The truth that there was going to be a Blade reboot as a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring Mahershala Ali within the title position, got here as an enormous shock when the announcement was made on the San Diego Comedian-Con again in July of 2019… however we’re arising on the six yr anniversary of that announcement, and we nonetheless haven’t seen a brand new Blade film. The closest we’ve gotten is Ali making a vocal cameo because the character on the finish of Eternals again in 2021 – and a glimpse of the character in animated kind. The third season of Marvel’s animated collection What If…? (learn our evaluate HERE) was launched by the Disney+ streaming service again in December, bringing that present to an finish. Throughout a montage within the collection finale, there was a shot of a model of Ali as Blade that imagined, “What if Blade were the Fist of Khonshu?” Or, in different phrases, “What if Blade became Moon Knight?” Artist Justin Kim drew the idea artwork for the Blade-as-Moon-Knight character, and has shared his paintings on Instagram. You possibly can test it out within the embed on the backside of this text.
In a means, this idea artwork may be taken as a preview of the Marvel Zombies animated collection, which is about to premiere on Disney+ on October 3rd. As a result of the Blade Moon Knight is a personality on that present! As will be seen on this picture:
It’s loopy that these animated photos of Blade as Moon Knight, the avatar for the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, are nonetheless the closest we’ve come to seeing Mahershala Ali as Blade, six years after it was introduced that the position was his… However that’s the way it has gone.
The Marvel Zombies voice solid contains Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Awkwafina (Shang-Chi’s finest pal Katy), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch), David Harbour (Pink Guardian), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Randall Park (FBI agent Jimmy Woo), Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop), Dominique Thorne (Riri Williams / Ironheart), Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel), and Todd Williams, voicing an unspecified character. Different characters recognized to be displaying up within the collection are Ten Rings murderer Loss of life Seller, Ten Rings founder Xu Wenwu, zombie variations of Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Emil Blonsky / Abomination, Ava Starr / Ghost, Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, Ikaris from Eternals, and Okoye of Wakanda’s Dora Milaje.
We don’t know whether or not or not Mahershala Ali has supplied the voice of Blade for Marvel Zombies. We do know that his face was used for the Moon Knight Blade design for What If…? season 3, as a result of the idea artwork will be seen proper right here:
