For several years now, superhero franchises have been perceived as a safe bet to earn millions at the global box office, but a long time ago the trends were different and forming a trilogy of the same character was a real challenge. Few adaptations achieved this feat, and some that did deliver were not always able to maintain their quality for various reasons. The Blade trilogy – 88% is one of them, and after a fairly good start, Blade: Trinity – 26% was a huge disaster and a very low point in David S. Goyer’s career, just as he tells it.
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‘Blade’ was a watershed for superhero adaptations
Comics have always served as inspiration to develop films and television series in Hollywood, but as they were considered niche material, production companies had serious problems finding the middle ground between adapting them for fans and offering them to other types of viewers who They don’t know the original work. Only with trial and error was it possible to establish a certain system that changed radically with the release of Spider-Man – 89%, then with Batman Begins – 84%, and finally with the arrival of Iron Man – Iron Man – 93% and the UCM.
But before all these heroes, Blade established several points for this type of project, as it proved that a character like this could carry his own story in the cinema while maintaining an adult classification. Wesley Snipes became a very important figure for fans of the vampire hunter and the proposal began a new legacy for the character, which demonstrated the power of viewers who commit to a saga beyond the comics.
Official poster for Blade: Trinity (Source: IMDb)
When Hollywood began to notice the economic potential that these proposals really had, production companies found new options to address the genre, and in this context Blade II was released – 59%, which was a great success among fans despite not being so good. received by critics. Guillermo del Toro’s work on the sequel has been reevaluated over the years by experts, who now see this film as a clear example of the style that would bring him fame. Unfortunately, the closure of the franchise with Blade: Trinity It did not have the same effect and to date it is considered one of the worst superhero films in history.
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David S. Goyer He was involved in the Blade franchise from the beginning, as he was the one who came up with the idea in the first place and wrote the scripts with the production company looking over his shoulder the entire time. The screenwriter also worked on the story with Snipes in mind, because for him it was the only option for the character. By the time production of the third installment arrived, Del Toro had received the green light for Hellboy – 81% so it was decided that Goyer would also be in charge as director, and thus began one of the most problematic shoots in the industry.
Goyer Admits Filming ‘Blade: Trinity’ Was Truly Hell
During a podcast appearance Happy Sad Confused (via ComicBook), the screenwriter and director commented:
[Blade: Trinity] It was the worst experience of my professional career.
It was an incredibly tense experience, personally it was very difficult. I felt very depressed afterwards. You talked about one of the low points, it was definitely that this happened before the movie even came out.
Despite the bad experience, David S. Goyer still respect a lot Wesley Snipes:
Despite all that, I still think Wesley is one of the best actors of the current generation and it’s a tragedy that he’s not acting as much as… I mean, the guy’s brilliant, he was going through a lot of trouble at the time. All that tax stuff was happening right when we started and in fact on our first day of filming there was all this fuss because the IRS had placed a hold on a lot of your money and all of that was happening in the background and it was… That That’s all I’ll say about it for now, but it was a disaster.
Patton Oswalt and Ryan Reynolds, who also participated in the film, have already commented on several occasions that it was very difficult to work with Snipes because he was always aggressive and distant and did not want to do certain scenes. On the other hand, the production company intervened on several occasions to change things at the last minute and that is how Goyer ended up caught between both problems.
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2023-09-22 18:16:40
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