How Blade's Movie Delays Could Make Wesley Snipe's MCU Return Dreams Come True

Summary

• Wesley Snipes could return as Blade in the MCU, adding the potential for multiple versions of the character.
• Including both Snipes and Mahershala Ali as different Blades could justify the Marvel movie's place in the Multiverse Saga.
• The MCU should further explore the multiverse, giving Blade Snipes the opportunity to reprise his iconic role.

The MCU continues to push back the release date KnifeThis gives Marvel the perfect opportunity to bring back Wesley Snipes after his surprise return. Deadpool and Wolverine. Knife It was announced in 2019 that Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali will play the title character. Production for MCUs Knife the film has passed through multiple directors and writers, and Ali has faced the possibility that he may eventually walk away from the project altogether.

Now that Snipes is back as Blade for the first time since then Blade: Trinity In 2004, Marvel might want to capitalize on all of its goodwill and excitement Deadpool and Wolverine scored a cameo. It may seem like an impossible task to do with Ali still attached to the project, but there is a solution that could see Snipes return to the character this time in an even more significant role. Ali wouldn't have to walk away from Marvel Knife movie because both versions of Eric Brooks can exist at the same time.

Blade's delays mean Wesley Snipes could still appear in an MCU film

When Knife It has been announced that there is an upcoming project in the MCU, it has been 15 years since Wesley Snipes portrayed the character. It didn't feel like he was ever coming back, so audiences were ready to embrace Mahershala Ali in the role as a welcome addition to the ever-expanding universe. Five years later, Knife has yet to be filmed, and Snipes returns with the role of Blade Deadpool and Wolverine. Snipes returned to the role as if he had never left and his Deadpool and Wolverine the cameo was one of the highlights of the film.

Now he's shown he's still got what it takes and wants to come back,
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and Ali may be in for a tough fight.

Now that Snipes is playing Blade once again, he's leaving Marvel Knife the film is in a strange state. Fans love Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Robert Downey Jr. as Snipes as Iron Man.and now he's shown he still has what it takes and wants to come back, Knife and Ali may be in for a tough fight. There may be a simple answer to all of this: Put Snipes in the upcoming Knife as a variant of the movie Eric Brooks.

Wesley Snipes and Mahershala Ali Could Both Star in MCU's Blade Movie

In Deadpool and WolverineWesley Snipes says of his legacy as the character: “There is only one Blade. There will only be one Blade.” It's definitely a line that quietly pokes fun at Mahershala Ali's themes Knife encountered the film. As iconic as Snipes Blade is, it can definitely have more than one placeand the MCU could really lean into multiple universes and Snipes and Ali could play different versions of the character in the same movie.

It can be amazing to see two amazing actors playing different versions of Blade in the same movie. There are so many directions a film like this could have gone, though they could have focused on the interactions between Snipes and Ali and how their characters differas well as how they are the same. If the MCU wants to continue Blade's story after the film, it could act as a final kind of torch-passing from Snipes to Ali.

Giving Blade Two Heroes Is Right in Its Place in a Multiverse Saga

Some of the most successful movies below Avengers: Endgame including those that heavily featured multiple universes in their stories Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Multiverse of Doctor Strange Madnessand Deadpool and Wolverine. Despite being called the Multiverse Saga, it didn't delve into the multiverse aspect as much as Marvel fans might have expected. Knife It seemed like another completely inappropriate project for the Multiverse Saga, but having Wesley Snipes and Mahershala Ali play different versions of Blade could help the MCU. Continue to bring multiple worlds to life before the grand finale Avengers: Secret Wars.

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and mentions the multiverse, but it's not essential to the plot like some of the other movies in the Multiverse Saga.

If the MCU takes this route and includes Snipes alongside Ali, it could justify it Blade's Location in the Multiverse Saga. This can help with closure Avengers: Secret Warsthis could see both characters return. The Multiverse Saga has had a rough ride thus far, seeing some of the MCU's biggest failures and some of its worst-reviewed films. Now that Deadpool and Wolverine incredibly successful, the MCU should really continue to explore multiple universes and Knife there may be a way.

Snipes is an iconic part of comic book movie history, with Knife helps pave the way X-Men, Spider manand eventually the MCU. His return as a character after his appearance Deadpool and Wolverine It could be an interesting direction that Marvel could take from the upcoming Knife it has been very difficult to restart. The Multiverse Saga showed fans that there's plenty of room for multiple iterations of the same character, and seeing Snipes fight vampires alongside Ali could be something special.

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