After a trio of big-screen outings, Marvel Comics’ Blade is officially headed for the tube. Spike TV confirmed reports that it is producing a two-hour Blade telepic, it’s first scripted original project. The live-action New Line Television production is scheduled to air this June and may lead to a regular series order.
Actor/recording artist Kirk “Sticky Fingaz” Jones (Over There) will take over the title role originated by Wesley Snipes in the theatrical features. Blade is a sword-wielding half-vampire who battles evil blood suckers out to dominate the world. Jill Wagner, Neil Jackson, Nelson Lee and Jessica Gower will also star.
Returning from the film trilogy is scribe David S. Goyer, who will exec produce the new TV movie, which he co-wrote with comic-book author Geoff Johns. A superhero specialist, Goyer scripted Warner Bros. Batman Begins and is working on a screenplay for the studio’s big-screen adaptation of DC Comics’ The Flash.
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