Blade reboot to star Mahershala Ali!

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Breaking news, people. Marvel is officially rebooting BLADE and they have snagged MOONLIGHT, GREEN BOOK, and TRUE DETECTIVE season 3 star Mahershala Ali as the title character! Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige broke the killer news on Saturday at Comic-Con with Ali taking to the stage to massive applause.

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The original BLADE followed this synopsis:

Half-mortal, half-immortal is out to avenge his mother's death and rid the world of vampires. The modern-day technologically advanced vampires he is going after are in search of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in their plan to execute the human race.

The original 1997 adaptation was directed by Stephen Norrington (THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN)  from a screenplay written by David S. Goyer based on the character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman, Andrew J. Horne, and Avi Arad produced. It starred Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, and Donal Logue. But it on Blu-ray HERE.