Mahershala Ali, riding high on the $300M+ opening weekend of Jurassic World Rebirth, would really like everyone to stop asking him about Blade. His frustration is understandable. it’s been almost six years since the Marvel film was announced and a slew of delays have left him on the hook all of that time. Now, he’s just getting more direct in stating his objection to discussing the troubled project.
While speaking with Vogue’s Off the Cuff alongside Jurassic World Rebirth co-stars Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson, Ali’s joking response when asked by Bailey how many Marvel movies they’ve done was “Leave me out of it.”
There have been all sorts of mixed signals about the future of Blade. Kevin Feige has said the vampire superhero film is still on, but a more recent update says it has been “nixed” for now. At one point, Ali was said to be getting very frustrated with the process but he’s still set to star as the Daywalker whenever the film gets rolling. That said, a director will need to be found first, and they haven’t been sticking around for long.
Coming up for Ali is Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, from writer/director Bassam Tariq. Tariq was originally attached to direct Ali in Blade, but they’ll instead work together on this.
