Blade (film)/Trivia


 * Actor Existence Failure: In a rare example of the incapacitation of a key actor doing the dirty work usually reserved for the Grim Reaper, the New Line film series is officially over as a direct result of Wesley Snipes being sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion. The reason? The deadline for New Line/Warner Bros. to produce a fourth film before the rights to the franchise reverted to Marvel Studios/The Walt Disney Company passed during this prison term.
 * Though the TV series already seemed to be an indication that the studio had no real intent to make a fourth movie, so Snipes' incarceration was likely incidental to the studio relinquishing the rights.
 * Development Hell: A prison sentence for tax evasion is holding up the fourth film. Though a reboot (specially as Marvel got the filming rights back from New Line) is always possible.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: The Cat has joined the Blood Pack. Didn't even need to become a vampire, already had the fangs!
 * The Other Darrin: Kirk Jones replaced Wesley Snipes in the title role for the television series.
 * Screwed by the Network: Blade: The Series. While it wasn't mindblowingly great, it was still a decent TV show with what you'd expect to see from something bearing the name "Blade". Sadly Spike TV didn't see it that way from the ratings and pulled the plug. Leaving the series unresolved.
 * Technology Marches On: By the time it pops up the viewers may well have forgotten that the events of the film are supposed to be happening "Now", but the high-tech, supercomputer-using vampires leaving a video tape for Blade to discover is a little quaint for any viewers watching past 2005 or so.
 * Troubled Production: Blade: Trinity was plagued with problems. Firstly, they filmed in Vancouver during a time when it was uncharacteristically rainy. Also most of Blade's scenes were filmed with Wesley Snipes' stand-in, because Snipes would stay in his trailer smoking weed all day. After he tried to choke the director and the director hired local bikers to act as his personal security Wesley Snipes avoided the set even more, and would only communicate with the crew via Post-It notes signed "From Blade". This led to Blade being Out of Focus and the Nightstalkers becoming the focus of the film.