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Blade is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During the 2019 Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-con, Kevin Feige unveiled Marvel’s Phase 4. From Eternals to scary Doctor Strange to Natalie Portman as Lady Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder, it was a stacked 90 minutes. And honestly, that would have been enough! But no, Feige had one last surprise—a tease of Marvel beyond Phase 4. He brought up Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali who promptly put on a hat… “BLADE!” Here’s everything we know about the upcoming Blade, the Vampire Slayer.

Marvel Studios

Who is playing the titular character?

As mentioned above, two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali will play the daywalking half-vampire badass in the upcoming film. Notably, this isn’t Ali’s first foray into the Marvel Universe. He portrayed the villain Cottonmouth in the first season of Netflix’s Luke Cage. He also recently voiced Prowler in Sony’s Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Who is writing?

Marvel has tapped playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour to write the upcoming film, per The Hollywood Reporter, making her the first Black woman to write a Marvel film. As a writer on HBO’s critically-acclaimed Watchmen series, Osei-Kuffour is no stranger to comic adaptations. Other writing credits include the series Hunter, Pen15, and Run.

Marvel Comics

A very brief history of Blade.

Blade debuted in the tenth issue of Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula comic back in 1973, from writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan. He quickly became a supremely popular character, a half-vampire killer of vampires and other occult baddies. Blade first made it to the big screen in 1998 starring Wesley Snipes. Two sequels follows—one of them good—but eventually, that franchise sort of fell by the wayside.

All of this just leads us to wonder how dark the movie could get. If the next Doctor Strange is a horror movie, then what’s to stop Blade from going full scary too? Nothing! Even if it doesn’t get as bloody as the Snipes movies did, a dark and scary PG-13 Blade could be, forgive the pun, Marvelous.

When will Blade, the Vampire Slayer land in theaters?

While we have our star and scribe, Marvel has yet to announce any other detail from the upcoming film—most notably a director and release date. We do know, however, that the film is not part of the MCU’s Phase 4 line-up. So, for now, we can take a breather and begin theorizing how Mahershala Ali’s take on the famed character will join the forever-expanding MCU cast of characters.

Originally published on July 20, 2019.

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Getting to the matter at hand....it's the Mid Week in Review broadcast! Airing this Wednesday at 8pm and engineered by Afronerd Radio for the BTalk 100 platform.. Your "friendly neighborhood" AFROnerdists will be pontificating about the following issues: as the nation still grapples with the current pandemic crisis, iconic citizens are continuing to "leave the planet."  Our thoughts about the passings of legendary baseball player Henry Hank "Hammer" Aaron and iconic broadcaster, Larry King;  something that should be joyous unfortunately has turned another racial harassment story concerning the announcement that a Star Wars centric web series will be hosted by Krystina Arielle who is of African-American extraction;

And the Arielle controversy prompted a Twitter conversation which we will cover on our broadcast-Star Wars or Star Trek, which franchise appears to engender more racial divisiveness in the pre/post Trump era?; TheRoot.com highlighted an innocuous piece pondering whether it's appropriate to wear HBCU gear from a school (perhaps a rival) that you did not attend; thoughts about recent news that a popular Black British TV series, Timewasters is getting a US remix, courtesy of A Black Lady Sketch Show writer, Lauren Ashley;  Dburt got a chance to check out both the American-Bollywood film, White Tiger and S2 of Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous; just what is up with the meteoric stock rise for the fledgling video game retailer, Game Stop;  and as expected Wandavision: Strucker watches are now available for purchase...Dburt didn't need hex powers to predict that one;  did we ever speak on Captain America and Punisher logos being used by White supremacists/QAnon folk nowadays? Enter the mayor of Sequim, WA;  Lastly, thoughts about the forthcoming new blerd resource, The Access Guide to the Black Comic Book Community 2020-2021.  

Oh and then there's a brewing racial erasure controversy involving the highly popular Netflix series, Lupin....it never stops, folks.

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I never liked Wolverine growing up. I didn’t care if it was X-Men The Animated Series, a Spider-Man cameo, an appearance or lead in various Marvel cartoons or, obviously, Hugh Jackman’s portrayal of him the last 15 years, I straight up couldn’t stand the mutant. But as I’ve fallen in love with comics for the last 10 years, I’ve been able to fully embrace the adamantium laced, beer guzzling weapon, and finally understand why everyone loves him.

Lots of Logan to Love

I guess we should start there. Everybody fucking loved Wolverine growing up and it pissed me off something severe. A suped up cat guy with big claws who can heal is ya’ll king?! The foul mouthed, thick haired Canadian didn’t appeal to me in the slightest. There’s also the huge Cyclops fan in me to consider, but we don’t need to get into all that. These are Wolverine appreciation bars I’m cooking up!

I know it’s wild cliche to say “the book provides so much more context than” ________ (<— insert adaptation), but I’d be doing this confessional a disservice if I didn’t. Being able to reference any of the psychologically scarring and indoctrinating experiences of Wolverine’s life adds such a richness to the story that’s playing out before your eyes. From his screwed up origin to Weapon X body tampering to clone madness or Enemy of the State re-brainwashing, there is so much to pull from for the next Wolverine run.

Gangsta and a Gentleman

Then there’s the fact that Wolverine is a downright badass no matter what version of the character you’re taking in. His short temper means he’s always ready for the smoke which usually leads to bad decisions with fun outcomes. But in the comics fam? There’s this added layer to Logan’s personality that exudes respect and appreciation.

He’s got the soul of a samurai and ability to care for others that seems so implausible with all the slicing and dicing he’s about. He’s got a soft spot for the young members of the X-Men team and is loyal to a fault. I think the root of my problem is that Wolverine’s caring side was never properly showcased. Every time Logan got sentimental or emotional, he’d always express himself through dick comments and asinine actions. The version of Wolverine that I saw in most forms of media was shallow, and now I know how much of a travesty that is.

These days, I get to enjoy Hickman’s impeccably written Wolverine as a resident of Krakoa and further my esteem for the mutant when I read old issues or the dope solo books he’s now in. I even found myself re-watching the first X-Men movie and criticizing the lack of depth in the character. Who says someone can’t come around to something that’s been plastered all over the screen this entire time?

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