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The episode of What Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Blade: Trinity was Written by Mike Holtz, Narrated by Tyler Nichols, Edited by Paul Bookstaber, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
You know that scene in Ted where he’s in the bathtub trying to get Mark Wahlberg to come over because he has the Cheers DVD box set and everyone is talking sh*t about each other during the interviews? Well that’s Friday the 13th documentary Crystal Lake Memories…..but it’s also today’s video about Blade Trinity….where we breakdown a long and twisted story that involves a director hiring a biker gang to protect him from his lead actor, the possible birth of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, and multiple lawsuits. Thank goodness all this ended up producing a universally loved Blade sequel we can all enjoy for years to come. That was a lie. And this is just what the f*ck happened to Blade Trinity.
After the success of the first two Blade films, New Line Cinema had no qualms with hiring their writer, David S. Goyer to both Produce and write the next installment. In fact, they agreed to do so before Blade II had even officially released. Although, a darker pitch involving Blade III picking up after the vampires had already take over and enslaved humans was allegedly rejected for being “too dark”. Goyer has had a wild writing career in Hollywood. Some would even say his body of work is the sole proof that both greatness and tragedy can coexist inside of one man. A career that began with…of all things…Jean Claude Van Damme’s Death Warrant in 1990, would go on to include classics The Dark Knight and Dark City. But is also guilty of writing….well, Blade Trinity. Being two for two with Blade and an integral part of creating one of the earliest r rated….f*ck that….earliest overall succesful superhero films ever, made Goyer a no brainer for Blade III.
Goyer would eventually be selected as the director as well, although at the time, he had only one other directing credit to his name in 2002’s Zig Zag starring John Leguizamo and would you look at that? Wesley Snipes. You would think Snipes would be happy with Goyer’s directorial choice but we’ll have oh, so much more on that later. But I’ll give you a hint: Snipes was indeed NOT happy. He also wasn’t happy with the original choice for director, Oliver Hirschbiegel, but that didn’t matter because the director ultimately chose to direct another film instead: Oscar nominated 2004 German film Downfall, about Hitler. *Record scratch* Imagine almost not directing an Oscar nominated film to direct Blade: Trinity. And you just KNOW everyone told him he was crazy at the time. Do you think he wakes up in the middle of the night and just laughs like a school girl while an awesome wave of relief rushes over him? I would. Legend has it the director of the original Blade, Stephen Norrington, was considering returning for the third film in the franchise but wasn’t a fan of the script. Guillermo Del Toro of Blade II was considered, but then Hellboy happened and David S. Goyer was left holding the bag of wonder that was Blade Trinity.
With Wesley Snipes being a given to return as the titular character (or so we thought, more on that later), as well as his sidekick and mentor, Kris Kristofferson as Whistler, it was time to round out the cast. Starting with Ryan Reynolds as the character plucked out of the comic books and given a re-imagined story: Hannibal King. In the comics, King had first appeared in The Tomb of Dracula issue #25 in 1974. He was a private detective bitten and turned by Stephen Dorff; I mean Deacon Frost. In the comics, though bitten, he was so disgusted with Vampires that he vowed to never consume live human blood and lived off blood banks and animals. Which, ends up saving his life when he, Dr. Strange, and Blade team up to end all of the vampires on earth after Strange reads a passage from an occult book called “Darkhold”. Dr. Strange then gives King a blood transfusion, effectively making him a “neo-vampire” who doesn’t need blood to survive, but merely craves it. Then….look….A LOT happens in the comic books. But here, King is just a wise cracking, weird bearded, but still Ryan Reynolds right around the time of Amityville Horror mix of handsome and jacked and what were we talking about again I just get lost in his abs, I mean eyes. Speaking of which seem to have a lot of mascara on them in this movie? A lot of choices. A lot of choices were made on the set of Blade: Trinity.
Reynolds was at a strange place in a career that had not yet seen the likes of Deadpool or his performance in the film Buried that had garnered him so much respect for his dramatic acting abilities. He was more known for the hilarious roles he played in raunchy comedies Van Wilder and Buying the Cow. Though I will say he was underrated in the kickass and mostly unknown Finder’s Fee alongside Matthew Lillard. Just throwing out movie recommendations here.
Blade Trinity would be one of Reynolds first forays into a serious, “badass” type of character and it was….at times awkward. But still yet, there was plenty of wise-ass comedy in his role as Hannibal King. So much so that it is said a producer told Reynolds at the time, “Trust me, if they ever make a movie about Deadpool, you’re the only guy who can play Deadpool” and even sending him the copy Deadpool #2 (which hilariously references Ryan Reynolds) that made Reynolds fall in love with the character. So, basically what we’re saying is that if you don’t have butt rock Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King, delivering what were, to be fair, all timer lines like “c*ck juggling thunder-c*nt” or “horse humping b*tch”, you don’t get Deadpool.
Here, King may have had a magic tongue, definitely other ways for me to have worded that, but he did not possess the vampire abilities he did in the comics. Though he was a vampire previously after being turned by Danica Talos, before being cured by the same antidote as Blade, and ultimately joining a group called the Nighstalkers. Which Blade thought was silly as sh*t. Or was that Wesley Snipes? Who knows. More on that later.
Another member of the Nighstalkers and star of Blade Trinity is Jessica Biel as Whistler’s daughter, Abigail Whistler. Who really, really f*cking loves to listen to music while she fights vampires. Don’t worry though, this wasn’t shameless Apple Product Placement at all. As a matter of fact, Apple didn’t even loan the products to the production. Instead offering a 60% discount to have their products appear in the many, many slow motion moments of Jessica Biel kicking ass. To be fair, none of this is Biel’s fault, who looked believable and downright intimidating beating vampire ass throughout, ruining their tour. Their world tour. She went through rigorous training for the role and was quite believable amidst the slow motion shots, laser-weapons, and techno music. She had gotten so good at her handling of a bow and arrow that at one point, when directed to shoot towards a camera lens, she actually hit it, breaking a $300,000 dollar camera. A shot included in the DVD special features. Still yet, all this effort didn’t stop the marketing team from accidentally calling her Jessica Alba in one of the films advertisements. To be fair, we’ve all done it.
The aforementioned Danica Talos, who turned King after in his words he picked up in a bar and then spent “five years playing hide-and-go-suck as her little vampire cabana boy”, is played by Parker Posey who you may notice from Scream 3, or Josie and the Pussycats. Though, no one would blame you if you couldn’t make her out amidst those atrociously over-sized fake vampire teeth they had her wearing. She had a blast playing the role however, hilariously saying, “I came here to do something fun and stupid and big budget and I don’t normally get to do that kind of thing. Don’t have the boobs for it, you know? So, I’m just showing up….saying my lines….having fun with it. And Wesley isn’t”…..again….so much more on that later.
Alongside Posey, the c*ck juggling thunder c*nt himself (definitely wanna bleep those out, lol), Jarko Grimwood, played by legendary WWE wrestler Triple H. He mostly just runs around making big, not-scary vampire faces and getting made fun of. But he did an admirable enough job that the production was impressed with him, to the point they insisted more lines be added to the script for his character.
The main bad guy is of course the character of Drake, or Dracula himself, if Dracula were pulled straight out of a Creed music video (one of the bad ones) Okay, Creed didn’t deserve that. Neither did actor Dominic Purcell, but here we are.
The rest of the cast is chock full of notable faces from John Michael Higgins as Dr. Edgar Vance to James Remar, Patton Oswalt, and even American Pie’s Natasha Lyonne as Sommerfield….the Nightstalker’s blind-lady-in-the-chair.
So, with these players on the chess board, David S. Goyer crafted a story that honestly started out with an interesting premise in a Jason Goes To Hell sort of way. I mean, they both went to hell after their opening scenes, sure. But there are other similarities as well.
After a group of vampires unearth Dracula, they decide to turn the public against Blade by goading him into murdering a human on live TV. In case you didn’t get the idea, here’s a shot of Parker Posey standing on a building like Batman, filming Blade with a local TV camera the size of a Rottweiler. Because….because Blade Trinity. What makes this interesting is that it turns the public against Blade and the FBI end up raiding him and killing Whistler. Blade is so dejected in this moment he puts his sword down and allows himself to be arrested. It’s pretty heartbreaking to watch.
The Nighstalkers then break him out in what I can only surmise is supposed to be a Matrix-esque shoot out scene, and he makes fun of them for a few minutes in a very rude fashion that feels personal. Almost like Wesley Snipes was just talking about his feelings, before teaming up with them to take down Drake. Along the way, Blade shows off his dad skills and even stops a human Capri-Sun factory, before a legendary battle ensues between Blade and the shockingly badass looking final form of Dracula. Meanwhile, King and Whistler deal with the rest of the vampires, including actual vampire dogs.
Drake is so impressed with Blade’s fighting ability, he Predator-style offers a parting gift to Blade, shapeshifting himself into a doppelganger of Blade to allow him time to escape. In an alternate, unrated version of the film, this doesn’t happen. Instead, when Blade is brought in for an autopsy, his eyes awaken and he attacks the shit out of everyone, the scene ending with him standing over a scared, innocent woman. It’s dark!
In another alternate ending that’s dark for a completely different reason, we see the Nightcrawlers hunting down a werewolf in a casino. In the final shot King cocks his Looney Tunes weapon and quips, “Don’t you know fur is murder?” before firing as the screen turned black. Believe me when I tell you it makes the joke trailers in Tropic Thunder look like Top Gun: Maverick on ice. It’s haunting.
While filming this assorted box of what the f*cks there were some moments that were just as haunting for the cast and crew. Goyer would describe his time directing his second ever film as “the most personally and professionally difficult and painful thing I’ve ever been through.” And he wrote Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
Snipes allegedly wasn’t a fan of taxes, the script, or Goyer’s direction. According to actor Patton Oswalt, who says David S. Goyer agrees with him, “If you watch Blade Trinity it’s a D minus, it just doesn’t work. But if you know what they went through to get that movie made? It is an A plus. The fact that movie exists puts it above Citizen Kane”. Oswalt went on to joke that Snipes would only answer to the name Blade, as he was method acting, and would only communicate with the director via Post-it notes….hilariously signed Blade. Oswalt would also claim that Snipes would sit in his trailer smoking weed all day and would only show up on set to shoot his close ups, letting his doubles handle the rest.
It has to be noted here that Snipes denied these allegations in a 2018 interview with Vice.com where he said, “look at the source of information”. He did admit to communicating via Post-it notes to Director David S. Goyer but said he did so, “Because our whole crew was banished to another side of the island of production.”
This may or not have been a reaction to an alleged incident where Snipes threatened the director and accused him of racism, again according to Oswalt in a 2012 interview with the AV Club, who said there was a day on set where every actor was allowed to pick their clothes and a black actor who was supposed to play a “club kid”, decided to wear a shirt that said “Garbage”. I’m presuming it was the 90’s “I’m only happy when it rains”, rock band. According to Oswalt, Snipes saw the shirt and told Goyer, “There’s only one other black guy in the movie, and you make him wear a shirt that says ‘Garbage?’ You racist motherf*cker.’ Before attempting to strangle the director.
Snipes would also deny this and go a step further, saying, “If I had tried to strangle David Goyer, you probably wouldn’t be talking to me now. A Black guy with muscles strangling the director of a movie is going to jail, I guarantee you. … Did I go to jail for strangling him? Never happened.”
Oswalt went on to claim that after the event, while out for drinks, Goyer had to hire a group of bikers from a bar to provide protection to him on set the next day.
SPIN writer Chris Parry, who visited the set also claims an anonymous crew member with an executive position on the film told him that Snipes referred to Ryan Reynolds as “that cracker” for much of the set, and to Biel as “that girl”.
You may have noticed Ryan Reynolds character Hannibal King’s many ad-libs in the film, many of which were allegedly him just throwing shit at the wall (the wall being Wesley Snipes or his stand in) and having the camera pan back to Snipes lack of response. Which allegedly, the crew was doing just to try and get some kind of response out of Snipes on set. Which, you can kind of hilariously see playing out in the film once you have that knowledge.
So looking at it from the other side of the prism, while in no way justifying it….if Snipes WAS being a d*ck? It kind of led to Deadpool….right? And in turn led to him showing up in Deadpool and Wolverine which….wait a second….was that Ryan Reynolds’ way of saying ‘thank you’ for helping create Deadpool? Or am I just a motherf*cker trying to ice skate uphill?
For what it is worth, Reynolds (albeit while still promoting Blade Trinity) said it was all ‘overblown’ but did admit to Snipes method acting throughout the shoot (something Snipes has denied but everyone on set says happened), telling IGN in 2004: “It’s always overblown. My personality is the polar opposite of Wesley. I never met Wesley, I only met Blade, and he is a method actor.” He went on to say he has the “utmost respect” for that, regardless, but also admitting he wasn’t sure if he ever broke him, saying, “No, I don’t know if I ever got him to laugh, the guy’s Blade”, and “It was a challenging process. I’ve never experienced anything like that.” Also mentioning that the ad libbed line, “you might want to try blinking once in a while”, led to Blade staring at him like “he’s gonna turn me into ass pulp”.
In the same interview Reynolds mentioned he was signed on to do a Nightstalker’s spin-off depending on the success of Blade which is….well, we know how that turned out.
Anways, on all this Goyer himself offered a diplomatic response, saying, “Let’s just say I have tremendous respect for Wesley as an actor. He used to be a friend. We’re not friends anymore. I am friends with Patton and I worked with Patton since so … I don’t think anyone involved in that film had a good experience on that film, certainly I didn’t.”. For what it’s worth Snipes also said of Goyer, “I don’t fault him. I don’t fault anybody. That’s just what it was, man.”
Anywho, it all gets worse before it gets better. While Snipes admitted in the aforementioned Vice interview that he never wanted to really make Blade III anyway, saying that the studio tried to recast the role when he didn’t want to do it; He ended up suing New Line Cinema, David S. Goyer, and executive producer Toby Emmerich seeking more than $5 million in damages. In the lawsuit, Snipes claimed that everything from the director to the supporting cast was forced upon him, he was still owed money for the film, and that he was harassed and defamed because of his race. Going back to t-shirts….Snipes also claimed that Goyer refused to discipline a crew member who wore a racially discriminatory t-shirt on the set. He claimed the defendants intentionally hired only white people for the film, which led to feelings of isolation and exclusion for Snipes.
Specifically unhappy was Snipes with the script lending Reynolds and Biel’s characters so much screen time, which he believed was done to create spin-offs for others, rather than focus on his character.
As happens so very often in these situations….the suit was settled and no details were released. In 2006, Snipes himself was sued by United Talent Agency for allegedly failing to pay commissions on his earnings.
HOLY HELL, did we cover it all? Not yet! Blade Trinity forced itself upon all of the world on December 8th of 2004. While the film failed to reach the financial heights of Blade 2, which made $150 million worldwide…..it did manage to pull in $132 million on a budget of $65 million. All this despite understandably negative reviews. We could go through all the mean things critics had to say about Blade Trinity but I’ll let the films own director and writer David Goyer explain, when he says, “I don’t think anybody involved with that film is happy with the results.”
Believe it or not, this story has a happy ending. As you know, Ryan Reynolds recruited Wesley Snipes back for one more(?) ride as Blade in Deadpool and Wolverine….and even posted on an Instagram post after the movie released that, “There is no Fox, Marvel Universe, or MCU without Blade first creating a market. He is Marvel Daddy. Please share for a Logan-like send off.” Noting that he and many other Blade fans would love to see the character be given the proper treatment in another go-round.
Snipes also admitted in his own way why he had such strong feelings during his first encounter with Reynolds, saying, I’m not tuned in that way. So, I thought, “Well, it’s a little over the top for me.” But seeing him do it in this context made a lot of sense. And seeing him do it and do it well, Ryan does something that most people can’t do. He’s unique in that way, and he’s found a fantastic niche for himself doing what he does. Deadpool is Ryan Reynolds all day long. So, it was enjoyable. It was enjoyable to work with him. It was enjoyable to revisit.”
What’s hilarious about the feel good ending to this story is that based on that quote….I’m still not sure Ryan Reynolds ever got Blade to laugh.
And that, my friends, is just what the f*ck happened to Blade Trinity. But seriously….you might want to get out of here. “I ate a lot of garlic….and I just farted.”
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A reboot of Red Sonja spent nearly fifteen years in development hell before going into production in 2022 with director M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) at the helm. Before Bassett signed on, the project had passed through the hands of directors Robert Rodriguez, Simon West, Bryan Singer, and Joey Soloway, with Hannah John-Kamen, Rose McGowan, and Amber Heard being considered for the lead role. Matilda Lutz ended up starring in the film, and while we still don’t know when we’ll get to see her version of the title character in action, a set pic has just arrived online to give us a look at a blood spattered Lutz wearing a version of the character’s iconic bikini armor. You can check it out at the bottom of this article.
Lutz has previously said that she wore the metal bikini during a sequence that takes place in an arena with lots of extras and involves her character “fighting monsters.”
Bassett directed the film from a screenplay by Joey Soloway (Transparent) and Tasha Huo (Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime). This version of Red Sonja is derived from the sword and sorcery comic books by Dynamite Entertainment, based on the character created by Robert E. Howard and adapted by Roy Thomas. Details on the plot are being kept under wraps. All we know is that Sonja is “a fearsome warrior boasting a high degree of skill with a sword”.
In the cast with Lutz (Revenge) are Rhona Mitra (Doomsday), Wallis Day (Sex/Life) as Annisia, Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy) as Draygan, Michael Bisping (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) as Hawk, Martyn Ford (F9: The Fast Saga) as General Karlak, Eliza Matengu (Thor: Love and Thunder) as Amarak, Manal El Feitury (Code Red) as Ayala, and Katrina Durden (Doctor Strange) as Saevus.
Red Sonja is being produced by Jeffrey Greenstein, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Andrea Sperling, Yariv Lerner, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, Joe Gatta, and Tanner Mobley. Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short, Luke Lieberman, Nick Barrucci, and Dorothy Canton serve as executive producers.
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A little over a year ago, Showtime announced that they were ordering a series – then known as Dexter: Origins, now known as Dexter: Original Sin – that would serve as a prequel series to their popular show Dexter, which finished its eight season initial run back in 2013, then recently came back for a new season (called Dexter: New Blood) that appeared to wrap things up, but apparently didn’t. Dexter: Original Sin went into production a few months ago, and now a first look trailer has arrived online, along with a premiere date that’s much sooner than I was expecting. The trailer can be seen in the embed above, and the premiere date is December 13th on the Paramount+ streaming service, with the Showtime premiere to follow on December 15th.
Dexter: Original Sin follows Dexter in 1991 Miami, as a student transitioning into a serial killer in training. When his bloodthirsty urges can no longer be ignored, Dexter finds solace and understanding in Harry. As his only confidant, he teaches Dexter a Code that’s designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to die—all while avoiding getting caught by law enforcement. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.
Played by Michael C. Hall in the nine seasons of Dexter, the title character is “a serial killer with a code which directs his compulsions to kill only the guilty. As a blood spatter analyst for the Miami police, he has access to crime scenes, picking up clues and checking DNA to confirm a target’s guilt before he kills them.“ Hall will be narrating this prequel series.
The cast of the show includes Patrick Gibson of Shadow and Bone (as the young Dexter Morgan), Christian Slater of Mr. Robot (as Dexter’s dad, Harry Morgan), Molly Brown of Senior Year (as Dexter’s younger sister, Debra Morgan), Patrick Dempsey of Grey’s Anatomy (Aaron Spencer, the Captain of Miami Metro Homicide who has a decades-long relationship with Harry Morgan), Christina Milian of Falling Inn Love (as Maria LaGuerta, Miami Metro’s first female homicide detective), James Martinez of Love, Victor (as Angel Batista, an up-and-coming homicide detective who leads with his heart), Alex Shimizu of The Blacklist (as Vince Masuka, a forensic analyst who eagerly shares his expertise while relishing the chance to boss around his new intern, Dexter Morgan), Reno Wilson of Mike & Molly (as Bobby Watt, the longtime partner and confidant of Dexter’s adoptive father, Harry), Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Tanya Martin, the CSI Chief at the Miami Metro Police Department and Dexter Morgan’s new boss), Joe Pantoliano of The Matrix (as Mad Dog), Brittany Allen of The Boys (as Dexter’s biological mother, Laura Moser), Randy Gonzalez of Bloodline (as Santos Jimenez), Aaron Jennings of Pure Genius (as Clark Sanders), Raquel Justice of One Day at a Time (as Sofia), Jasper Lewis of V/H/S (as Dexter’s adoptive mom and wife of Harry, Doris Morgan), Carlo Mendez of The Bay (as Hector Estrada), Isaac Gonzalez Rossi of That’s Amor (as Gio), Roberto Sanchez of Palm Royale (as Tony Ferrer), and Amanda Brooks of The Birch (as Becca Spencer, Captain Aaron Spencer’s ex-wife who shares custody of their son, Nicky).
The first season of the show is expected to consist of 10 episodes. Clyde Phillips, who served as showrunner on the first four seasons of Dexter and returned to the job for Dexter: New Blood, serves as showrunner on this new show as well. Phillips is also executive producing alongside Scott Reynolds, Mary Leah Sutton, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, and Michael C. Hall. Robert Lloyd Lewis is producing with Showtime Studios and Counterpart Studios. Michael Lehmann, who directed Slater in the cult classic film Heathers, will serve as directing executive producer. The show is being creatively overseen by Gary Levine and Urooj Sharif for Showtime Studios, with production supervised by Tara Power. It will be distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution outside of Paramount+ markets.
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The John Wick spin-off Ballerina will finally be unveiling footage to the world after extended reshoots, according to the film’s star, Ana De Armas. De Armas is currently promoting her upcoming Ron Howard film Eden at TIFF when she spoke with Collider. She teases the action film, which is set to feature cameos by Keanu Reeves and Lance Reddick. De Armas explained,
All we did in those reshoots had to be there. We got amazing footage. It’s really spectacular. A trailer is coming out soon, I’ve been told. I saw it, and it’s beautiful. I’m very proud of it. It’s really exciting. It’s dangerous, it’s sexy, it’s very John Wick. I think people are going to be surprised. I’m biased. Of course, I like the movie, but I think it’s really cool. It’s going to be amazing.”
There was a trailer that was already showcased at CinemaCon this past Spring. The trailer that was shown featured De Armas doing MMA and gunplay, much like Keanu Reeves in the Wick films. However, it is noted that the fight sequences in Ballerina are very different from the Wick movies. Here, they look “more feral and less polished.” The movie is also said to be “insanely violent.” Although it is known that Reeves has a cameo, the preview teases his appearance as a trailer stinger.
The spin-off had a long journey. First, it wasn’t related to the John Wick franchise at all, then it was rewritten to take place in the world of The Continental. The movie would also undergo reshoots or “new shoots” according to Wick franchise star Ian McShane. McShane revealed that Chad Stahelski was brought in to “protect the franchise.” In an interview, he stated, “You know, it’s like, they’ve gotta protect the franchise. We did it about a year ago. And they’ve looked at it and Chad’s come in. And they wanna make it better cause they have to protect [the franchise].”
Ballerina stars Ana de Armas as a young woman with killer skills who sets out to get revenge when hitmen kill her family. As the film takes place in the John Wick universe, it will feature appearances from several franchise characters, including Ian McShane as Winston, the owner of the Continental Hotel, the late Lance Reddick as Charon, the Continental’s concierge, and Anjelica Huston as the Director, the head of the Ruska Roma. The film will also include Catalina Sandino Moreno, Gabriel Bryne, and Norman Reedus in unknown roles.
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Sometimes, when you want a food metaphor for a video game, you reach for a comparison to fine dining. Other times you might allude toward fast food. In this instance, my trite and overused analogy is a great big buffet offering of all your favorite foods, where you just grab handfuls of everything and stuff it in…
iSometimes, when you want a food metaphor for a video game, you reach for a comparison to fine dining. Other times you might allude toward fast food. In this instance, my trite and overused analogy is a great big buffet offering of all your favorite foods, where you just grab handfuls of everything and stuff it in…
A third film in the Marvel Comics-inspired Venom franchise made its way through production last year, shutting down for several months along the way due to the Screen Actors Guild strike. Now the film, titled Venom: The Last Dance, is aiming for an October 25th theatrical release – and with that date just one month away, the final trailer has just arrived online! You can watch it in the embed above.
The first Venom was scripted by Jeff Pinker, Scott Rosenberg, and Kelly Marcel. Ruben Fleischer directed that film, which made $856 million. But then Fleischer turned his focus to making Zombieland: Double Tap and Uncharted – so Andy Serkis took over as director on Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Which was written by Kelly Marcel, working from a story she crafted with star Tom Hardy. That sequel earned $506 million at the pandemic era global box office. Serkis said he would be glad to return to the helm for a follow-up – but when Venom 3 actually did come up, he opted to focus on other projects instead. So Venom: The Last Dance marks the feature directorial debut of Kelly Marcel. She also wrote the screenplay, based (again) on a story she crafted with Hardy.
Hardy is reprising the role of Eddie Brock / Venom for this sequel, and he is joined in the cast by Juno Temple (Ted Lasso), Clark Backo (Letterkenny), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness). Official details on the new characters have not been revealed – but no, Ejiofor is not playing his Doctor Strange character Baron Mordo, since the Venom films are set in a different universe than the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
Here is the official synopsis from the studio: In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance.
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When they learned that Concord would be shutting down in as little as 72 hours, some of its biggest fans rushed to immortalize their time with the embattled Sony exclusive in a way only PlayStation players can: by earning a Platinum Trophy. The rare achievement would attest to their mastery of the short-lived hero…
When they learned that Concord would be shutting down in as little as 72 hours, some of its biggest fans rushed to immortalize their time with the embattled Sony exclusive in a way only PlayStation players can: by earning a Platinum Trophy. The rare achievement would attest to their mastery of the short-lived hero…