Mahershala Ali Dodges Blade asks with a laugh: “Leave me out!”

Almost six years have passed since Marvel announced for the first time Lama Twice winner of the Oscar Maershala ali Set on Star, but the project still looks like a shadow in the MCU range. And now, Ali also seems to be on tiptoe around the subject.

During a promotion of a carefree vogue interview Jurassic World RebirthAli appeared alongside Scarlett Johansson AND Jonathan Bailey For a round of quick focus. But when in Bailey it was asked: “Can you name every film of the Marvel Scarlett and Maershala cinema universe?” Ali was not about to take the bait.

“Leave me out,” he replied with a laugh. “It’s a Scarlett.”

Bailey tried to advance the topic, saying: “There is one to whom we are very enthusiastic”, referring Lama. Johansson joined and pressed him more. But wings? He was not biting. He has just smiled and changed topic.

It is a moment that probably reflects what many fans of the MCU feel, confused fun LamaJourney blocked.

The restart of vampire hunting has exceeded multiple creative shifts, rewriting of the script and lost directors. In October 2024, Marvel even extracted him from his release calendar. Despite that, Kevin Feige He offered public reassurance last year:

“We are engaged in Blade. We love the character, we love Mahershala’s taking on him. And we are sure: every time we change direction with a project or we are still understanding how it adapts to our program, we let the public know. You are everything updated on what is happening. But I can tell you that the character will really do it at the MCU.”

Delroy LindoWhich was originally launched in the film, later confirmed that he was no longer involved and said that the film had gone “out of the tracks”. Even Ali recently admitted that “he doesn’t know where Marvel is located right now”.