Wesley Snipes vs. vampires at the blood rave in the original Blade. New Line Cinema

Original BLADE Trilogy Writer Wants Marvel to Let Him Write the Long Delayed Reboot

Originally posted on Nerdist | By Eric Diaz | Last updated May 9, 2025 5:31 PM ET

It’s been six years since Mahershala Ali walked onto the stage at Comic-Con and Marvel announced him as the new Blade. But aside from a voice cameo in Eternals, we’ve yet to see the vampire hunter on screen again. Unless you count Wesley Snipes returning to the role as the OG Blade in Deadpool & Wolverine, of course. Yet this new Blade movie just can’t seem to get going. And one person who can’t understand why, and would be happy to help, is original Blade trilogy writer David S. Goyer. Here’s what he told ScreenRant when they asked if he would have an interest in writing Marvel Studios’ Blade reboot:

Give me a call. I would. I’ve always loved the character and I love him. I’ve been sitting on the sidelines wondering, ‘What in the world is going on? Why is it taking so long?’ Because I’m a huge Marvel fan myself, and I’ve just been totally puzzled.

Production almost began on Blade in 2022, but just as they started building sets, Marvel canceled the film. Directors Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange both left the project at different stages, leaving Marvel to pull it off the release calendar. One version would have been set in New Orleans in the 1920s. We can’t help but wonder if Ryan Coogler’s Sinners being set in the early ’30s South was too similar, sending Marvel back to the drawing board. How Marvel hasn’t figured out that the perfect period piece for Blade is the ’70s, harkening back to the character’s debut, is baffling.

Blade introduces himself, and not long after, is attacked by Dracula. Art by Gene Colan. Marvel Comics

David S. Goyer did nail those first two Blade films back in the day, which was officially the first successful movie based on a Marvel comic. Blade walked so X-Men and Spider-Man could run. Of course, Goyer also wrote and directed Blade Trinity , of which the less said, the better. But he co-wrote Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, which means Goyer has more wins than misses in this genre. Maybe Marvel would be wise to at least give him a crack at it. What have they got to lose at this point? Kevin Feige maintained as of last year that Marvel is still trying to get Blade right. Here’s hoping they’re not overthinking it. We just want to see the Daywalker take out some bloodsuckers with cool weapons. How hard can that be?