Overview
- Mahershala Ali, who said Sunday, declared he will not return to the Blade role or continue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Ali said Marvel Studios paid for roughly a year of his physical and stunt training while he prepared for Blade and that the work directly benefited his new project.
- Marvel ultimately shelved the long-delayed Blade reboot after years of writer and director turnover and multiple release-date moves.
- Ali and former Blade director Bassam Tariq premiered their action thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother to strong reviews at TIFF and the film is scheduled to open in U.S. theaters on September 25.
- The episode has become a career pivot for the filmmakers: the cancelled MCU project supplied training, funding and creative momentum that helped produce a critically praised movie and raised Ali’s profile as an action lead.