Ryan Reynolds Is Right: Wesley Snipes’ Blade Would Be Awesome in the MCU

But if there was, it seems the hatchet was buried when Snipes reprised the role of Blade for an extended cameo in Deadpool and Wolverinewith a gag that breaks the fourth wall against that old Hollywood gossip when Snipes’ Blade hisses, “I don’t like you,” and Reynolds’ Deadpool replies, “You never did.”

If that’s true, the dynamic has obviously changed. As with every actor from beloved (or at least infamous) superhero movies of the 2000s and 2010s who made an extended appearance in Deadpool and WolverineReynolds has sung Snipes’ praises across all social media platforms. That includes on August 5, when he celebrated Snipes’ legacy by posting, “There is no Fox Marvel Universe without Blade creating a market first. He is the daddy of Marvel. Please share for a Logan-esque farewell.”

In recent years, Reynolds has become as famous for his branding and social media marketing strategies as he is for his red and black jumpsuits on screen. And while his testimonials seemed genuine, they were also clever after the release Deadpool 3 promotion. But this initial praise for Snipes seems to be more than just marketing; he really does seem to be using his talent for social media triangulation to drum up interest in a former co-worker returning as Blade. Which makes the inclusion of Snipes’ line in Deadpool and Wolverine where he says, “There will only ever be one Blade,” which is all the more interesting in hindsight.

It seems that Snipes’ recent insistence that there has always been genuine love between the co-stars is based on something real. It also seems, from the outside, that Reynolds is putting real pressure on Marvel to bring Snipes back for a full-fledged film. Blade 4 (or at least hoping the idea gets fans on the industry’s radar.) And we have to admit, it makes a lot of sense to us, especially because this writer is of an age where Snipes’ role as the Daywalker was my first introduction to a Marvel hero in a movie (albeit on Starz, because I was too young to go see an R-rated movie on the big screen).

If THRJune Progress Report Blade The film is accurate, with the newspaper suggesting there was a disagreement between the studio and the actor, with the latter supposedly seeing Blade as an opportunity to make his “own” Black Panther”, then it seems entirely likely that the project will stall. Blade has never been a cultural phenomenon character with four-quadrant, PG-13 appeal. However, if Disney truly wants to produce more R-rated genre films, not just as Deadpool and Wolverine but also Logan or, for that matter, Alien: Romuluswhich opened with $42 million on an $80 million budget last weekend, so Blade is a perfect character to revisit in this more budget-friendly, adult-oriented space.

Blade is a kung fu fighting vampire hunter, with all the blood and mayhem that concept entails. While the antihero has some roots in all-ages comics having been created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan in The Tomb of Dracula #10, in the popular imagination… he’s Wesley Snipes brandishing a silver sword as he slices bloodsuckers in half and quips, “Some sons of bitches still try to skate uphill on ice.”