ComicBook July 31, 2026

Mahershala Ali Breaks Silence on Marvel’s Blade Movie Being Scrapped, “They Didn’t Want To Do It”

One of the few things that Marvel Studios has promised at Hall H during San Diego Comic-Con and failed to deliver on was the reveal of Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali as the MCU’s Blade. Despite confirming it seven years ago, the most that ever happened with Ali as the character was an off-camera

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Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

The short film featuring Peggy Carter handling a mission on the same day as the Battle of New York is the direct precursor to the Agent Carter television series — the proof-of-concept that demonstrated the character could carry her own narrative. At twelve minutes it is a tighter and more focused piece than many of the network episodes that followed from it, and Hayley Atwell's performance makes the case for the series more efficiently than any pitch document could.

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