Marvel are working on 2 Blade projects with Wesley Snipes
The Blade movies were pretty huge back in the day - granted they didn't date very well but Marvel are trying to change all that by bringing back ol Wesley Snipes for another movie.
The first Blade movie recently celebrated its 20th anniversary (damn I feel old) but it's still an absolute classic, albeit a bit cheesy now. If you don't remember the first movie, it was about a dude with all the strengths of a vampire but none of their weaknesses, so he can go out in the sun and all that jazz. He also protected other humans from vampires so he was a pretty decent bloke. He wore badass leather outfits and said cool shit like "The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping! There is another world beneath it: the real world. And if you wanna survive it, you better learn to PULL THE TRIGGER!" Ha. Goddamn!!
Blade was so popular it became a trilogy but let's not go into that too much because Blade II and Blade: Trinity were dogshit. But if Marvel get their hands on it, there's no telling what could happen to the vampire hunter. Marvel have brought out some epic movies (Thor: Ragnarok, Infinity War) but they've also missed the mark on occasions (Thor: The Dark World, The Amazing Spiderman, Ghost Rider) so only time will tell if they can nail a new Blade. Speaking to Vice, Snipes said he's been in talks about the new film:
There are a lot of conversations going around right now and we’re very blessed to have the enthusiasm and interest in something coming from that world again. We’ve created two projects that fit perfectly into this world and, when people see them, I think they’re only going to have a problem with deciding which one they love the most.All the main execs at Marvel and my team, we’ve been discussing for the past two years. Everyone’s enthusiastic about it, everybody gets it.
Your guess is as good as mine as to whether it’ll be Blade 4 or a new take on the character but let's just hope Snipes can still get his old ass in those leathers!
