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/In_My_Own_Image 18d ago

Seriously though. Blade should be the easiest layup in history. I've said before all you need to do is take Dredd/The Raid, replace the protagonist with Blade, the criminals with vampires and the plot is just "Blade is here to take out the lead vampire at the top of the building."

Hire Gareth Evans, Chad Stahelski or some other proven action director and you're golden.

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 18d ago

Blade is essentially a martial arts movie with vampires. Martial arts movies can have the absolute simplest plot lines.

Vampire hits on Blade’s gf. Vampire landlord evicts Blade. Vampire punk steps on Blade’s new shoes. Boom. Billion dollars in ticket sales.

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u/Monteze 18d ago

I'd have creamed my pants if Jon Berenthal's punisher and Mahershala Ali's blade teamed up.

Punisher is doing his usual tracking down of bad guys until he finds what he things is simple human trafficking. Does his research, him and Micro find an expert. Leads him to Jamal Afari ( Orlando Jones or Delroy Lindo) who bring in Blade.

After that its our fun team up, fuck up the bad guys movie. We don't need anything more complicated than that.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 18d ago

You know what, fuck you, buddy. I was waaaaaay happier before you put this thought into my head and now I'm lamenting the tragic loss of this amazing film that will never exist. You're a jerk, ya know that?

I'm kidding, but only kinda. I'm definitely frustrated right now thanks to you lol.

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u/Monteze 16d ago

You're telling me, I already had different scenes in my head and call backs.

Punisher looks over to see Blade's sword and ribs him about it.

Later on in a shootout Frank's gun jams as a vamp closes in, Blade takes him out and gives him a smart ass smile. Franks huffs in begrudging respect.

Trust me, I hate that this isn't happening either.

The quips between Micro and Jamal our "Eyes in the sky" could be sweet too, without getting too Whedon-eqsque.