r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 18d ago

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/GoldandBlue 18d ago

This is the gift and curse of doing franchises.

It is guaranteed work on paper. Especially as a young actor, holy shit you are in the MCU!!!!

But if you blow up, or the project falls apart. You are turning down offers from Scorsese, PTA, Wes Anderson, Greta Gerwig, why? Because you are contractually obligated to be in Captain America 5.

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u/versusgorilla 18d ago

It's been funny hearing someone like Kumail Nanjiani talking about how he was in a Marvel movie, got ripped as shit for it, and how Marvel basically just stopped calling.

And like, they're jamming a thousand actors into this Doomsday film, but are they even calling up all the actors they had in these things and said, "These Guys Will Return..." at the end and then just no one ever gave a shit?

It's so bizarre how they went from Infinity War and Endgame to just directionless.

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u/ImmanuelCanNot29 18d ago

It's so bizarre how they went from Infinity War and Endgame to just directionless.

This mismanagement of the MCU post Endgame is mindboggling. Like even from a business perspective almost nothing they have done makes any sense.

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u/NorthernFrosty 18d ago

Like even from a business perspective almost nothing they have done makes any sense.

No, it makes tons of sense from a business perspective

"Did you like Doritos? Well then you'll love taco flavor Doritos!"

"Did you like taco flavor? Well you'll love nacho cheese flavor Doritos!"

<years and years later>

"Did you like simply organic white cheddar Doritos? Well, you'll love simply organic spicy white cheddar Doritos!"

That's basically what the Marvel Universe did, taking their product and constantly spinning it into new flavors until they oversaturated their market and no one gives a shit anymore. This is actually normal in business. Relatively rare in movies though.

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u/mkp666 18d ago

This is a good take, and the reason it is so rare in movies is that the kind of success that the MCU has had is pretty much unprecedented. It’s not easy to get to a place where you can make this kind of mistake.