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Stephen Dorff in Blade Prequel?
There’s something about vampire-movies, you just have to love all that blood sucking and dark costumes.
And ok, we do know that it’s not all about the look, but still…
So, anyone liked the original Blade movie? Looks that the answer is – actor Stephen Dorff!
Believe it or not, he’s actually keen to reprise his role as Deacon Frost in a prequel spin-off to Marvel’s Blade.
Yeah, you read that correctly, the actor played villain Deacon Frost in the original 1999 vampire action movie and admits he and the film’s director Stephen Norrington have been discussing a new project which focuses on Deacon.
Blade Prequel in the Works, Norrington and Dorff Returning
Stephen Norrington, the original Blade helmer, has confirmed that he is working on a Blade prequel with Stephen Dorff (Blade, World Trade Center.)
“It will be a prequel to the ‘Blade’ movies, Deacon’s story,” Dorff previously said. “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.”
Now in an interview with Comics2Film at Mania.com exclusively, Norrington confirmed the news but said that the project is not exactly how Dorff described it, but close. He added that the Dorff came up with the idea and it “has evolved into a very interesting story.”
Wesley Snipes Jailed For Three Years
Wesley Snipes, the Hollywood action star (Blade, 7 Seconds, Demolition Man, The Marskaman…), has been sentenced to the maximum three-year sentence for not filing tax returns.Prosecutors had requested the sentence, one year for each of Snipes’s convictions, saying the star of Blade and Demolition Man had “engaged a campaign of criminal tax conduct, combining brazen defiance with insidious concealment”, telling the US District Court in Florida he failed to pay at least $2.7 million in taxes.
Snipes, 45, offered more than 25 letters from family members, friends and even fellow actors Woody Harrelson and Oscar winner Denzel Washington, attesting to his good character.
They argued he should get only probation, because all three convictions were misdemeanours and the actor had no previous criminal record.
But Judge William Terrell Hodges said Snipes exhibited a “history of contempt over a period of time” for US tax laws.
“In my mind these are serious crimes, albeit misdemeanors,” Judge Hodges said.
Affleck sharpens ‘Blade’ for big screen
Ben Affleck is reuniting with some of his “Gone Baby Gone” cohorts to bring another gritty crime novel to the big screen.
Miramax has acquired the rights to Marcus Sakey’s debut novel “The Blade Itself” which Affleck will produce with Sean Bailey. They performed the same duties on Miramax’s “Gone Baby Gone,” which Affleck also directed.
The adaptation will be written by Aaron Stockard, who co-wrote “Gone Baby Gone” with Affleck.
