Marvel Studios has announced a brand new Blade movie starring Mahershala Ali.

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Ali will be following in the footsteps of Wesley Snipe's portrayal as the vampire hunter in 1998's Blade, 2002's Blade II, and 2004's Blade: Trinity. Sticky Fingaz also played Blade in the 2006 television series that aired on Spike. Here's more information on how Mahershala Ali made Marvel Studios make Blade You can watch IGN's live reaction to and thoughts on the news in this segment below:Mahershala Ali is a prolific actor who has won two Oscars for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in 2016's Moonlight and 2018's Green Book.Kevin Feige talks about why Ali is right for the role below:Interestingly enough, this will not be Ali's first appearance in a Marvel property as he also starred as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in Netflix's Luke Cage and voiced Uncle Aaron in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.The Blade comics were created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan and first appeared in The Tomb of Dracula #10 in July of 1973.Blade helped end Marvel Studios' San Diego Comic-Con 2019 panel that gave fans their first look at Phase 4 of the MCU. Phase 4 will consist of such films as The Eternals, Thor: Love and Thunder, and the Black Widow movie.In addition, Feige also confirmed Black Panther 2, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Captain Marvel 2, and the Fantastic Four will be part of the next phase following the Infinity Saga, which ended with Spider-Man: Far From Home.Disney+'s Marvel shows, including The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Marvel's What If...? series, and the newly announced Hawkeye series all got release windows and will also be out before the end of 2021.

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