Wesley Snipes shocked fans when he returned to reprise the role of Blade in the MCU film Deadpool & Wolverine. Now, his character has gotten a more promising update.
What do we know about Wesley Snipes’ MCU future?
According to a new report from insider The Beyond Reporter on social media, Snipes will be back as Blade “one last time,” and will appear in either the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, or Avengers: Secret Wars. While it’s exactly unclear what his role will be, given the multiversal nature of both films, it wouldn’t be too shocking to see Blade appear and lend a hand to some heroes.
Snipes played the role of Blade as the character in the 2000s series of films. He would go on to reprise the role in Deadpool & Wolverine, a film in which made a ton of jokes about the status of Blade in the MCU overall. While a solo film starring the character was announced in 2019, the film has recently been reported to be canceled, with the character instead potentially appearing in a Midnight Sons movie.
So far, several major stars from the MCU have been confirmed to appear in the movie, including Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby’s Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright’s Shuri/Black Panther, and Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man.
More names for the upcoming movie include Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent/John Walker, Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing/Ben Grimm, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammer’s Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, Lewis Pullman’s Bob/Sentry, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm/Human Torch, David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Winston Duke‘s M’Baku, Hannah John-Kamen‘s Ava Starr/Ghost, and Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki.
Several X-Men characters are also coming back for the upcoming movie, including Patrick Stewart‘s Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen‘s Magneto, Alan Cumming‘s Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn‘s Mystique, James Marsden‘s Cyclops, and Channing Tatum‘s Gambit.
Avengers: Doomsday is set to release on December 18, 2026. Avengers: Secret Wars will release a year later, on December 17, 2026.