Norrington and Dorff want Deacon Frost prequels

Here’s the latest in a trend to take a successful franchise and push it further with prequels. Apparently, director Stephen Norrington has confirmed that he and actor Stephen Dorff are indeed moving forward with a project that, is all goes well, chronicles the story of Deacon Frost in a trilogy of prequels.

Norrington directed the first ‘Blade’ and Dorff played the vampirous villain Deacon Frost in the same film. Norrington gives credit for the idea to Dorff and says the story still hinges heavily on a connection between Frost and Blade.

Personally, I’m having trouble deciding if I like this idea or not. On the one hand, I’m always in the mood for a new (well-made) vampire flick, but this seems like it may have a very real risk of being about as successful as ‘Underworld: Rise of the Lycans’.

OK, if you dig a little, you’ll probably find that I enjoyed ‘Rise of the Lycans’ a little more than the average genre fan, but still… it wasn’t a “great” movie. This is what worries me about this new project. Does it have the potential to shine, or will it just end up feeling like an afterthought to the relatively successful ‘Blade’ trilogy.

Aside from that, I found it curious that the story apparently still somehow involves Blade himself. In that case, will Wesley Snipes return to reprise his role as the day-walking vampire hunter? If not, who’ll pick up the role and will it be the same? [IMO: If they need someone to replace Snipes, they should consider Michael Jai White.]

[source: SuperheroHype, Mania.com]