It's been fourteen years since Blade: Trinity was released and two decades since Blade hit the big screen. If Marvel Studios has any plans for the character, they'll probably be on the small screen or as some sort of reboot for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Wesley Snipes, however, remains convinced that a fourth instalment of the franchise will happen and that he's going to be able to reprise the role!
During a recent interview, Snipes claimed that he is currently working on finding a way to keep his version of the Vampire Hunter alive. "There are a lot of conversations going around right now and we’re very blessed to have the enthusiasm and interest in something coming from that world."
"We’ve created two projects that fit perfectly into this world and, when people see them, I think they’re only going to have a problem with deciding which one they love the most," he continued. Whether or not those will actually happen is another matter and Snipes went on to say that he's actually met with Marvel Studios, something that lends at least some weight to the actor's plans.
"All the main execs [at Marvel] and my team, we’ve been discussing for the past two years. Everyone’s enthusiastic about it, everybody gets it. But they got a business to run and they gotta square the things that they gotta figure out before they can get to it, I guess. In the meantime, we got a business to run and our own slate of things to do so. But the next time you see something in [Blade], mark my words: What we did before is child’s play compared to what we can do now."
Will it happen? Honestly, it sounds about as likely as Tyrese Gibson playing Green Lantern, but stranger things have happened and a Blade movie could very well be part of Marvel Phase 4 slate next year.
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