‘Blade’ Moves Ahead of Armor Wars as Marvel Searches for Director and Reveals New Story Details

Marvel Studios has a lot of projects in the works, both confirmed and rumored. Some are new ideas, while others have been in development for a long time, even before the SAG-AFTRA strike disrupted the industry.

While fans are excited for the X-Men reboot, upcoming Avengers movies, and Daredevil: Born Again, it’s easy to forget that some projects have been in the works for years with no clear release date or updates.

Two of the most troubled projects right now are the Blade reboot, starring Mahershala Ali, and Armor Wars, which has been in development for over a decade, shifting between a movie and a show.

Blade was recently removed from Disney’s release schedule again, but Kevin Feige reassured fans at Brazil’s D23 that the project is still in development, with Mahershala Ali set to star. On the other hand, Armor Wars doesn’t have such a clear update, and Don Cheadle recently said he has no idea what’s happening with the project.

The latest unconfirmed update comes from Alex Perez of Cosmic Circus, who shared in his Discord AMA that Blade is currently a higher priority than Armor Wars. Progress is being made on finding a director and updating the story to a modern setting, with Lilith staying as the main villain. Meanwhile, Armor Wars has seen little progress, though there have been talks about adapting the 2015 comic run.

Alex Perez: Blade’s got more priority to push out at the moment as opposed to Armor Wars. Right now, they’re just looking to find a director to direct the project, but it’s going along better than it was previously. The story now has a modern time setting, but Lilith is still the main villain and she isn’t a one-and-done villain.

Armor Wars hasn’t had any movement since I last spoke about it. There have been explorations of adapting the 2015 version of the Armor Wars comic run, but it really hasn’t moved on that much since.

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As of now, nothing has changed, and both movies seem to be a long way from release.

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