Mahershala Ali Calls Marvel's Cancelled 'Blade' Reboot Kevin Feige's Biggest Failure
The actor agrees with the studio president that the project was a major failure, noting he trained so hard for the role that he injured himself before the film was scrapped.
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First reported by Variety, 2h 53m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 22 Sept 2026. Variety published first, on 22 September at 19:46 UTC; Deadline followed 2h 54m later. The most recent article, from The A.V. Club, appeared on 23 September at 13:29 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, NME, The A.V. Club.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyMahershala Ali Says ‘I Agree’ That Marvel Not Making ‘Blade’ Is the ‘Biggest Failure’ of Kevin Feige’s Career: ‘I Don’t Know Why It Didn’t Happen’
- DeadlineMahershala Ali On ‘Blade’ Being A Big Failure For Kevin Feige: “100%. He Should Feel That Way”
- The Hollywood ReporterMahershala Ali Agrees That Marvel’s Scrapped ‘Blade’ Reboot Is Kevin Feige’s “Biggest Failure”
- NMEMahershala Ali “trained so hard” for ‘Blade’ reboot that he injured himself – and then Marvel cancelled the film
- The A.V. ClubMahershala Ali feels Kevin Feige "should feel" like a loser for biffing Blade
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Mahershala Ali Agrees That Marvel’s Scrapped ‘Blade’ Reboot Is Kevin Feige’s “Biggest Failure” The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Mahershala Ali Says ‘I Agree’ That Marvel Not Making ‘Blade’ Is the ‘Biggest Failure’ of Kevin Feige’s Career: ‘I Don’t Know Why It Didn’t Happen’ Variety ·
- Mahershala Ali feels Kevin Feige "should feel" like a loser for biffing Blade The A.V. Club
- Mahershala Ali “trained so hard” for ‘Blade’ reboot that he injured himself – and then Marvel cancelled the film NME
- Mahershala Ali On ‘Blade’ Being A Big Failure For Kevin Feige: “100%. He Should Feel That Way” Deadline
In this story
- Mahershala Ali
- Kevin Feige
- Marvel Studios
- Blade