The MCU is all the rage nowadays, but there was once a time when comic book movies weren’t so mainstream. It was hard to convince studios to make them, but every once in a while a good one got through.
One movie that became an instant classic in the genre was “Blade” starring Wesley Snipes. Blade hasn’t been seen on the big screen in quite some time, and fans have been wondering if he will ever return. During a recent interview with JoBlo, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige didn’t rule out the possibility of Blade being added to the MCU, and he seems enthusiastic about the possibility of using the character someday.
“We think it would be cool. Someday. My tenure at Marvel started 17 years ago, and there were two things that sort of launched the modern era. One was X-Men, which was the first thing that people said, “Oh, there’s life here.” But a few years before that, there was Blade. A character nobody had heard of at all, had only appeared in a few issues of Tomb of Dracula or something, turned into a big franchise.”
“That was always a great lesson for me, where you go, “It doesn’t matter how well known the character is, it matters how cool the movie is.” Which, many years later, would be the reason we do Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange. I think Blade is a legacy character now, and I think it would be fun to do something with him one day.”
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