New Line Cinema has just released the first promotional images of Blade: Trinity, giving fans a glimpse of Jessica Biel's debut in the comic-based franchise.
Wesley Snipes returns as the day-walking vampire hunter in the explosive third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. When the Vampire Nation hatches a plan to frame Blade in a series of brutal killings, he must join forces with the Nightstalkers, a clan of human vampire hunters, in an extreme battle in which the trail of blood leads directly to the notorious vampire legend, Dracula. Jessica Biel plays Abigail, the daughter of Whistler, who inherits the vampire-slaying duties that once belonged to Blade (Wesley Snipes); and Ryan Reynolds (National Lampoon's Van Wilder) as Hannibal King, one of the Nightstalkers. Indie queen Parker Posey and WWE star Triple H also star in the film.
David Goyer, screenwriter of the first two Blade films, wrote and handled directing duties on this latest film.
While this may be the end for the Blade trilogy, there's word that a spin-off franchise is in the works starring Biel and Reynolds.
Blade: Trinity hits the big screen on August 13th.
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RE: that first picture
i said GOD DAAAAAAAAMN!
woof, jessica biel is, may i say "bootylicious?"
Quote from: C:\BRADi said GOD DAAAAAAAAMN!
amen brother
She's Purty
i saw somone watching TCM Remake today and i was reminded how incredibly good looking she was. Especially in that white tank top with the notted above the navel
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TRAILER: http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=544169
trailer in quicktime: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/blade_trinity/
biel and reynolds? i'm very skeptical.
Hmm.
Which trilogy will be crappier when all is said and done.
The SW prequel trilogy or this Blade trilogy.
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Which trilogy will be crappier when all is said and done.
The SW prequel trilogy or this Blade trilogy.
w/o a doubt that star wars trilogy prequels will be better and the first two are already better than the first two blades..........plus at least lucas tries...the blade films are full of sh*tty actors/actresses who couldn't even get jobs in made for tv films....i like the blade films ...but they are extremely ghey......and they are fun to watch like watching a rambo film........there is nothing more to it............just wesley snipes saying stupid oneliners and pseudo-goth chic evirornments and atmosphere........the SW trilogy has a whole mythology and ideas that go beyond recycled vampire garbage......
Sorry Neon.. you don't know what you're talking about... the Blade Trilogy is what it tries to be... the SW is just plain BS....
Quote from: NEON MERCURYQuote from: MyxomatosisHmm.
Which trilogy will be crappier when all is said and done.
The SW prequel trilogy or this Blade trilogy.
w/o a doubt that star wars trilogy prequels will be better and the first two are already better than the first two blades..........plus at least lucas tries...the blade films are full of sh*tty actors/actresses who couldn't even get jobs in made for tv films....i like the blade films ...but they are extremely ghey......and they are fun to watch like watching a rambo film........there is nothing more to it............just wesley snipes saying stupid oneliners and pseudo-goth chic evirornments and atmosphere........the SW trilogy has a whole mythology and ideas that go beyond recycled vampire garbage......
explain to me how hayden christensen is a better actor than wesley snipes, or natalie portman is better than jessica alba, or how "I hate the sand, it's coarse and rough, unlike your skin, which is smooth and soft" is better than blade's one-liners.
what kind of mythology is there? that the characters make vague references to shits that never happened? Blade does that too. how is the star wars garbage not recycled? double standards, no?
Well, Natalie Portman is a better actress than Jessica Alba, and Jessica Biel too, since that's who I think you were referring to, but you'd never know from watching the Star Wars movies.
The Blade movies rock, Neon, especially the second one; you must have been watching the broadcast TV versions or something.
I hated Van Wilder, but I like Ryan Reynolds. So I'm happy to see him in this.
Blade vs star wars Round 1
.... :) .......here my reasoning and more in depth for what i said earlier...
.first off the actors in star wars [for the most part] are way better than blades crew of b-listers...i'll try the basics........ wesley snipes sucks......his only other decent role was new jack city...and thats not saying much....jessica biel???.... :roll: .dont even try to come w/ thinking shes somethng...the only reason she cast is to pile in the 17 year olds to stare at her onscreen and say "damn, look at her tits!!", "oh fuck ....check dat ass out"..or "dude, i wish robin hood was a hot bitch like this".......seriously, beil is worthless.......oh boy Triple HHH.... :roll: .i dont even need to comment .but i will any way b/c the casting of him brings full circle the comic book geek and the wreslt'n geek together and there no denying that...norman reedus....he was the worst thing in blade 2.....hes a poor mans jeremy davies....posey is cool.....[b/c shes indy... :wink: ]......and props goes out to kristofferson....hes badass..........
now... i just highlighted a few of the blade crew.and if it wasnt for guiellrmo del toro [who is brilliant].this cast seems headed foer b-movie material......and the fact that del toro elevated this is proof of his talent....
as for the prequel cast....christorpher Lee right off the bat is genius ....portman is better than any female character in the blade film in terms of talent as an actress....while she may have to say horrible lines...she does it well IMO.......hayden ...um..........i ll be honest when i first saw him in the ep 1 .i thought he kind of sucked....then i saw ep2 and thought well "hes allright".then i saw shattered and thought .."hes solid"....so, i have complete faith that now knowing that he can act that ep 3 will be fine.....ewan and liam did gopdd enough of a job to me....i thought they were fine....and they are way better than snipes et al.
i will admit that sam jackson is a token character........its like lucas thogut "wouldnt it be cool to have that guy from pupl fiction as a jedi?"....
so jackson balances out the triple HHH character.......i know i am forgettign some cast member son both sides that could support of crush my agruement but.the ones that i mentioned are [collectively] better talents than the blade cast..............its a F.A.C.T.
as for the one liners.......in retrospect.i think thats a toss up......i will admit that they both have their respective ghey oneliners.....and bad dialogue........
i do have to comment on the score......dont even try to tell me that "by the numbers" techno is on par w/ williams.......
also, consider the "coolness" factor in star wars........like the dart maul fight near the end of ep 1.......seeing r2d2/c3po.....the jedi battle in AOTC...[and yes i realize that i sound like more of a geek than i already am].but these thing s matter for SW fans....there are many more stuff to consider but for times sake i refuse....or i forgot some stuff....
whats "cool" about blade ???.....is it "man, wasnt it cool when blade kicked those guys asses then whistler threw blades sunglasses and blade caught them in mid air?"........whatever....
remember though.........i am not saying the blade films suck.i think they are fine....and del toro's a pimp.........but to even try to think that they are of better quality or of a higher talent/level of filmaking than the prequels is ridiculous.....
.....i do like the blade films but they are in the same category as robocop 1, predator, and rambo.....[great solid action]..........
I love the 'Blade' movies (especially the 2nd one) so I'm psyched about this one. Biel is STEAMIN'. STEAMIN' I TELL YA ('purty' indeed lol). I'm hoping Reynolds 'comic relief sidekick' will be more Johnny Knoxville in 'Walking Tall' than Sean William Scott in 'Bulletproof Monk'. Also hoping that this isn't one of those 'part 3's that fucks over the series, I'm optimistic though
From Entertainment Weekly:
For the third and presumably final installment of Blade, screenwriter Goyer, who also penned Blade and Blade II (which earned a combined $152 million), steps behind the camera to complete what he hopes could be "the Star Wars of vampire films," he says, "a whole Wagnerian epic."
In Trinity, Snipes returns as the half-vampire, half-mortal Blade, and Kristofferson is back as his mentor, Whistler. To stop the vampire kingdom from taking over the world, they team with the Nightstalkers, a group of human vampire hunters lead by Whistler's illegitimate daughter (Biel) and the ruffian Hannibal King (Reynolds).
So what's new? This one's funny. "It's not Airplane! or anything like that," says Goyer of the roughly $60 million production. "It vacillates between being really funny, but then in the course of a single scene, it gets dark and serious." Also serious was Reynolds, who packed on 20 pounds of vamipire-slaying muscle, thanks to a personal trainer. Says Reynolds: They "just kicked my ass into fine cottage cheese pudding for about six months."
Dec. 10
So I saw Blade Trinity tonight. Let me preface by saying this: I really like the first two movies. They're fun.
The final film in the trilogy is a train-wreck. It's sad, b/c it becomes very apparent early on that Goyer just got in over his head, he doesn't have the chops to handle the action scenes, or create any kind of scope to the flick. I'm still trying to figure out where exactly the climax took place, some building or whatever I dunno.
So yeah, Parker Posey (who I can't tell if she's brilliant or awful in this-- depends on the scene) and pals resurrect Dracula so he can purify the bloodline and stuff, make the vampires stronger, but then... nothing really happens. Drake, as his pals call him, just kind of shows up and makes trouble after that. The opening act has a whole plotline about the cops wanting Blade, but that all get tossed and seems to be just a bad setup to introduce the Youngins'. Ryan Reynolds' dialogue solely consists of one-liners and insults. A few work. Biel doesn't have much to do, even her hotttttttness is subdued. Oh yeah, and Natasha Lyonne is a blind chick :?
There's not really much of a story here... God, was this horribly rushed or what? I mean, not once in this flick did we get anything close to the nutiness of the Dorff/Snipes encounters from the first flick, or any of the crazy action from the second. It's just disappointing. I'm not expecting high art, just a good time... SIGH...
And oh yeah, vampire dogs!
I liked Blade, it kind of lost me in the last act.
I really liked Blade 2, it was a lot of fun all the way through.
I was looking forward to Blade Trinity, but this is sad news.
I saw Blade 3 last night; it was complete shit. lol
I don't think i would want to see a longer version of this film, even if improvments are made. Not only were the performances bad, but even the camera work was pretty terrable. That girl was pretty hot tho. I think that was the only part of this film i enjoyed. If the directors cut contains more of that shower scene i might consider buying the dvd.
Personally, I thought the cinemtography, in parts, was gorgeous.
Let down by a poor script and a poor director.
I think Weak2ndAct pretty much hit the nail on the head.
The whole story has a distinct whiff of "who cares". There is no reason to care for any of the characters and Blade himself actually gets relegated to the sidelines... bad idea right there.
Few jokes here and there that hit their mark does not a Blade film make. The first film was almost devoid of intentional humour and it just feels out of place in the third installment.
It's just so patchy and hit&miss throughout...
If you're gonna watch it, do it in the cinema, the extra 11 minutes can not save this film so might as well get the full audiovisual experience.
Sorry about the vagueness of the review, but it's difficult to say anything more specific about the problems in the script without giving some major plot points away. Such as they are.
Oh, and a personal message to Goyer:
When Blade is doing his final standoff with the big bad, you do not, I'll say that again, you do NOT intercut it with the secondary characters fighting secondary baddies. No matter how well you've established this little cinematic trick before hand. That just ain't right.
New Line has announced the release of the 2-disc Blade: Trinity - Platinum Edition on 4/26. Separate R-rated and Unrated versions will be available (SRP $29.95 each), both of which will include a limited edition Marvel comic book. The Unrated edition will feature 10 minutes of added footage - the film will be anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS ES 6.1 audio. The R-rated edition will feature both anamorphic widescreen and full frame video, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio (no DTS). Extras will include 2 audio commentary tracks with writer/director David Goyer (including one with actors Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds), the 16-part Daywalkers, Nightstalkers and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade: Trinity documentary, a blooper reel, an alternate ending, the Goyer on Goyer: The Writer Interviews the Director featurette and more.
Snipes suing NL over 'Trinity'
Wesley Snipes is suing New Line Cinema and other producers of "Blade: Trinity" for allegedly failing to pay him his full salary and using him to promote a potential spinoff franchise involving some of the film's other actors.
Snipes' suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, seeks $5 million in damages for the salary dispute and unspecified damages for the other claims.
New Line representatives declined comment, citing the ongoing litigation. Other defendants include Avery Pix and "Trinity" director David Goyer.
Snipes' attorney, Marc Greenberg, said the defendants have failed to pay the final $3 million of Snipes' $13 million salary for "Trinity," the third installment in the series that featured him as the lead character, Blade.
The suit also accuses the defendants of trying to capitalize on Snipes' appearance in the film to promote a potential new franchise.
"The true purpose for creating 'Blade III,' " the suit claims, "was to set the stage for a planned spinoff series of movies featuring other cast member Ryan Reynolds, who plays Hannibal King in 'Blade III,' in a new series of movies about the Nightstalkers, the vampire hunters played by Reynolds, Jessica Biel and Natasha Lyonne."
Said Greenberg, "We want to make sure that the public ... understands that Mr. Snipes made his effort to keep the trilogy on track and that those efforts were not successful due to decisions made by the director and other producers."
Snipes also claims that he was denied several contractually entitled rights of approval and consultation on key elements of the film, including director and screenplay.
"The screenplay for 'Blade III' represented a significant departure from the story line of 'Blade' and 'Blade II,' resulting in reduced screen presence for plaintiff Snipes and the Blade character," the lawsuit claims. "The purpose of this reduced screen presence for plaintiff Snipes in 'Blade III' was to allow the introduction and promotion of two new characters as 'sidekicks' to the Blade character and to position those minor characters to be 'spun off' into successive motion pictures without the Blade character."
"Blade: Trinity" cost about $65 million to produce and has grossed about $125 million worldwide since its release in December.
That's what happens when you choke your director
saw this last night. agree totally with weak2nd. liked the first one, thought the second one was better and WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?!? not good, not good at all. makes me worried about batman cause some of the dialogue in this was so bad. oh well.
Quote from: MacGuffinSnipes suing NL over 'Trinity'
Wesley Snipes is suing New Line Cinema and other producers of "Blade: Trinity" for allegedly failing to pay him his full salary and using him to promote a potential spinoff franchise involving some of the film's other actors.
Snipes' suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, seeks $5 million in damages for the salary dispute and unspecified damages for the other claims.
New Line representatives declined comment, citing the ongoing litigation. Other defendants include Avery Pix and "Trinity" director David Goyer.
Snipes' attorney, Marc Greenberg, said the defendants have failed to pay the final $3 million of Snipes' $13 million salary for "Trinity," the third installment in the series that featured him as the lead character, Blade.
The suit also accuses the defendants of trying to capitalize on Snipes' appearance in the film to promote a potential new franchise.
"The true purpose for creating 'Blade III,' " the suit claims, "was to set the stage for a planned spinoff series of movies featuring other cast member Ryan Reynolds, who plays Hannibal King in 'Blade III,' in a new series of movies about the Nightstalkers, the vampire hunters played by Reynolds, Jessica Biel and Natasha Lyonne."
Said Greenberg, "We want to make sure that the public ... understands that Mr. Snipes made his effort to keep the trilogy on track and that those efforts were not successful due to decisions made by the director and other producers."
Snipes also claims that he was denied several contractually entitled rights of approval and consultation on key elements of the film, including director and screenplay.
"The screenplay for 'Blade III' represented a significant departure from the story line of 'Blade' and 'Blade II,' resulting in reduced screen presence for plaintiff Snipes and the Blade character," the lawsuit claims. "The purpose of this reduced screen presence for plaintiff Snipes in 'Blade III' was to allow the introduction and promotion of two new characters as 'sidekicks' to the Blade character and to position those minor characters to be 'spun off' into successive motion pictures without the Blade character."
"Blade: Trinity" cost about $65 million to produce and has grossed about $125 million worldwide since its release in December.
What a whiney little bitch Snipes turned into, suing because they changed the storyline? It's a "FICTIONAL story", they're entitled to write it however they want.
:saywhat:
I finally saw this and thank God for all of the bad reviews on here, because it actually came out better than I was expecting. It was fun (but agreed - pointless), Reynold's had some good lines, but flow and just interest was missing.
*SPOILERS*
My one question is, what kind of a botched, aborted ending was that? They almost make him seem possessed when he comes back to life and then the horrid V.O. of Reynold's talking about him waiting to return, while the visuals already show him on a bike riding down the road. Did that make ANY sense to anyone else?