Marvel Delays ‘Blade’ Again
Another Marvel movie has hit a snag. It’s been announced that Disney is pushing back the release of Blade again. After setting a date of February 14, 2025, the remake starring Mahershala Ali has been pushed back nine months to November 7, 2025. The film was initially scheduled to be released on November 3.
According to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Marvell will focus on quality moving forward instead of quantity.
“As I looked at our overall output, meaning the studio, it’s clear that the pandemic created a lot of challenges creatively for everybody, including for us,” Iger said. “In addition, at the time the pandemic hit, we were leaning into a huge increase in how much we were making and I’ve always felt that quantity can be actually a negative when it comes to quality. And I think that’s exactly what happened. We lost some focus.”
Iger continued: “We’re all rolling up our sleeves, including myself, to do just that. We have obviously great assets, great stories to tell from the assets that we either have or that we purchased. And I feel really optimistic about the slate going forward, which is going to be a balance between some really strong sequels to some very, very popular titles, as well as some good original content, starting with [Walt Disney Animation’s] Wish, which comes out Thanksgiving weekend. So I feel good about the direction we’re headed. But I’m mindful of the fact that our performance from a quality perspective wasn’t really up to the standards that we set for ourselves.”
