Blade - Series coming to Spike TV

Spike TV has given the green-light for a television series based on the Marvel half-vampire Super Hero called "Blade". The new series marks the Spike TV network's first scripted series, they have apparently ordered thirteen hours (12 episodes including a 2 hour premiere set for June 06).

"Blade" is based on a Marvel comic series featuring an immortal half-man, half-vampire warrior who fights a shadowy underworld of vampires who want to destroy the human race. The new Spike TV series is being adapted from a trilogy of films starring Wesley Snipes, however the weekly series will feature Kirk "Sticky" Jones in the leading role of "Blade" rather than Snipes. It will develop a whole new storyline and a new set of supporting characters.

According to the official press release:

Kirk "Sticky" Jones ("Over There") stars in the leading role of "Blade." Kirk Jones first became widely known as "Sticky Fingaz," the front man for the hip-hop group Onyx. He later appeared and starred in a number of feature films including Clockers, Dead Presidents and Flight of the Phoenix. Most recently, Jones appeared regularly on FX's "Over There" and "The Shield." Rounding out the series cast are Jill Wagner ("Monk"), Neil Jackson ("Stargate SG-1"), Nelson Lee ("Traffic," the TV mini-series) and Jessica Gower ("Blurred").

Acclaimed screenwriter and executive producer David S. Goyer ("Blade" trilogy and "Batman Begins") and popular comic book writer Geoff Johns who worked on the "Blade" tele-movie, have also signed on for the series production. The tele-movie is directed by Peter O'Fallon ("Suicide Kings," "American Gothic").

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