Blade, even before the firstX-Menmovie managed to bring superheroes into the modern age of cinema, was a successful comic book franchise. With the box office power that theMarvel Cinematic Universehas shown over the years, there has been talk of possibly bringing the vampire hunter back into the fold at some point. Wesley Snipes has expressed interest in returning to the part, but it may be too little, too late for that. So, who’s next up? How about Jamie Foxx?
Prolificartist BossLogicdecided to give us a look at what a new version ofBlade, as portrayed by Jamie Foxx, could look like. Normally, BossLogic tends to do these as a response to people who’ve been recently cast in the role, or are rumored to be in the running. In this case, BossLogic has taken it upon himself to just throw out a name that might work and show us why. The answer to that question, based on this art, is thatJamie Foxxlooks pretty awesome asBlade. This could totally work.
ThisBladeart isn’t coming totally out of left field, though. Recently, while promotingSpider-Man: Homecoming,Marvel Studios President Kevin Feigediscussed the prospect ofBlade possibly joining the MCUone day. He, and some of the other brass at Marvel Studios, like the idea, but the time isn’t right, at least not yet. But Feige does think thatBladewill make a good fit in the MCU someday.
“We think it would be cool. Someday. My tenure at Marvel started 17 years ago, and there were two things that sort of launched the modern era. One was X-Men, which was the first thing that people said, ‘Oh, there’s life here.’ But a few years before that, there was Blade. A character nobody had heard of at all, had only appeared in a few issues of Tomb of Dracula or something, turned into a big franchise. That was always a great lesson for me, where you go, ‘It doesn’t matter how well known the character is, it matters how cool the movie is.’ Which, many years later, would be the reason we do Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange. I thinkBlade is a legacycharacter now, and I think it would be fun to do something with him one day.”
As far as Jamie Foxx goes, he has really had a mixed bag of a career. He has been in Academy Award winning movies likeRay, which earned him a Best Actor Oscar. He has also starred in other acclaimed work likeCollateraland the new Edgar Wright movieBaby Driver. On the other hand, he has been in some truly bad movies.White House Downcomes to mind, but as far as comic book movies go, he was inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2as Electro. Not only was that a bad movie, but Electro was one of the worst parts of it.
Point being, Jamie Foxx definitely can deliver a great performance. He just hasn’t had the chance to deliver one in a comic book movie.Blade 4would give him the chance to do that and, it looks like it might be a good fit. The ball is in your court, Marvel. Be sure to check out the art for yourself below.
