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Marvel Studios angers fans by ditching Blade reboot starring Mahershala Ali from release calendar

At 50, the two-time Oscar winner is only 12 years older than original star Wesley Snipes, but he signed on to replace him as the half-vampire, vampire hunter Eric Brooks five years ago

Ali made his MCU debut back in 2016 as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes in Netflix series Luke Cage, and he provided an off-camera voiceover line as Blade for the post-credits scene of Marvel's 2021 failed franchise film, Eternals. Mahershala made his MCU debut back in 2016 as Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes in Netflix series Luke Cage, and he provided an off-camera voiceover line as Blade for the post-credits scene of Marvel's 2021 failed franchise film, Eternals (pictured) Fans can thank Ryan Reynolds (2-R) for sparking renewed interest in Wesley (2-L) as Blade after having him reprise the role in Shawn Levy's critically-acclaimed blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine, which amassed $1.337B at the global box office

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