Blade: the spin-off trilogy?

The Blade trilogy, then: solid start, great second act, turd of a third. But now original director Stephen Norrington appears to be planning a prequel.

Talking to Comics2Film, the man who will also likely live on comic book movie fans’ crap lists for years thanks to LXG, has confirmed word first reported last year by, er, The Sunday Mail.

To whit: Norrington has an idea for a spin-off idea that sprang from Stephen Dorrf’s mind and "has evolved into a very interesting story."

But while Dorff went on record to talk about the film – or possibly trilogy – featuring his villainous Deacon from the original Blade, Norrington now says it has moved away from the idea, but is still tied to the characters: "The linkage to Blade is still big in the equation."

We’re not sure when or even if this might happen, since Norrington is busy working on his revamp of The Crow (he’ll be hoping that works, then) and the new plans are still in very tentative stages.

And it’s unlikely Wesley Snipes would return for much more than a cameo, particularly given his taxation issues and the fact that he was a big diva on the set of Blade: Trinity.

We’ll be watching this one as it develops…

Do you want more Blade-based action? Or should it retire to its coffin?