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  • Mahershala Ali has been cast as the MCU's Blade. 1 / 8

  • Ali previously played Cottonmouth on Netflix's Luke Cage. 2 / 8

    Mike Colter as Luke Cage

  • This creates an obvious elephant in the room as far as MCU continuity is concerned. 3 / 8

  • Marvel already seems eager to ignore its Netflix series. 4 / 8

  • Not that the MCU films ever really attempted to connect to the Netflix shows. 5 / 8

    Marvel Netflix Defenders

  • Luke Cage's Alfre Woodard has a cameo in Captain America: Civil War. 6 / 8

  • However, the prominence of both of Ali's roles undeniably makes this stand out. 7 / 8

  • Hopefully, Marvel doesn't ignore Netflix's successes to the point where they're forgotten. 8 / 8