1. Critical and Commercial Success: “Blade” was a commercial success, grossing over $130 million worldwide. It received positive reviews for its stylish action, dark tone, and Wesley Snipes’ portrayal of the titular character. The success of “Blade” helped Marvel gain confidence in its ability to produce successful adaptations of its comic book properties.
2. Setting the Stage for Superhero Films: “Blade” demonstrated that superhero films could be embraced by mainstream audiences and achieve both critical and commercial success. It showed that comic book adaptations could be grounded in a more adult-oriented, edgier tone while still being entertaining and appealing.
3. Marvel’s Expansion into Film: Following the success of “Blade,” Marvel began exploring further opportunities to bring its characters to the big screen. This eventually led to the establishment of Marvel Studios and the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The success of “Blade” showed that Marvel’s characters had potential beyond the comic book medium.
4. Influence on Other Superhero Films: “Blade” helped to shape the aesthetic and tone of subsequent superhero films. Its success contributed to the growing interest in adapting comic book properties, leading to films like “X-Men” (2000) and “Spider-Man” (2002), which further established superheroes as viable and profitable movie franchises.
5. Cultural Representation: “Blade” featured a Black superhero as the lead character, played by Wesley Snipes. The film’s success highlighted the demand for diverse and inclusive representation in superhero films. This opened doors for future Marvel films featuring diverse characters and contributed to the ongoing push for representation in the genre.

Overall, “Blade” played a pivotal role in demonstrating the potential of Marvel’s comic book properties in the film industry. Its success helped lay the groundwork for Marvel’s future cinematic achievements, leading to the establishment of the MCU and the incredible success of films like the “Iron Man” trilogy, “The Avengers,” and subsequent phases of the MCU.

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We all remember Iron Man coming out in 2008. We even remember the X-Men movies in which most eyes kicked off the golden age of super hero movies. How soon we forget about the man they called Blade and his movie back in 1998. While it and its accompanying sequels were more straight action films, Blade proved that comic books could make for good movies when treated seriously. It’s not much of a wonder then that Marvel Studios has apparently been meeting with Snipes about the future of the franchise.

How can Blade fit in the MCU?

After 20 films, the MCU has established a concrete story. Tony Stark started it all when he announced himself as Iron Man. His buddy Rhodes tagged along to watch his back as War Machine. Agent Coulson found a hammer out in the middle of a desert which led to Thor. Agents of SHIELD were able to fish a man out of time for the icy grave who turns out to be Captain America.

Many movies later we see Thanos snap his fingers and erase half of humanity.

Where does this leave Blade? At the end of Blade: Trinity Blade and Drac beat the heck out of each other which led to the cops finally reaching the building. The cops always show up late but anyway, Drac respects Blade’s fight and changes into Blade to throw off cops from him. He also says that the future of vampires rests with Blade. At this point, we don’t really know what happened to Blade. Did Blade hide in the shadows until he thought his kind was safe? Did he travel far to make vampire babies?

The MCU can bring Blade into a mentor role for the younger Avengers and the other heroes in the MCU. Wesley Snipes is up there but he can still kick ass. During his time away from the world, he could’ve been training a person who is ready to take his place. Maybe his son? Maybe Hannibal King’s son? After the Avengers take out Thanos in Avengers 4, Blade and his new allies can ride in to tell the Avengers of a new threat.

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The teaser for the upcoming anime depicts behind-the-scenes footage of the animators and artists working on the film. It also contains the concept art for the costumes, characters, and a few action sequences.

Watanabe has stated that he wants to respect the original 1982 film and is in no way trying to imitate the original, Kotaku reports.

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