This could confuse the entire MCU: Production on one of Marvel’s most anticipated blockbusters is on hold

The problems with restarting “Blade” don’t stop there. After director Bassam Tariq left the project at the end of September 2022 – shortly before the originally planned start of filming – and there were reports that the script would be completely revised again, Marvel and Disney are now drawing unsurprising conclusions:

Again experienced Production of “Blade” has been paused with immediate effect. The MCU debut of the leech-hunting half-vampire, played by Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali, was already in pre-production in Atlanta in preparation for a scheduled shooting start in November. But nothing comes of that now.

As The Hollywood Reporter further reports, they want to take more time to find a suitable replacement for Tariq and hope to resume production in early 2023. The already very tight schedule is now definitely no longer tenable. Actually, “Blade” should hit theaters on November 1, 2023. Even if there’s no official information about a release delay, we’re making a commitment at this point: “Blade” is no longer coming in 2023. And that can cause problems…

The inevitable “Blade” shift should therefore have an impact on the entire schedule of the Marvel Cinematic UniverseAfter all, the individual films and series of the MCU, in which many future dates are actually already fixed, largely build on each other in terms of content. While it’s unclear how much “Blade” is really intertwined with the big picture already, one teaser or the other about the future of the universe – as with pretty much every MCU adventure – needs to be firmly planned. In any case, it’s also a fact that the vampire actioner is one of the Marvel adventures of the upcoming Phase 5 of the MCU, which will then turn into Phase 6 in the next big “Avengers” double event “Avengers: The Kang” in 2025. Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” should culminate.

Indeed, a “Blade” delay could lead to many more adjustments to the proposed timeline. A small buffer was planned for the upcoming MCU blockbuster “Captain America 4: New World Order” (scheduled theatrical release: May 1, 2024), but you certainly don’t want to start the Marvel movies too close together to get one. large to avoid oversaturation. You no longer have to think only of the cinema releases, but also of the many MCU series surrounding it. So it will be exciting whether Disney will make major adjustments here in the coming weeks and months.