Blade has credited Wesley Snipes for “creat[ing] the superhero world that we’re in”.Bassam Tariq has praised the actor, who played the titular character Blade – also known as Eric Brooks – in the 1998 movie.Tariq is set to direct a new adaptation of the film as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Mahershala Ali taking on Snipes’ role.Speaking to IndieWire, the director said: “What’s exciting about the film that we’re making is [there] hasn’t been a canon for Blade, as we’re reading through the comics and everything.
Him being a daywalker is the one thing that’s been established, and you know we can’t deny what Wesley Snipes did, which was he basically got this whole ball rolling.“A Black man created the superhero world that we’re.
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