Mahershala Ali Confirms He’s Not Doing Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Mahershala Ali has confirmed that he won't be involved with Marvel's troubled Blade reboot.
The two time Oscar winner was set to star as the iconic vampire slayer, but it seems that Marvel dropped the ball on the project. According to GQ, Ali said, "If they wanted to do it, we would've done it.
" This suggests that the studio's inability to get the project off the ground was not due to any lack of enthusiasm from his end.