Overview

• Kevin Feige confirmed the project has gone through four distinct script versions that failed to meet Marvel’s elevated quality standard.
• The studio opted to halt production rather than rely on its usual in-production rewrites for Blade’s screenplay.
• Directors Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange both departed the reboot, leaving the film without an attached director as of July 2025.
• Earlier drafts included period-piece settings—one reportedly in the 1930s—that were ultimately abandoned during the overhaul.
• The hold on Blade underscores Marvel’s swing away from rapid Disney+ expansion toward a strategy of fewer, high-caliber releases.