Even David S. Goyer, the filmmaker who famously penned the screenplays for the original Blade trilogy before stepping in to direct 2004's Blade: Trinity, has shared that he is "baffled" by the film's troubled production history.

Mahershala Ali is still waiting to play Blade, six years after Marvel’s Comic-Con reveal. “Let them know I’m ready,” he says.

The MCU’s Blade movie has spent years in development hell, and Mahershala Ali’s latest comments on the project are far from encouraging. Speaking to Variety at the premiere of the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth,