Now, less than five months later and the movie coming to Disney+, it looks like it’s singing.

It’s been no secret since its release Deadpool and Wolverine that Reynolds—once an actor It was claimed that he had a cold relationship with Snipes after working with him Sword: Three I saw such a kink unravel 20 years ago. The duo appeared on stage at San Diego Comic-Con laughing together the same day. Deadpool and Wolverine It was released theatrically, and in the days and weeks after the film’s poorly kept secret about Snipes’ cameo was revealed, Reynolds went so far as to openly campaign on Snipes’ behalf, encouraging fans to ask for another role. Knife Starring Marvel Studios’ Wesley Snipes.

“The reaction when (Wesley Snipes) walked into the movie was the most intense thing I’ve ever heard in a movie theater.” Reynolds wrote on social media: About the first shooting of Snipes in August Deadpool 3. “People’s screams of unlimited joy and love are also the voice of a legacy. More Blades please. #DayWalk. Especially a Logan-style sendoff.”

All this vocal support for Snipes was striking considering that Marvel Studios was around the same time still developing a Blade reboot movie set in the main Marvel Cinematic Universe starring Mahershala Ali; This movie has been thought to come for a long time. Indeed, more than five years ago, I was in Hall H in 2019 during the night’s mic drop, when the two-time Oscar winner took the stage wearing a Blade baseball cap alongside Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Daywalker is back and with a highly regarded new face!

Half a decade later, despite directors, writers and co-stars coming and going, the film has never been realized. Snipes even blessed him in a polite and respectful way. he said Cow Cave To Ali in 2021 “go shake it baby.”

Obviously this opportunity never arose and Marvel’s current official statement is Knife The company will even begin developing what Daywalker could appear in the MCU after officially removing the seemingly abandoned Ali version of the film from its calendar. (It was previously planned for release in November 2025.)