Blade is just as violent as Deadpool. But because Deadpool is played by snarky white boy Ryan Reynolds he gets three movies. Blade however is Black and his Blackness is core to the identity of his character which scares the investors who convince themselves he's too edgy for mass audiences.
Cosmic MarvelMahershala Ali confirms that ‘BLADE’ has been canceled. “For whatever reason, that project isn’t for me. If they wanted to do it, we would've done it. So I have to move on, I have moved on. [Marvel] didn't want to do it, they should answer that question.” (via www.gq.com/story/mahers...)
