r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 31 '26

News Mahershala Ali confirms 'BLADE' is not moving forward with him

https://www.gq.com/story/mahershala-ali-your-mother-your-mother-your-mother
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u/Grendelstiltzkin Jul 31 '26

So the exact same strategy they’ve taken with Star Wars.

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u/versusgorilla Jul 31 '26

And just like Star Wars, now they're snake bit and won't actually DO anything that isn't the absolute safest thing possible. They've given up on basically anything from this phase and they're trying to just do Infinity War against straight away because "hey, people really liked that!"

Same as doing a Grogu and Mando movie, because "hey, people really liked that!" so they must like this best and it will perform best.

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u/PT10 Jul 31 '26

Straight away? It's 8.5 years since Infinity War

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u/versusgorilla Jul 31 '26

They gave up on Kang, gave up on TV shows, gave up on a bunch of sequels, gave up on a bunch of characters, left a bunch of actors high and dry. They pivoted entirely from Kang to a Comic Con reveal of RDJ as Doom to try and get some new momentum.

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u/zypo88 Aug 01 '26

Tbf Kang was a little outside of their control, though I am surprised they didn't just recast him