Disney has removed troubled Marvel movie Blade from its 2025 release schedule.According to Deadline, Disney will instead launch 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands on November 7, 2025, Blade’s prior release date.As part of Disney's release calendar update, three untitled Marvel movies have release dates: February 18, 2028; May 5, 2028; and November 10, 2028.The delay to Blade comes as little surprise given the behind-the-scenes drama it has suffered. In June, news surfaced that director Yann Demange had left the project, which will see Mahershala Ali portray the titular vampire slayer should it eventually get off the ground and into production.Marvel Studios announces Blade at Comic-Con 2019. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.Even original Blade actor Wesley Snipes poked fun at Marvel's reboot following its most recent setback, taking to X/Twitter to throw some shade. "Blade, lordylordylordy folks still lookin for the secret sauce, ridin snowmobiles in traffic, kinda rough," Snipes wrote. "Daywalkers make it look easy, don't they?"Snipes previously played Blade in the original 1998 movie and its two sequels but has been supportive of the reboot in the past. He previously commented on Ali taking the role in the forthcoming film, insisting there was no bad blood over the decision and that he doesn't feel upset about passing the baton to the actor.Ali is still attached to play Blade, but the road to releasing the reboot has been a rough one. Demange's departure was the second time someone had vacated the director's chair, as Bassam Tariq previously relinquished the role because of a scheduling conflict that came to light before the movie was due to begin shooting.A report at the time claimed that Ali was frustrated with the movie's progress, which was no doubt further exasperated by production grinding to a halt shortly after. Development on the film started to pick up when Demange came on board, but this pre-production work paused again due to the writers' strike in May 2023.