BLADE Spin-Off Prequel Trilogy has been Confirmed

Ranted: July 6, 09 * Comments(7) - By Venkman

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Whose ready for a Blade spin-off prequel!? This news actually broke in October of last year but has recently received confirmation. The director of the original Blade, Steven Norrington is team up once again with Stephen Dorff who played the villain in the first movie, Deacon Frost. The plan is to develop it as a prequel trilogy. Dorff has said:

“It will be a prequel to the ‘Blade’ movies, Deacon’s story. It’s a new trilogy the director has created. It will be cool. We hope to shoot the first film next year. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake.”

Now mania.com is confirming the the project is going to move  forward right after Norrington finishes up the reboot of The Crow which shouldn’t be happening in the first place. The director also says that Dorff is the guy that came up with the new Blade project and has since turned into a very interesting story. As for Blade himself being in the story, he say’s:

“The linkage to ‘Blade’ is still big in the equation.”

It will be a decent amount of time before we see this film project actually go down, because of the directors commitment to The Crow. I’ve enjoyed the Blade films and I wouldn’t mind seeing a prequel, it worked for Underworld. Are you up for seeing a new Blade prequel spin-off trilogy?

Source: mania.com

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7 Rant-Backs so far

  1. knox on July 6th, 09

    yes why not there can be a lot more to this story if done right

  2. cclifton45 on July 7th, 09

    i feel like its a tall order to claim a full trilogy. i mean, look at the first trilogy, not that popular and sucked pretty bad. its probably going to just be the same type of mediocre movie with sub-par acting

  3. Parallax207 on July 7th, 09

    Why not just do a Nightstalkers movie?

  4. Fat_Jesus on July 7th, 09

    I never found Deacon Frost very exciting. I'd much rather see a spin-off prequel trilogy based on Blade 2, aka the best Blade. That would be great. This sounds like it'll be pretty mediocre.

  5. Mr. Black on July 7th, 09

    Norrington needs to just stop making movies!!!

  6. Robert Kelly on July 7th, 09

    I liked Deacon Frost and his roadies,..why not. Can be any worse than the crap we movie lovers ahve been gettign spoon fed for the last few years

  7. Jaimie Sinfield on August 7th, 09

    The original "Blade" (decon frost and all) was fantastic IMO, the next two were awful, I hope the prequels can recapture the feel of the first.