And You’re Still Begging… | The Harsh Business Reality of Black Characters

Mahershala Ali was under contract to play Blade for 7 years and Marvel never made the movie. Wonder Man got renewed, then cancelled anyway. The conversation happening about black characters in superhero film is mostly missing the point. Three harsh realities about legacy chasing, ownership, and character craft, from an independent publisher who built his own universe and sold hundreds of thousands of books.