It looks like Dane Whitman – the Avenger better known as the Black Knight – may have a limited part in at least one upcoming Marvel production . New information suggests that a big role in Blade previously belonged to actor Kit Harington, first introduced in Eternals . Now, after a few rewrites, it looks like Whitman and his Ebony Blade will play a minor role in the film, if at all.
Someone contacted us and said Blade made things a bit better. Things took shape, the script is leaner and meaner, the fat was cut out of it, but the script I heard was like 87 pages, like it wasn’t enough and they shaved it to the bone.
– said Jeff Sneider in a recent episode of The Hot Mic.
Sneider also added:
I heard it was cut that Blade is to be merged with Eternals and Kit Harington’s Black Knight. Black Knight isn’t really involved with Blade anymore. They can redo a few things, including maybe a daughter, was there a 14 year old girl? They can redo it.
How was the Eternals supposed to intersect with Blade ?
During one of the post-credit scenes in the film by director Chloe Zhao, Whitman (Harington) opens a chest to find a familiar heirloom known as the Ebony Blade. He is then interrupted by an off-screen voice, which has since been identified by Marvel Studios as the voice of the Daylighter (Mahershala Ali). Last year, Eternals’ head of VFX , Stephane Ceretti, confirmed that this was very intentional .
The funny thing is that my right-hand man on the show, Mårten Larsson, my additional supervisor, will soon be overseeing Blade . So I told him, ‘I’m giving you this as a gift, use it wisely and make good use of it.’ But I’m sure it will actually be even better.
The premiere of Blade is scheduled for September 6, 2024.