Mahershala Ali will lead the forthcoming Blade reboot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and while it will be very different from the original Wesley Snipes Blade films, it can't completely ignore them.
The introductory film of the Blade movie trilogy,Blade made its big-screen debut in 1998 and became the first Marvel-based movie to be a major theatrical success.
Two sequels would follow in Blade II and Blade: Trinity, though the disappointment of the latter would mark the end of the series.
Though Blade would return to the small screen with the short-lived Spike TV series Blade starring Kirk «Sticky Fingaz» Jones, the show's single-season run would be the last audiences would see of the Daywalker for years.
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