Celebrity News July 21, 2019
Mahershala Ali Is the New Blade!
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Marvel rocked social media Saturday at the 2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego with the surprise announcement that two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali will star in the reboot of the "Blade" series!
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View StoryAli, 45, appeared at the convention, donning a "Blade" cap and eliciting cheers.
As Huffington Post reports, this won't be Ali's first foray into superhero territory — he voiced the Prowler in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes on Season 1 of "Luke Cage."
Just announced in Hall H at #SDCC, Marvel Studios' BLADE with Mahershala Ali. pic.twitter.com/JPcrSqSerW
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The "Blade" trilogy — 1998's "Blade," 2002's "Blade II," and 2004's "Blade: Trinity" — originally starred actor Wesley Snipes.
Ali is coming off his second Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor, for "Green Book." He also has a recurring role on "True Detective."
