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Blade: Trinity nearly killed Marvel movies. As it turns 20, we look back at what went wrong
Digital TrendsStory by Blair MarnellImage from Digital Trends
scrn loglineAs 'Blade: Trinity' turns 20, an inside look at how the flop nearly killed Marvel's movie dreams before they even took offbeat sheet- Director David S. Goyer had to fight tooth and nail to get the studio to greenlight 'Blade: Trinity', which was originally envisioned as a much darker, R-rated affair
- The disastrous reception to 'Trinity' nearly scuttled Marvel's plans for big-screen adaptations, with execs convinced audiences had no appetite for comic book movies beyond the X-Men franchise
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Blade: Trinity nearly killed Marvel movies. As it turns 20, we look back at what went wrong
Digital TrendsStory by Blair Marnell
scrn logline
As 'Blade: Trinity' turns 20, an inside look at how the flop nearly killed Marvel's movie dreams before they even took off
beat sheet
- Director David S. Goyer had to fight tooth and nail to get the studio to greenlight 'Blade: Trinity', which was originally envisioned as a much darker, R-rated affair
- The disastrous reception to 'Trinity' nearly scuttled Marvel's plans for big-screen adaptations, with execs convinced audiences had no appetite for comic book movies beyond the X-Men franchise
call sheet
David S. Goyer, Dolph Lundgren, Marvel, Blade, Blade: Trinity, The Punisher, Howard the Duck