Spike Casting Blade TV Show?

According to a scooper at SuperHeroHype Blade the TV show is now casting. When I tried to do some digging to verify it, I got nowhere.

Spike TV will adapt the successful theatrical franchise BLADE, based on the cult favorite Marvel Super Hero, as a two-hour, action-adventure, television movie in early 2006. The announcement was made by Spike TV President Doug Herzog and is Herzog’s first original scripted programming announcement since he took over the network earlier this year.

“The action-adventure genre is largely ignored in today’s television landscape, and we know it is something that our male viewers really want,” said Herzog. “Blade is a great movie franchise with an established brand that men already recognize and identify with.”

BLADE is the unforgettable legend of an immortal warrior who battles a thriving underworld of vampires seeking to decimate the human race. Half man and half vampire, Blade uses his fierce powers and skills to fearlessly battle the demonic creatures of the night and carry on a blood-drenched crusade to prevent the ascendance of vampires over mankind. The blockbuster film starred actor Wesley Snipes and spawned two sequels. Combined, the films have earned more than $400 million worldwide.

BLADE will be produced by New Line Television and Marvel Studios. David Goyer is executive producer. He penned the three screenplays for the BLADE trilogy, and produced and directed the last installment of the franchise, Blade: Trinity. I am going to be honest. Without Wesley Snipes and after the fiasco that was Blade Trinity I have low expectations for this series. The only high points are that it is SPIKE which does have some great programming and David is on board. Lets hope they go back to the roots of BLADE. The first and 2nd movies were easily two of the most kick ass movies PERIOD!