"Blade: The Series" Pilot (2006)

Director:

Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

Marv Wolfman (characters)
David S. Goyer (developer)
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TV Series:

"Blade: The Series" (2006)

Original Air Date:

28 June 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Blade joins forces with Krista Starr to help her get revenge on an evil vampire who killed her fraternal twin brother.

Plot Keywords:

Interracial Relationship | Vampire Hunter | Vampire | Spin Off | Pump Action Shotgun

Cast

Sticky Fingaz	...	Blade (as Kirk 'Sticky' Jones)
Jill Wagner	...	Krista Starr
Nelson Lee	...	Shen
Jessica Gower	...	Chase
Neil Jackson	...	Marcus Van Sciver
Bill Mondy	...	Det. Brian Boone
David Palffy	...	Fritz
David Kopp	...	Zack Starr
P. Lynn Johnson	...	Lisa Starr
Don Thompson	...	Uncle Pat McCallum
Chuck Liddell	...	Graft (as Charles Liddell)
G. Michael Gray	...	Danny Milano
Quinn Lord	...	Young Zack
Val Cole	...	News Reporter
Tammy Morris	...	Tattooed Woman
Phillip Mitchell	...	Russian General
Heather Doerksen	...	Kat
Jessica Lee	...	Sherri
Zen Shane Lim	...	Waiter
Trevor Carroll	...	Westo Native
Chris Lovick	...	Lab Rat Vampire #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simon Burnett	...	Drifter (uncredited)
Maria Dimou	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Adrian Hough	...	Winston Haupt (uncredited)
Sanaa Lathan	...	Vanessa Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Daniel Patterson	...	Cop (uncredited)
Randy Quaid	...	Melvin Caylo (uncredited)
John Tench	...	Lord Verdelet (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter O'Fallon

Writing credits
Marv Wolfman		(characters)
David S. Goyer		(developer)
David S. Goyer		(writer) &
Geoff Johns		(writer)

Produced by
Ken Abraham	....	producer: documentary segments
Ari Arad	....	executive producer
Avi Arad	....	executive producer
Matthew Chipera	....	associate producer
David S. Goyer	....	executive producer
Lori Huck	....	co-producer
Geoff Johns	....	consulting producer
Jon Kroll	....	executive producer
Gordon Mark	....	producer
Aaron Miller	....	associate producer
Jim Rosenthal	....	executive producer
Daniel Truly	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Ramin Djawadi

Cinematography by
Robert C. New

Film Editing by
Lisa Lassek

Casting by
Corinne Clark
Chuck McCollum
Jennifer Page
Ronnie Yeskel

Production Design by
Eric Fraser

Art Direction by
Kendelle Elliott

Set Decoration by
Brian Kane

Costume Design by
Katia Stano

Makeup Department
Cindy Barlow	....	key makeup artist
Joel Echallier	....	special makeup effects designer
Céline Godeau	....	tattoo artist
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist
Ladan Mojallal	....	first assistant makeup artist
Tana Lynn Moldovanos	....	assistant makeup artist
Ryan Nicholson	....	special makeup effects artist
Jason Ward	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Matthew Chipera	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Larissa Ballstadt	....	trainee assistant director
Sara Irvine	....	second assistant director
Ernie Jackson	....	second unit director
John Mavrogeorge	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Kurt Bruun	....	assistant property master
Tiffany Bryans	....	props
Don Buchanan	....	property master
Allan Galajda	....	assistant art director
Michael Love	....	assistant prop master: second unit
Margaret M. Miles	....	art director: series start-up
Paula R. Montgomery	....	set buyer

Sound Department
Bill Devine	....	adr mixer
Chad Gillies	....	sound re-recording mixer
D.J. Lynch	....	re-recording mixer
Ian Nyeste	....	sound effects editor
Todd D. Reynolds	....	stage assistant
Aran Tanchum	....	foley editor
Aran Tanchum	....	foley recordist
Paulette Victor-Lifton	....	post audio supervisor

Visual Effects by
Elizabeth Alvarez	....	visual effects coordinator
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Stusios
Aaron Brown	....	digital compositor
Freddy Chavez Olmos	....	visual effects compositor (as Freddy Chavez)
Ben Funk	....	digital artist
David Langtry	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Kevin Little	....	visual effects supervisor
Joseph Ngo	....	systems administrator
Cory Shaw	....	main title designer & animator
Armando Velazquez	....	digital compositor
Doug Witsken	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Fraser Aitcheson	....	stunt performer
Nickolas Baric	....	stunts
Krista Bell	....	utility stunts
Curt Bonn	....	stunt rigging coordinator
Clint Carleton	....	stunt double
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts
Ashlea Earl	....	stunt double: Jill Wagner
Kory Grim	....	stunt rigger
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double
Ernie Jackson	....	stunt coordinator (as Ernest Jackson)
Michael Langlois	....	stunts
Paul Lazenby	....	stunt performer
Rick Moore	....	stunt double
Jennifer Mylrea	....	stunt double: Jessica Gower
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts
Efosa Otuomagie	....	lead stunt double
Matt Reimer	....	stunt actor
John Sampson	....	stunt double
Jeff Sanca	....	stunts
Chad Sayn	....	stunt performer
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunts
Hugo Steele	....	wire technician
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt performer
Clay Virtue	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Troy Bassett	....	rigging grip
Herb Crowder	....	assistant camera
Seth Hettrick	....	key rigging grip
Tony Hyland	....	grip: second unit
Ryan Purcell	....	Steadicam operator
Ryan Purcell	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Noah Richoz	....	digital imaging technician
Ted Smith	....	first assistant: second unit
Joe Waistell	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Jaye Riske	....	casting associate
Erica L. Silverman	....	casting assistant
Farrah West	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gerry Gail Endean	....	truck costumer

Editorial Department
George Manno	....	colorist
Bradley Simmons	....	editor: title sequence
Andrea P. Stilgenbauer	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Clay Duncan	....	composer: additional music score
David Klotz	....	music editor
Rob Simon	....	technical score advisor

Other crew
Jill Anderson	....	payroll accountant
Stephanie Brown	....	production assistant
Bill Burns	....	location manager
Mark Costa	....	production executive
Ainsley Dowle	....	production assistant
Dana Dubé	....	animal trainer
Joel Echallier	....	puppeteer
Dave Edmondson	....	production assistant
Joe Ferroni	....	assistant to writer
Julia Frittaion	....	unit publicist
Sterling Gates	....	writer's production assistant
Darryl Griffiths	....	assistant location manager
Kerry Hansen	....	horse wrangler
Danny Ho	....	video & computer playback supervisor
Jared Howitt	....	production coordinator
Garnett Humenick	....	production assistant
Colin Jenken	....	video/cgi playback
Brynn Kinnee	....	background coordinator
Tracy Lai	....	laboratory technician
Pancho Mansfield	....	executive
Earendil McNay	....	script supervisor
Scott Parker	....	post-production accountant
Sande Rees	....	laboratory technician
Michael Riley	....	title designer
Andrew Simpson	....	animal trainer
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Adam Targum	....	story editor
Marilyn Thomas	....	assistant to director
Matthew Tingey	....	production assistant

Sound Department
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Rob McIntyre	....	dialog editor

Visual Effects by
Richie Basilan	....	digital compositor
Trevor Strand	....	digital compositor
Patrick Thompson	....	digital compositor

Other crew
Justin Macgregor	....	key production assistant

Production Companies

• Spike TV (presents)
• Marvel Enterprises (as Marvel Entertainment) (in association with)
• New Line Television
• Phantom Four

Distributors

• Warner Bros. International Television (2006-) (worldwide) (TV)
• Spike TV (2006) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (as "Blade: House of Chthon")
• Entertainment in Video (2007) (UK) (DVD) (as "Blade: House of Chthon")
• New Line Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (as "Blade: House of Chthon")
• Pro 7 (2007) (Germany) (TV)
• VT4 (2007) (Belgium) (TV)
• Veronica (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Ronnie Yeskel Casting  casting
• SFX Studio  special make-up effects

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Spike TV

Trivia:

The name Marc Spector is mentioned as an expert on werewolves. In Marvel's Comics Universe, Marc Spector is the masked vigilante known as MOON KNIGHT. Comic book writer and Hollywood vet Geoff Johns, who also serves as series consultant and co-wrote the pilot with David Goyer has said "We'd love to have Moon Knight show up in the series"

Quotes:

[first lines]
Blade:You know what happens next.
Russian General:[in Russian] Da.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Blade (1998)

A good effort, very true to the source material

OK, first of all, for those of you who have only ever seen the movies, this rendition might not be to your liking. That being said, Geoff Johns and David Goyer wrote a very, very faithful interpretation of the original source material. Blade isn't superior to his adversaries beyond his ability to survive in sunlight and withstand silver or garlic. He is every bit as strong, fast, and agile. No more, no less.

The Blade films show an almost unrealistic version of Blade. He seems to be able to easily dispatch just about anything he fights. That's great for movie audiences who have never heard of the character, but it isn't what Marv Wolfman intended. Blade isn't indestructible, and he isn't a tank.

"Sticky Fingaz" wasn't spectacular, but he got the part right. He didn't overact, or try to make it a gangster type of role. He played it like Blade should be played. Overall, this was a pretty good pilot, and I for one am looking forward to the ongoing episodes in this series.