trilogy ended in 2004 with Blade: Trinity and since then Marvel fans have always associated Snipes with the character. After the new film was announced, Snipes reprise the role, it's unsurprising that Marvel Studios recast Blade, especially since the original trilogy had a conclusive ending. The original film's success put Marvel on the map and would eventually be followed by Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films as well as Bryan Singer's X-Men.
The fan-made poster, created by Reddit Phase 5 of the MCU. Since Phase 4's films will release throughout 2020 and 2021, some speculate that the MCU's Blade will kick off Phase 5 and release in 2022 at the earliest.
The films in Phase 4 will consist of Fantastic Four and X-Men films so it's possible they'll be ing Blade after Phase 5 begins.
Blade definitely offers a more mature storyline than a lot of the other more family-friendly Marvel characters. Since every film in the original Blade trilogy is rated R, it'll be interesting to see if the writers take a darker approach with the script. Especially considering they're under Disney's supervision. Given that Mahershala Ali has won himself two Academy Awards, Blade is definitely in safe hands. After a 15 year hiatus, it's really awesome to see the character making an appearance again on a bigger stage than ever before.
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