User blog:Booster Beetle/Why did they change Blade into an African American for the Movie adaptions?

Blade is one of my favourite Marvel characters, but as a Englishman I was wondering why did they change Blade from one of the UK's best Vampire hunting Anti-Heroes into an American when they made the movie?

If they reboot the franchise I hope they rectify this with casting some British actors like Idris Elba or David Oyelowo.