For a little while there was hope for another Blade. The talk was that Trinity was not so well received and the idea for the spin of series of Nightwalkers was scrapped. Oh joy we thought, a return to the real Blade. Perhaps not now thanks to Wesley Snipes if this story from Comic Book Movie is indeed true.
Blade star Wesley Snipes reportedly is suing New Line Cinema for $5 million, alleging the studio didnt live up to its contract to give him final say on the screenplay and director choice for Blade: Trinity (a swipe at David Goyer). Snipes also says that the studio owes him $3.6 million of a promised $13 million up-front fee, according to E! Online.
Bad news indeed, if that is true then there would be enough bad blood there to halt any vampire, or vampire killer, in their tracks. No more Blade from there on I would think. Not with New Line anyway. What does he think he’s doing, and what would it achieve? If he could negotiate another Blade, then negotiate on the poor returns of Trinity and say it was because his involvement was lesser and he needs more control again, surely that would be a better ending than more cash and a embittered studio?
