I like Chiwetel too. Not that it is related, but I think he is extremely versatile and plays a conflicted part well. I saw him in a movie in which he was a straight transvestite and in Children of men. He was excellent in both. I also like Djimon Hounsou for the part. He does conflicted well
Regarding Michael Jai White being old, wasn't Snipes in his late thirties when he started Blade? Also I do not think Chiwetel and Idris are that young. Of couse we know, they won't get picked. Instead we will probably get Tyresse and or someone like Usher or... Jessica Biel God... I hope not. > Tracey, > Good call on Idris Elba. He'd be a good choice. > > Chiwetel Ejiofor showed some good action hero cred in Serenity and he > definitely has the acting chops. > > As far as Michael Jai White. I was thinking of his performances in > Thick As Thieves, Undisputed 2 and the stuff from Kill Bill that > ended up on the cutting room floor. He can do the menacing tough guy > but he has a pretty good comedic touch as well and that could bring > something to the role. But it's a moot point because he's over 40 and > that's ancient in Hollywood years. > > Personally I would love to see one of the original treatments for > Blade 3 get filmed. It was the one where the vampires cause the > apocolypse in the future and the last free humans manage to use a > form of time travel to contact present day Blade in an attempt to > stop their timeline from happening. It will never be filmed but it > was a great story. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > agreed. i don't see Jai White for the role. Man, here's a a > concept: how about casting the net wide for the *best* actor, not > the actors with some kind of name recognition? One of my greatest > joys in going to the movies is seeing a completely unknown actor in a > role. Usually, we're so used to saying "Russell Crowe was great in > that role", or "Denzel Washington disappeared in that part" > or "Charlize Theron didn't even look like herself". Afte a while, > try as we might, we can never ignore the *actor* playing the role, no > matter how good he/she is. But put an unknown in and it's easier to > get into. The young lady who played Ray Charles' mother in "Ray" is > a perfect example. I'd never seen or heard of her before, yet she > gave what was an Oscar-worthy performance in my opinion, and it was > great that I didn't come in already knowing of her. > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "tetsuwanatom1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Daryle <yokozuna@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Holy Highlander! > > > > > > Why is it necessary to reboot this series? It¹s an ongoing story. > > We¹ve all > > > seen the first one. If ³Superman² has taught us nothing > > else...there¹s no > > > need to retell a story we already know. Just pick up where you > > left off > > > and keep it movin¹. > > > > It's the lesson of the revolving Bruce Waynes. Every year that > there > > was discussion of a Batman movie, the buzz generated by the > question > > of who would play the role was worth about 10M PR dollars, and > those > > crap movies needed all the PR they could get. A Blade "reboot" is > > newsier than continuing with a new actor (which is basically what > > they're doing, isn't it?). > > > > Then again, I thought Trinity was supposed to be a reboot. > > > > People mention MJ White on the Internets a lot (for a lot of > movies) > > however he isn't all that charismatic. I like him fine, I just > can't > > see him as a leading man. Blade as ass-kicking Wu-Shu expert comes > > from the movies, not the source, so we don't have to have a martial > > artist in the role. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/31/07 12:22 PM, "B. Smith" <daikaiju66@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Blade 2 is cheesy? More cheese please. > > > > > > > > I know Snipes legal troubles and onset behavior are the main > > reasons > > > > he won't get to play the role again but I hate the Hollywood > > trend of > > > > casting for "young and hot." > > > > > > > > If it was a perfect world I'd cast Michael Jai White. I imagine > > he's > > > > too old for Hollywood and not bankable enough but he has the > > perfect > > > > skillset to play Blade. > > > > > > > > I don't know if I would do a complete reboot but they may have > > > > painted themselves in a corner after the last movie. Maybe they > > need > > > > to have him face a non-vampiric big bad to shake things up. > > > > > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:scifinoir2% > > 40yahoogroups.com> , > > > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > > > > Tracey L. Minor)" <tdlists@> wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > Blade Remade? > > > >> > Franchise reboot may be in the works. > > > >> > by IGN Staff > > > >> > http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830575p1.html > <http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830575p1.html> > > > >> > October 26, 2007 - Could there be a new, reworked version of > > > > Marvel's > > > >> > Blade headed to the big screen? Initially, the thought of a > > Blade > > > >> > franchise reboot sounds kind of crazy, but when you think > > about it, > > > > the > > > >> > first film in the series is already almost 10 years old. And > > with > > > > the > > > >> > later films in the franchise becoming increasingly cheesy, > > maybe > > > > it's > > > >> > not a bad idea. > > > >> > > > > >> > The Bloody-Digusting.com website reports that just such a > move > > is > > > > being > > > >> > plotted right now in Hollywood. A source for the website > > contends > > > > that > > > >> > the "comic property" (we assume this means Marvel and/or the > > > > creative > > > >> > team currently working on the comic) is pushing for the redo > > rather > > > > than > > > >> > New Line, who may or may not be involved. > > > >> > > > > >> > Marvel is currently attempting to relaunch the Hulk > franchise > > in a > > > >> > similar fashion, which could have them feeling their oats and > > > > looking > > > >> > for other stale properties to freshen up. The Blade do-over > > > > chatter > > > >> > could also be fueled by the hot-as-fire vampire movie trend > > that > > > > just > > > >> > won't let up (see Underworld 3). > > > >> > > > > >> > - New Line > > > >> > > > > >> > Blade: Trinity was likely Snipes' swan song. > > > >> > > > > >> > Were there a new school version of Blade launched, Wesley > > Snipes > > > > would > > > >> > undoubtedly be replaced in the lead role. Who would you like > > to see > > > > fill > > > >> > his shoes? And what do you think of the Blade reboot whole > > idea in > > > > general? > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
