Summary
The original pitch forBlade: Trinityhad some ideas that could be a perfect way for the MCU to reboot the franchise in 2025. AnMCUBlademoviewas first announced in 2019, starring Mahershala Ali as the titular vampire hunter. However, despite the initial excitement over the announcement,Bladehas proven much more difficult to develop than it ever needed to be. Theupcoming MCU moviehas gone through four different writing teams, including Stacy Osei-Kuffour,X-Men ‘97creator Beau DeMayo, the pairing ofTrue Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto and Michael Starrbury, and finally Michael Green.
Michael Green is set to be the final choice forBlade’s screenwriter, with initial director Bassam Tariq being replaced by Yann Demange. As evident,Blade’s production has been much more troubled than theoriginalBladetrilogy 20 years ago. This trilogy, starring Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks/Blade, consisted of 1998’sBlade, 2002’sBlade II, and 2004’sBlade: Trinity.Although the latter film turns 20 years old in 2024,Blade: Trinity’s original story idea may prove to be exactly what the MCU needs to craft a fantasticBladereboot.
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David S. Goyer Revealed Blade: Trinity Was Almost Very Different
Blade: Trinity Was Almost A Post-Apocalyptic Marvel Movie
The originalBladetrilogy was written by David S. Goyer, with the screenwriter taking up directing duties forBlade: Trinity. In a set visit recorded onComingsoon.netfrom 2004, some initial plans Goyer had forBlade: Trinitywere outlined. As revealed by Goyer,his first idea forBlade: Trinityinvolved setting the film in a post-apocalyptic future. The film was, at first, going to be based onI Am Legend, the 1954 novel that popularized the modern depiction of vampires and zombies in media.
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Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, and Robert Engelman
Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Palmer
David S. Goyer
Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, David S. Goyer, and Lynn Harris
In Goyer’s original idea, Blade would be shown navigating a post-apocalyptic world after vampires had become the more dominant race on Earth. As Eric Brooks ages slower due to his half-vampire traits, he would have been living in a world in which humans lived in camps to provide sustenance to vampires. The vampires would have unleashed a virus into the air that causes sunlight to shine for only two hours a day, giving the dark-dwelling creatures more freedom.
However, Goyer went back on this idea as he felt much of the fun of theBlademovies came from Brooks being set in the real world. That said, some of these ideas did make it intoBlade: Trinity. One such concept is the idea thatBlade: Trinity’s villainous vampires would make “blood farms” where humans are kept for them to feed on. Also, the concept of a virus was rewritten into the Daystar virus fromBlade: Trinity, which eventually killed all vampires on Earth.
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A Post-Apocalyptic Blade Is Simple Enough To Work
The MCU’s Blade Could Be Set In A Post-Apocalyptic Landscape
While several ideas of the initialBlade: Trinityscript may not be ideal for the MCU, the concept of a post-apocalypticBladefilm is simple enough to work for the reboot. One of the more prevalent questions surrounding the MCU’sBladeand its many production issues is audiences asking why it is so hard to make a movie about the titular character hunting vampires. Naturally, the various screenwriters attached to the MCU’sBladewill want to imbue the film with their voices, themes, and deeper elements atop the simplified story of Eric Brooks hunting his blood-sucking enemies.
That said, the many issues the film has faced have led many to call for a simplified version ofBladein the MCU. With a post-apocalyptic setting,Bladecould provide exactly this. The film could use the advantages that the MCU’s multiverse supplies by being set in its own separate universe, with Brooks traveling across a desolate landscape to foil the plans of his vampire enemies. This would simplify the story to the basics that audiences desire, all while avoiding the pitfalls of having to tie into pre-established MCU lore.
X-Men ‘97 and The Fantastic Fourprove the benefits of having movies set in separate universes to the MCU’s main continuity.
Blade Could Still Come To The Mainline MCU
One Upcoming MCU Film Would Allow Blade To Transition Into The Franchise’s Main Continuity
AlthoughBlade’s theorized alternate-universe setting may disappoint those who wish the character to be part of the MCU, one upcoming film could allow both to be possible.Bladecould tell its own, self-contained story that focuses on what makes the character so great, fleshing him out and making him sympathetic to MCU audiences. After this, Blade could be brought into the mainline MCU via the events of2027’sAvengers: Secret Warsstory.Avengers: Secret Warsis expected to follow the events of the comic book it is titled after, at least in terms of bringing several facets of the MCU multiverse together.
Blade’s theorized universe could collide with others inAvengers: Secret Warsbefore the film ends with him in the mainline MCU along with his vampire enemies. This would not only provide the advantage of Blade being among the MCU’s other characters, but it could also provide the origin story for the MCU’s vampires, thus explaining why they had not been seen in the franchise before that point. This would essentially makeBladea reverseLogan,linking neatly to screenwriter Michael Green, with the character having his standalone story first before being thrust into a lived-in universe.
Blade: Trinity
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Blade: Trinity follows the titular vampire hunter, Blade, who is forced into the open after being targeted by the FBI. Teaming up with the Nightstalkers, a group of human vampire hunters, Blade confronts Dracula, the original vampire, alongside new allies Abigail and Hannibal.
