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Norrington, Dorff Teaming on Blade Spin-Off

July 7, 2009

The Sunday Mail reported in October of 2008 that Blade director Stephen Norrington and Stephen Dorff, who played villain Deacon Frost in the film, were working on a prequel trilogy.

"It will be a prequel to the 'Blade' movies, Deacon's story," Dorff said then, "It's a new trilogy the director has created. It will cool.

"We hope to shoot the first film next year. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake."

Norrington has confirmed the news to Comics2Film, saying the project is "not exactly how the article describes but close."

The director credits Dorff with coming up with the idea for the new project, which "has evolved into a very interesting story... The linkage to 'Blade' is still big in the equation."

The original Blade, which starred Wesley Snipes, earned $131.2 million at the worldwide box office and was followed by two sequels. Norrington hasn't directed a film since 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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COMMENTS (49)

Posted by:

Devarim12

July 6, 2009

What's the point of a blade spinoff on the villian of the 1st film?

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Kal-el

July 6, 2009

Make one with Jessica Biel Mmmmmmmm

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Slymm

July 6, 2009

This sounds interesting, but... wouldn't Stephen Dorff have aged too much by now to reprise his role? Especially for a trilogy.

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July 6, 2009

So is this a movie about Blade or about Frost. If they do this right this could be a very cool concept. Hopefully they do it more like the first 2 movies where Blade is actually the main character instead of having him as the co-star in his own movie.

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James

July 6, 2009

this could be cool. Deacon Frost was a cool character!

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D Train

July 6, 2009

The ****?

Does Goyer know about this? Did they even ask him after that Trinity ****?

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Lance Buckner

July 6, 2009

My positive response:
Definitely could be a cool movie. We'll have to wait to see if they can pull off a movie like this.

My negative response:
Oh great! More vampires.

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The Mechanic

July 6, 2009

Deacon Frost was cool, but not THAT cool. Not enough to warrant his own story. And while I would like something to make up for Blade: Trinity, this doesn't sound like a good idea, to me.

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Bouncy X

July 6, 2009

a trilogy?

so does this mean it'll follow Deacon's life and he'll in turn become a hero of sorts?

its definately a great role for Dorff, i always loved him in the first movie but yeah...hmm curious how this will play out.

and if Blade has any part it'll probably be minor, because sure there's the connection that Deacon is the one who bit his mother but considering how poorly the 3rd movie did and was received, i'm sure they sorta wanna stay away.

wouldnt be shocked if they recast Blade if he only has a tiny part.

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Frank Castle

July 6, 2009

Could be cool, the first two Blade movies were good (like II the best). I'll see it. But for now, greenlight Punisher War Journal and bring Stephenson back.