Blade 2 is cheesy? More cheese please. I know Snipes legal troubles and onset behavior are the main reasons he won't get to play the role again but I hate the Hollywood trend of casting for "young and hot."
If it was a perfect world I'd cast Michael Jai White. I imagine he's too old for Hollywood and not bankable enough but he has the perfect skillset to play Blade. I don't know if I would do a complete reboot but they may have painted themselves in a corner after the last movie. Maybe they need to have him face a non-vampiric big bad to shake things up. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Blade Remade? > Franchise reboot may be in the works. > by IGN Staff > http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830575p1.html > October 26, 2007 - Could there be a new, reworked version of Marvel's > Blade headed to the big screen? Initially, the thought of a Blade > franchise reboot sounds kind of crazy, but when you think about it, the > first film in the series is already almost 10 years old. And with the > later films in the franchise becoming increasingly cheesy, maybe it's > not a bad idea. > > The Bloody-Digusting.com website reports that just such a move is being > plotted right now in Hollywood. A source for the website contends that > the "comic property" (we assume this means Marvel and/or the creative > team currently working on the comic) is pushing for the redo rather than > New Line, who may or may not be involved. > > Marvel is currently attempting to relaunch the Hulk franchise in a > similar fashion, which could have them feeling their oats and looking > for other stale properties to freshen up. The Blade do-over chatter > could also be fueled by the hot-as-fire vampire movie trend that just > won't let up (see Underworld 3). > > - New Line > > Blade: Trinity was likely Snipes' swan song. > > Were there a new school version of Blade launched, Wesley Snipes would > undoubtedly be replaced in the lead role. Who would you like to see fill > his shoes? And what do you think of the Blade reboot whole idea in general? >
