With Blade, Snipes and his effortless poise transformed the tired superhero genre into something exciting, vibrant, and cool. Despite the disastrous and controversial Blade: Trinity, fans have long been clamoring for Snipes to return to the genre and join the MCU. Most expected him to make some sort of appearance in the Blade reboot currently in production, starring Mahershala Ali in the title role. But Snipes will be showing up ahead of schedule, in the most surprising way. As part of Marvel’s animation announcements at SDCC, the studio released not only a clip of the animated series Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur but also a look at its list of guest voice actors. Alongside Hamilton star Daveed Diggs and Stranger Things breakout Maya Hawke, Wesley Snipes will be voicing an undisclosed character. Could it be Blade? If Snipes is playing the Daywalker, he’ll have to tone down his performance pretty significantly. A children’s cartoon headed to the Disney Channel, Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur stars Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette aka Moon Girl, a little girl/genius who forms a bond with a red mutant T-Rex called Devil Dinosaur (voiced by animation veteran Fred Tatasciore). The 90-second clip featuring Moon Girl’s unsuccessful attempt to stop some burglars shows a playful, irreverent tone, perfect for kids 7-13. To be sure, Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur will be tonally very different from Blade and most of Snipes’s work. But the actor has repeatedly shown himself to be one of the most diverse and capable actors of our generation, as demonstrated in everything from action turns in Blade and Demolition Man to comedic roles such as White Men Can’t Jump and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything; Julie Numar. If anyone can uncover new levels in the Daywalker or can voice another Marvel Comics oddball, it’s Snipes.
