Friday, January 13, 2006

Because the last movie wasn't bad enough


Now Spike TV wants to make a TV series. Comingsoon.net has a press release from Spike TV announcing the new Blade television series.

"'Blade' is perfectly suited for Spike TV and its male viewers," says Pancho Mansfield, Executive Vice President, Original Programming at Spike TV. "The new 'Blade' promises to capture what men want to see: thrilling action and effects combined with an intelligent and highly creative story."


Also

Kirk "Sticky" Jones (Over There) has been cast in the leading role of "Blade." Jill Wagner (Monk), Neil Jackson (Stargate SG-1), Nelson Lee (Traffic, the TV mini-series) and Jessica Gower (Blurred) round out the cast for the tele-picture.

David Goyer, who wrote the screenplays for the movies, will be writing for the show.


You can read the entire press release here