BLADE: TRINITY (2004)
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COMING SOON
Wesley Snipes returns as the day-walking vampire hunter in the explosive third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of night, with the world above unaware of the brutal ongoing war. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed -- the Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trial of blood to an ancient creature that is also hunting him ... the original vampire, Dracula.
Wesley Snipes (Blade), Kris Kristofferson (Abraham Whistler), Ryan Reynolds (Hannibal King), Jessica Biel (Abigail Whistler), Parker Posey (Danica), Cascy Beddow (Flick), John Ashker (Campbell), Steve Braun (Wilson Hale), Scott Heindl (Gedge), John Michael Higgins, Paul Michael Levesque (Grimwood), Natasha Lyonne, Patton Oswalt, Dominic Purcell (Dracula / Drake), James Remar, Callum Keith Rennie (Asher), Ron Selmour (Dex).
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
DIRECTOR: David S. Goyer (ZigZag).
WRITER: David S. Goyer.
PRODUCERS: David S. Goyer, Lynn Harris and Wesley Snipes.
CO-PRODUCERS: Kevin Feige and Peter Frankfurt.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Avi Arad.
LINE PRODUCER: Art Schaeffer.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Terence Blanchard and RZA.
DISTRIBUTOR: New Line Cinema.
FACTS
RELEASE DATE: December 10th, 2004 (USA)
BUDGET: $65 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: September 2003 -- January 2004
- Guillermo Del Toro, director of Blade II (2002) passed on this when his dream project Hellboy (2004) was greenlighted.
- An early idea by Goyer for the film was to be set many years after the events of the last film, where vampires finally had achieved world domination and enslaved all humans, with Blade being the last hope for humanity. Blade's slower aging could be explained by his vampire blood. The storyline was deemed too dark and was later dropped.
- German director Oliver Hirschbiegel had been in talks to helm this sequel, but in the end series writer David S. Goyer ended up getting the job. Hirschbiegel could no longer direct the vampire-hunting sequel due to a conflict with another film.
- Ryan Reynolds gained 25 pounds of muscle for his role as Hannibal King.
- Paul Michael Levesque (Triple H) impressed the producers with his work rate and camera presence. New Line insisted that extra lines were written to the script to make his role bigger.