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Did Marvel Just Cancel the ‘Blade’ Reboot? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: If you've been itching to see Mahearsla Ali play Marvel's
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Speaker 2: legendary half vampire Blade in the reboot of a franchise. Unfortunately,
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Speaker 2: the scratch isn't going away anytime soon. Marvel's just postponed
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Speaker 2: the films November twenty twenty five release date indefinitely for
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Speaker 2: a few reasons. Namely, the pre production is in a
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Speaker 2: bit of disarray after two different directors both exited the
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Speaker 2: project one by one, and it's unclear if a shooting
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Speaker 2: script is even ready. Secondly, the original Blade trilogy starring
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Speaker 2: Wesley Snipes is a beloved franchise and a very important
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Speaker 2: chapter in Marvel's early rise towards the top of Hollywood,
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Speaker 2: so they don't want to misfire here. And Lastly, Marvel
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Speaker 2: aims to release a maximum of four films per year.
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Speaker 2: They already have four other films slated well into production,
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Speaker 2: but hopefully, by giving the project the time and care deserves,
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Speaker 2: when Blade finally does hit theaters, the weight will be
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Speaker 2: worth it.
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Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood,