Marvel's upcoming BLADE reboot starring Mahershala Ali is still searching for a screenwriter and a director. And today we have word that original BLADE star Stephen Dorff is not only looking forward to Marvel's reboot but he'd love the chance to reinvent his classic villain Deacon Frost.
Dorff says:
I definitely would love to reinvent that character because that character's someone who really stands [the test of time]. I still talk about [him] 20-something years later. I'm still signing Deacon Frost pictures out front today, so we'll see where it goes.
He adds:
I saw [Mahershala Ali] after it was announced and I'm happy for him. I think he'll do a great job with Blade and reinventing the franchise. It probably should've been done a while ago, but I think it's good for him. I'm sure he'll do it justice. To have such a great actor in the part of Blade for this new generation, it'll be great.
Finally, he says:
We talked about doing a Deacon Frost movie on its own at one point, me and the director of the original Blade, who is just a genius, Stephen Norrington, and it never really happened because Marvel was a new entity and Kevin Feige was kind of building this whole new universe he's built successfully. They weren't really interested in the dark Marvel movie but maybe after Joker and all this stuff, maybe it'll start to be trendy.
How excited are YOU to see Marvel's BLADE reboot? Let us know below! Meanwhile, the original BLADE followed this synopsis:
Blade, half-mortal, half-immortal is out to avenge his mother's death and rid the world of vampires. The modern-day technologically advanced vampires he is going after are in search of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in their plan to execute the human race.
The original 1997 adaptation was directed by Stephen Norrington (THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) from a screenplay written by David S. Goyer based on the character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engelman, Andrew J. Horne, and Avi Arad produced. It starred Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, and Donal Logue. Buy it on Blu-ray HERE.