10 Thrilling Predictions For Blade In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

10. Blade Will Fight Dracula In A Sequel

Dracula is one of Blade’s signature villains in the comics, serving as a recurring adversary for the vampire hunter. Based on his status in both Marvel comics and pop culture, Dracula will arrive to challenge Blade.

While it is risky to adapt a character who has been used so many times in various forms of media, the MCU’s adaptation of Thor illustrates how to incorporate a character with public domain origins into a shared cinematic universe and make him unique. The MCU can put their own stamp on the Dracula character by drawing from the source material of the comics.

The aforementioned Curse of the Mutants storyline provides a strong framework for a modern interpretation of Dracula. In this storyline, the X-Men and Blade team up to fight against Dracula’s son Xarus, who supplanted his father as the leader of the vampire sects.

Dracula’s warrior mindset and willingness to play nice with the good guys if the situation calls for it makes for a well-rounded villain in the vein of Loki. Incorporating elements of this storyline into a film also presents an opportunity to explore juxtaposition between Dracula’s rocky relationship with his son Xarus and Blade’s nurturing relationship with his father figure Jamal Afari.

Dracula does not have Baron Blood’s novelty or Varnae’s millennia of experience, but he is the most famous vampire of them all, and that alone earns him the right to battle with Blade on the big screen one more time.