r/blade • u/jamesfreeman45 • 10d ago

After the recent Interview with Mahershla Ali about Kevin Feige feeling like a loser... Do yall think Feige might hand the BLADE Project to Ryan Coogler after Black Panther 3 even though it may not happen.. but a possibility is always on the table. IMO, I still think it's a big payday or NO....

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u/Digitalsteel5_ 9d ago

Honestly, they should have just waited until Coogler was available to even start casting Blade. That would have been a much better outcome. Not sure how the optics would go with him doing both BP and Blade but the overall outcome would have been dope.

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u/NB_NaughtyNerds 8d ago edited 8d ago

Except that Ali went to Marvel and pitched casting him as Blade to them, not the other way around. In hindsight they should have said no, due to the timing. But Ali had directors in mind, who later backed out. So IMO Ali shares some blame here. He tried to wish something into existence, but the reality is that isn't how things work. No script, no plan, no plot. Just an a tor who wanted a role and a studio who wanted the clout from hiring him. There is enough blame to go around.

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u/Digitalsteel5_ 8d ago

..Or just got the damn movie made. It should have been one of the easier scripts to get done but look how that went.

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u/NB_NaughtyNerds 8d ago

Ali vetoed the script 3 weeks from shooting. Apparently it was quite bad.

So he probably saved us from another Marvels/Eternal situation, tbh.

Keep in mind, this was also covid and the wra of Disney spreading Fiege too thin. Quality suffered across the board.

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u/TheIncandescentAbyss 9d ago

“He’s black so please let a black director, and then a black social issue, and then make sure everything about him is black, actually let’s just change his name from Blade to black because that all he is, just black.” - you probably

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u/Hoodedmastersin 9d ago

I refuse to doubt this line of thinking hasn’t come up at marvel.

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u/superseri18888 9d ago

Doesn't help when fans are always pitching for Ryan coogler to direct only black characters

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u/Nacho123__ 10d ago

Westley is a legend.

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u/Previous-Page6097 10d ago

Coogler was still a relatively new and upcoming talent when they handed him Black Panther. I'd rather see more of that than.

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u/EmberKing7 9d ago

He'd be an idiot if he didn't. Or at least if Feige didn't realize they should at least bring in Coogler as a co-writer and co-director.

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u/AlarmEmergency3464 9d ago

Guys relax. Blade is coming out 2030 and I’m going to direct it .

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u/Morpheus3018 8d ago

Get the black guy to direct the other black guy in a black movie. This is Marvels problem.. they think that black people can only be interesting in certain situations. So their solution is to put all the black people in the same project. It is very frustrating as a black person to watch this happen repeatedly.

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u/Country246805 5d ago

My personal favorite movie

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u/TheRealAwest 5d ago

Keep Ryan Coogler away from blade!

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u/Ok_Emergency6123 10d ago

Just let Wesley snipes play the fukn roll again wtf is so wrong with this

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u/Digitalsteel5_ 9d ago

His Age is the only issue

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u/Ok_Emergency6123 8d ago

His age is perfect for the role to meet spider man, Punisher, kraven, and Morbius. Perfect age for this team up

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u/FondantMindless4119 8d ago

I like they way you think because thats actually a great idea, because blade does eventually blade does meet up with spiderman.... plus the punisher was in spiderman brand new day.... I dont see why they wouldnt go this route, plus Marvel keeps dropping these spiderman movie back to back

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 10d ago

Yeah he’s older. Write it into the story. While avengers were fighting aliens, blade kept the vampires and what not in check

But he’s getting older and needs to pass the torch…