Blade is back, and the Marvel Zombies will find comic book and film history's toughest vampire hunter targeting them. No, Wesley Snipes is not reprising the role, nor is the still-in-development MCU reboot pending release, but a reimagined version of the character will come to life in animated form.
The Rise of the Marvel Zombies and Blade's Return
Marvel Zombies presents an alternate timeline where the zombie apocalypse spreads to the "House of Idea's" cinematic universe. Many legendary heroes passed away, but still walk the earth as flesh-eating zombies. Only a handful of heroes remain to fight and maintain the remaining fragments of civilization. Think of The Walking Dead if the Captain America and The Incredible Hulk were superpowered "walkers".
Blade will be one of the survivors, but he won't be the traditional hero from the previous movies or the Tomb of Dracula comic book—He'll be Blade Knight, an avatar of the Egyptian God Khonshu. Sound familiar?
The Blade Knight Fusion
If the animated version of Blade (voiced by Todd Williams) sounds like Moon Knight, it is because Eric Brooks, the half-human/half-vampire behind the Blade moniker, will replace Marc Spector and take up the mantle of Moon Knight. Although he'll become, essentially, the new Moon Knight, Blade will retain his established anti-heroic characterization. Expect him to combine his vampiric abilities with the powers previously vested in Spector. The fusion peripherally ties Blade to Werewolf by Night lore, as Moon Knight initially debuted in the WON comic book back in 1975. Marc Spector's Moon Knight underwent numerous changes over the decades, but bestowing Khonshu's powers to Blade represents an imaginative and unexpected shift.
The miniseries will be loosely based on the premise devised by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, who penned the original Marvel Zombies comic book back in 2005. The title comes from the humorous description of real-life "Marvel zombies," fans who refuse to buy anything other than a Marvel Comics publication and dismiss the value found in DC Comics or other publishing houses. Humor aside, Marvel Zombies will carry a TV-MA rating and will go for visceral horror and thrills rather than whimsy.
The animated Marvel Zombies will serve as Marvel's Halloween special for 2025, much like the live-action Werewolf by Night special from 2022. Marvel Zombies will air as a four-part miniseries debuting on September 24 and concluding on October 15. The miniseries will give Blade fans something to keep them clamoring for the long-delayed live-action reboot.