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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox film Blade is a superhero film and television franchise based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Wesley Snipes as Blade in the original trilogy, and Sticky Fingaz in the television series. The original trilogy was directed by Stephen Norrington, Guillermo del Toro and David S. Goyer, the latter of whom also wrote the films and served as a co-writer for the first and last two episodes of the television series. The original films and television series were distributed by New Line Cinema from 1998 to 2006.

The character was created in 1973 for Marvel Comics by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan as a supporting character in the 1970s comic The Tomb of Dracula. In the comic, Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire while she was in labor with Blade, rendering him immune to being turned into a vampire; following the release of the 1998 film Blade, the character was retroactively made into a dhampir and redesigned to match his movie counterpart. A reboot within the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is expected to be released on November 7, 2025 as part of Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Six, with Mahershala Ali in the title role.

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)
Blade	August 21, 1998	Stephen Norrington	David S. Goyer	Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, and Robert Engelman
Blade II	March 22, 2002	Guillermo del Toro		Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Palmer
Blade: Trinity	December 8, 2004	David S. Goyer		Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, David S. Goyer, and Lynn Harris

Blade (1998)

Шаблон:Main Blade grows up to become a vampire hunter, swearing vengeance on the creatures that killed his mother. He teams up with a man called Whistler, a retired vampire hunter and weapons expert.

Meanwhile, in the urban underworld, a feud is started between "pure-blood" vampires and those who had been human, but were "turned". Blade becomes aware of this and investigates further, uncovering a plot to raise the blood god La Magra, something he must stop at all costs.

Blade II (2002)

Шаблон:Main A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. "Reapers" are vampires so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won't be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade's assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires who were trained in all modes of combat to defeat Blade. They'll use their skills instead to help wipe out the Reaper threat. Blade's team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations.

Blade: Trinity (2004)

Шаблон:Main In the final installment of the series, the vampires succeed in framing Blade for the killing of a human (who was in fact a familiar being used as bait). Blade, now in the public's eye and wanted by the FBI, is forced to join forces with the Nightstalkers, a human clan of vampire hunters. Blade, Hannibal King, and Abigail Whistler go after Danica Talos, who has succeeded in locating and resurrecting Drake, also known as Dracula, the first vampire and by far the most powerful. In order to stop him, Blade has to release a virus that will wipe out all vampires, but being a dhampir, he must face the possibility of also dying as a result.

Cancelled projects

In October 2008, Blade director Stephen Norrington was confirmed to be developing a prequel trilogy to Blade, featuring Stephen Dorff reprising his role as Deacon Frost. However, by August 2012, the film rights to Blade had reverted to Marvel Studios.

In October 2016, star of the Underworld film series Kate Beckinsale stated that a crossover film between the franchises had been discussed as a sequel to Blade: Trinity with Snipes returning, but was declined because Marvel Studios had plans to introduce the character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Reboot

Шаблон:Main In May 2013, Marvel had a working script for a new Blade film. Snipes said in July 2015 that he hoped to reprise the role in any future film and had discussed this with Marvel. In 2019, Marvel Studios announced a Blade reboot set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with Mahershala Ali being cast as the title character. It is scheduled to be released on November 7, 2025.

Television

Blade: The Series (2006)

Шаблон:Main In 2006, Spike TV aired a thirteen-episode series set after the events of Blade: Trinity, with Sticky Fingaz portraying Blade, replacing Snipes. Goyer (who wrote the scripts for all three of the films and directed the third film) also created the series.

Cast and crew

Cast

Character	Films			Television series
	Blade	Blade II	Blade: Trinity	Blade: The Series
	1998	2002	2004	2006
[[Blade (New Line franchise character)|Blade Шаблон:Small]]	Wesley Snipes	Wesley Snipes Шаблон:SmallШаблон:Ref	Wesley Snipes	Sticky Fingaz Шаблон:SmallШаблон:Ref
Abraham Whistler	Kris Kristofferson			Adrian Glynn McMorran
[[Deacon Frost|Deacon Frost Шаблон:Small]]	Stephen Dorff	Шаблон:N/A
Dr. Karen Jenson	N'Bushe Wright
Quinn	Donal Logue
'Mercury'	Arly Jover
Vanessa Brooks	Sanaa Lathan
Racquel	Traci Lords
Gitano Dragonetti	Udo Kier
Eli Damaskinos		Thomas Kretschmann
Jared Nomak		Luke Goss
'Priest'		Tony Curran
Nyssa Damaskinos		Leonor Varela
Dieter Reinhardt		Ron Perlman
Asad		Danny John-Jules
'Snowman'		Donnie Yen
'Chupa'		Matt Schulze
'Scud'		Norman Reedus
Dracula / Drake	rowspan="2" Шаблон:N/A		Dominic Purcell
Abigail Whistler		Jessica Biel
Hannibal King			Ryan Reynolds
Danica Talos			Parker Posey
Dr. Edgar Vance			John Michael Higgins
Jarko Grimwood			Triple H
Asher Talos			Callum Keith Rennie
Krista Starr				Jill Wagner
Shen				Nelson Lee
Marcus Van Sciver				Neil Jackson
'Chase'				Jessica Gower
FBI Agent Ray Collins				Larry Poindexter

Crew

Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Composer	Cinematographer	Editor
Blade	Stephen Norrington	Peter Frankfurt Wesley Snipes Robert Engelman Andrew J. Horne	David S. Goyer	Mark Isham	Theo van de Sande	Paul Rubell
Blade II	Guillermo del Toro	Peter Frankfurt Wesley Snipes Patrick Palmer		Marco Beltrami	Gabriel Beristain	Peter Amundson
Blade: Trinity	David S. Goyer	Peter Frankfurt Wesley Snipes David S. Goyer Lynn Harris		Ramin Djawadi The RZA		Conrad Smart Howard E. Smith

Reception

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office gross			All time ranking	Budget	Reference
		North America	Other territories	Worldwide	North America
Blade	August 21, 1998	$70,087,718	$61,095,812	$131,183,530	#724	$45 million
Blade II	March 22, 2002	$82,348,319	$72,661,713	$155,010,032	#558	$54 million
Blade: Trinity	December 8, 2004	$52,411,906	$76,493,460	$128,905,366	#1,036	$65 million
Total		$204,847,943	$210,250,985	$415,098,928		$164 million

Critical and public response

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Film	Critical		Public
	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Blade	Шаблон:RT data	47 (25 reviews)	Шаблон:Sort grade<section end=BladeResponse />
Blade II	Шаблон:RT data	52 (28 reviews)	Шаблон:Sort grade<section end=Blade2Response />
Blade: Trinity	Шаблон:RT data	38 (30 reviews)	Шаблон:Sort grade<section end=BladeTrinityResponse />
Blade: The Series	50% (18 reviews)	49 (15 reviews)	Шаблон:NA

Music

Year	Title	Chart positions		Certifications (sales thresholds)
		U.S.	U.S. R&B
1998	Blade: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Released: August 25, 1998 Label: TVT	36	28	US: Gold
2002	Blade II: The Soundtrack Released: March 19, 2002 Label: Virgin	26	23
2004	Blade: Trinity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Released: November 23, 2004 Label: New Line	–	68

Video games

• Blade – based on Blade, released in 2000.
• Blade II – based on Blade II, released in 2002.
• Blade Trinity - based on Blade III, released in 2004 exclusively for mobile phones.

External links

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