It took a long time, in the aftermath of League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, to get Stephen Norrington back behind a movie camera. But now he's there, the lure of a new Blade trilogy could well keep him busy for some time.

Norrington directed the first film in the series (although I'd happily argue that it's Blade II that's marked the franchise's peak to date), and while he toys with a new version of The Crow, he's been talking to Comics2Film/Mania.com about a big screen Blade revival.

It was last year when Stephen Dorff first mentioned that a prequel, following the story of his character Deacon Frost, was potentially in the works. Stephen Norrington has now said that the new films have come out of Dorff's idea, and that, according to Comics2Film, the new film will be part of the existing mythology of the franchise, even if the link to Blade himself still has to be ironed out. Don't necessarily expect Wesley Snipes to feature.

Norrington is, if everything goes to plan, set to have The Crow out of the door by 2011 at the latest, and that's when he'd look to set up the new Blade movies. More news on ‘em as we get them...

Mania.com