Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige shocked everyone when he announced at San Diego Comic-Con back in July that two-time Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Alita: Battle Angel, True Detective) would be playing Blade in a brand new Blade movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Mahershala taking the reigns from Wesley Snipes, who alongside David Goyer helped reinvented the black exploitation character for a modern take and predating X-Men by two years as one of the first successful films based on a Marvel Comics character.
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