Tracey, Good call on Idris Elba. He'd be a good choice. Chiwetel Ejiofor showed some good action hero cred in Serenity and he definitely has the acting chops.
As far as Michael Jai White. I was thinking of his performances in Thick As Thieves, Undisputed 2 and the stuff from Kill Bill that ended up on the cutting room floor. He can do the menacing tough guy but he has a pretty good comedic touch as well and that could bring something to the role. But it's a moot point because he's over 40 and that's ancient in Hollywood years. Personally I would love to see one of the original treatments for Blade 3 get filmed. It was the one where the vampires cause the apocolypse in the future and the last free humans manage to use a form of time travel to contact present day Blade in an attempt to stop their timeline from happening. It will never be filmed but it was a great story. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > agreed. i don't see Jai White for the role. Man, here's a a concept: how about casting the net wide for the *best* actor, not the actors with some kind of name recognition? One of my greatest joys in going to the movies is seeing a completely unknown actor in a role. Usually, we're so used to saying "Russell Crowe was great in that role", or "Denzel Washington disappeared in that part" or "Charlize Theron didn't even look like herself". Afte a while, try as we might, we can never ignore the *actor* playing the role, no matter how good he/she is. But put an unknown in and it's easier to get into. The young lady who played Ray Charles' mother in "Ray" is a perfect example. I'd never seen or heard of her before, yet she gave what was an Oscar-worthy performance in my opinion, and it was great that I didn't come in already knowing of her. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "tetsuwanatom1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle <yokozuna@> wrote: > > > > > > Holy Highlander! > > > > Why is it necessary to reboot this series? It¹s an ongoing story. > We¹ve all > > seen the first one. If ³Superman² has taught us nothing > else...there¹s no > > need to retell a story we already know. Just pick up where you > left off > > and keep it movin¹. > > It's the lesson of the revolving Bruce Waynes. Every year that there > was discussion of a Batman movie, the buzz generated by the question > of who would play the role was worth about 10M PR dollars, and those > crap movies needed all the PR they could get. A Blade "reboot" is > newsier than continuing with a new actor (which is basically what > they're doing, isn't it?). > > Then again, I thought Trinity was supposed to be a reboot. > > People mention MJ White on the Internets a lot (for a lot of movies) > however he isn't all that charismatic. I like him fine, I just can't > see him as a leading man. Blade as ass-kicking Wu-Shu expert comes > from the movies, not the source, so we don't have to have a martial > artist in the role. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/31/07 12:22 PM, "B. Smith" <daikaiju66@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 <mailto:scifinoir2% > 40yahoogroups.com> , > > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > > > Tracey L. Minor)" <tdlists@> 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? > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
