Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Blade spin-off starring... Stephen Dorff?

I hope this is the ultimate in bs hype. In my opinion, the Blade franchise brought back the cool of superhero movies. It combined story and special effects that few movies could before it. In 1998, I doubt Marvel Comics expected the first film to become a three film trilogy, but it did. Despite what everyone thinks, Blade: Trinity is bad ass! The first film obviously starred Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff. Stephen Dorff, you don't know Stephen Dorff? Don't worry, no one else does either.

Dorff played the villain in the first movie and there are rumors a new movie is in development surrounding his character. It is more a prequel than a sequel; a way to see how Dorff's character, Deacon Frost, came to be. Normally we ignore rumor and hearsay when it comes to this kind of news. In this case however, the director of Blade, Stephen Norrington, also confirmed the rumor. Here's what Dorff had to say about it to The Sunday Mail:
It will be a prequel to the Blade movies, Deacon's story. 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.
Are you serious? No one knows you for anything else BUT Deacon Frost. Dorff is actually not even that bad of an actor, but who the heck is this guy's agent? Anyway. I doubt this all will happen. Marvel is holding their properties so close to the chest that I really don't see them letting go of a viable, commercially successful Blade franchise to just anyone. So we'll have to wait and see. Would you go watch a Deacon Frost focused movie?