In what comes as no surprise, Marvel Studios’ Blade won’t be coming out on Nov. 7, 2025, rather Disney is opening 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands.
The Blade movies are arguably the first R-rated superhero set of movies.
In addition, three untitled Marvel movies are dated for Feb. 18, 2028, May 5, 2028 and Nov. 10, 2028.
Dan Tratechenberg, who directed the previous Predator movie, Prey, which went to Hulu, is back for Predator: Badlands, the latest installment starring Elle Fanning.
Predator movies, with a global take of $750.6M.
Not surprisingly, Blade from Marvel Studios will not be released in November. Instead, Disney is launching Predator: Badlands, a film from 20th Century Studios, on July 7, 2025.
Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali was cast in the reboot of the renowned Wesley Snipes Marvel film, which was first revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019. Dual industry strikes and a worldwide pandemic caused unavoidable delays in Blade’s production and development.
Two directors left the project: Yann Demange and Bassam Tariq, who was hoping to begin in the fall of 2022. Mia Goth will play the villain Lilith in the vampire slayer film. At the global premiere of her A24 film MaXXXine, she told Natalie Sitek of Deadline that Marvel “really cares, they do” about the Blade delays. Their goal is to create a fantastic film. That’s how I feel about them, and it’s pleasant. “.”.
Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel, is focused on creating the greatest Blade film ever. Until a fantastic script is written, the studio will not produce the film. Meanwhile, Snipes made a brief appearance as Blade in Marvel Studios’ Deadpool and Wolverine ($1.3 billion), the highest grossing R-rated film ever.
One could argue that the Blade films were the first superhero films to be rated R. The other two films in the trilogy, Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004), were released by New Line Cinema in 1998. The total box office receipts for the trilogy, not adjusted for inflation, came to $418.1 million.
Three untitled Marvel films are also scheduled for release in February. May 5, 2028; November 18, 2028. 10. 2028.
Dan Tratechenberg, who directed the first Predator film, Prey, which was streamed on Hulu, returns with the newest installment, Predator: Badlands, which stars Elle Fanning. It was argued that Disney wasted money by delivering Prey directly to homes, and this reversal does, in fact, show the studio’s ongoing dedication to theater in the years following Bob Chapek. The first Predator, which starred Carl Weathers and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was directed by John McTiernan, debuted in the summer of 1987. It made almost $100 million worldwide. There are six titles in the Predator franchise overall, including two Alien vs. Predator films, with a $750 million worldwide box office receipt.
