"That's a Scarlett question." "Well, there's one that we're very excited about," Bailey quipped back, referencing Ali's long-delayed "Balde" reboot. Although the feature comic book adaptation about the daywalking vampire hunter has been in production limbo for the past six years,

Marvel Studios' long-awaited reboot of "Blade" starring Mahershala Ali has faced yet another major setback after being removed from Disney's 2025 release calendar entirely in October 2024. The film, which was slated for a November 7, 2025 release, has been replaced by "Predator: Badlands" on the schedule.

Mahershala Ali has jokingly shut down talk of the MCU's MIA Blade reboot in a new interview with Vogue with his Jurassic World Rebirth co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey. "Can you name every Marvel Cinematic Universe film Scarlett and Mahershala have been in?" Bailey was asked in a series of quick-fire questions.