Blade: Trinity (2004)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003 - 2004
Running Times:
Format: colour     2.35:1
Ratio:
Sound: DTS     Dolby Digital     SDDS

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New Line Cinema / Shawn Danielle Productions Ltd / Marvel Enterprises
Executive Producer: Avi Arad
Producers: David S. Goyer, Lynn Harris, Wesley Snipes
Co-Producers: Kevin Feige, Peter Frankfurt
Line Producer: Art Schaeffer
Production Manager: George A. Grieve
Production Coordinator: Nancy Carrow

SCRIPT
Script: David S. Goyer
Characters: Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan

DIRECTION
Director: David S. Goyer
2nd Unit Director: Eddie Perez
Action Director: Vic Armstrong
1st Assistant Director: Pete Whyte
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: David Markowitz
3rd Assistant Director: Lori K. Peterson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Gabriel Beristain
2nd Unit Director Of Photography: Attila Szalay
Camera Operators: Gary Viola, Mark Chow, Dale H. Jahraus
Steadicam Operator: Craig Fikse
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Marco Ciccone
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Camera: Matthew Tichenor, Rusty Deluce
Assistant Camera: Vanessa Andrascik
Wescam Technician: Steven J. Winslow
Electrician: George Ramage
Best Boy: Chris Cochrane
Stills: Diyah Pera
Digital Video Assist Operator: Lance White
Playback Animator: Peter Ruttan
Colour Timer: Jim Passon
Senior Digital Film Colourist: Jill Bogdanowicz
Digital Transfers: Claudio Sepulveda
Telecine Assistant: Rhonda Blewett

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Conrad Smart, Howard E. Smith
Video Editor: Kirk Moses
Assistant Editors: Mindy Elliott, Seth Clark
Post Production Supervisor: Sara Romilly

MUSIC
Music: Ramin Djawadi, RZA
Conductor / Orchestrator: Stephen Coleman
Music Supervisor: George Drakoulis
Music Executive: Bob Bowen
Music Designers: Machine Head
Music Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson
Music Preparation: Robert Puff
Music Score Programmer: Clay Duncan

SOUND
Sound: Oscar Mitt
Sound Mixer: Patrick Ramsay
Boom Operator: Dave Griffiths
ADR Recordist: Mark Hensley
Sound Effects Editor: Piero Mura
Foley Supervisor: John Joseph Thomas
Sound Assistant: Naan Spiess

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up Department Head: Lisa Love
2nd Unit Make Up: Sydney Silvert
Assistant Make Up: Hayley Miller
Key Hair: Anji Bemben
Hair For Wesley Snipes: Clifford Booker
Costume Designer: Laura Jean Shannon
Los Angeles Costume Supervisor: Faye Sevilla
2nd Unit Costume Set Supervisor: Dawn Climie
Costumers: Andre Brouwer, Michelle Hunter
Set Costumers: Lee Sollenberger, Luisa Dalmagro
Wardrobe Supervisor: Alison Penhall

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Make Up Effects Supervisor: Mike Elizalde
Special Make Up Effects: Bill Terezakis, Ryan Nicholson, Yoichi Art Sakamoto
Dead Body Production: Christ Stanley
Dental Prosthetics: Gary Archer
Personal Tattoo Artist for Blade Doubles: Shauna Magrath

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Make Up and Creature Effects Supervisor: Brian Walsh
Special Effects Coordinator: Rory Cutler
Special Effects Foreman: Wayne Szybunka
Special Effects Technician: Derek Heselton
Special Effects Buyer: Cara E. Anderson
Special Effects Assistant: Kevin Stadnyk

Cinema Production Services
Production Assistant: Juliet Verni

Spectral Motion Inc
Foam Department Supervisor: Roland Blancaflor

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Joe Bauer
Visual Effects Producer: Joseph B. Conmy IV
Visual Effects Coordinator: Greg Baxter
Visual Effects: Jeff Varga
Animation Supervisor: Domenic DiGiorgio
Roto Supervisor: Tammy Sutton
Senior Digital Effects Supervisor: Reid Paul
Digital Effects Artist: Michael Cashore
Compositing Lead: Jon Heckman
Digital Compositors: Eric McAvoy, James David Hattin, Tammy Sutton
Motion Control Camera Operators: Paul Maples, Mike Leben
Motion Control Technician: Chris Paxson
Previs Supervisor: Bradley Mullennix
Assistant Previs Supervisor: Patrick Kalyn
Visual Effects Assistant: Leann Harvey
Post Productcion Visual Effects Assistant: Matt Russel
3-D Scanning: Eyetronics

Cafefx
Visual Effects Supervisor: Everett Burrell
Executive Producer: Jeff Barnes
Digital Effects Artist: Danny Braet

Digital Dimension
Visual Effects Supervisor: Benoît Girard
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Jerome Morin
Visual Effects Producer: Chris Del Conte
Production Coordinator: Taryn P. Kelly
Digital Artists: James Coulter, Jason Crosby, Travis Wade Ivy, Marion Spates
Compositor: Leandro Visconti
Digital Compositors: Daniel Rubin, Ryan T. Smolarek

Giant Killer Robots
Visual Effects Supervisor: John Vegher
Visual Effects Producers: Alex Wolbach, Meredith Meyer-Nichols
Visual Effects Coordinator: Jennifer Kinavey
Executive Producer: Amber Wong
Senior Character Animators: Bill Haller, Jamee Houk
Character Animators: Michael Huber, Miko Coedel
Animation Artist: Clint Thorne
Lead Modeller: Dylan Gottlieb
Roto / Paint Artist: Clint Thorne
Texture Artist: Kristen Borges
Lighting Technical Directors: Louis Katz, Tom L. Hutchinson
Matchmove Artists: Michael Huber, Clint Thorne
Matchmover: Leslie Brennan
Senior Technical Directors: Richard McBride, Carl Kaphan, Greg Gladstone, Tobin Jones
Technical Directors: Deb Asch, Andrew Dickinson, August Meredith, Jason Galeon, Miko Coedel
Compositor: Kevin Bell, Richard McBride, Deb Asch
Digital Asset Manager: David Zbriger
Research and Development Artist: Ian Sachs
Systems Support: Michael Garza

Pixel Magic
Digital Compositors: Brad Moylan, Kevin Struckman

Spectral Motion Inc
Key Technician: Darin Bouyssou

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Chris Gorak
Art Director: Patrick Banister, Eric Fraser
Set Designers: Cheryl Marion, Evan Webber, Sheila Millar
Set Decorator: Tedd Kuchera
Lead Set Dresser: Perry Battista
Property Master: Andy Nieman
Constrution Coordinator: Chris Claridge
Paint Coordinator: Sean Lavoie
Concept Designer: TyRuben Ellingson
Illustrator: Warren Flanagan

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Janet D. Munro
Production Accountant: Karen Eisenstadt
Key Production Assistant: Leon Thomas Braun
Production Assistants: Bart Fisher, Candice Todesco, Darren Giblin, Jason Yee, Jennifer Donoghue, Louisa Phung, Randy Kennedy, Rick Kramer, Tara Howie, Tashanna Ducharme, Zahra Karmali
Office Production Assistant: Sean Cummings
Executive Assistant To the Producers: Shayne A. Wilson
Assistant to David S. Goyer: Weatie Rosenlehner
Assistant to Wesley Snipes: Trevor Undi
Casino Technical Advisor: Howard Blank
Transportation Coordinator: Mike Sassen
2nd Unit Transportation Captain: Ryan Moroz
Construction Department Driver: Larry Tardif
Dog Trainer: Steve Woodley
Publicist: Julia Frittaion
Marketing: Kevin L. Carvell
Rights and Clearances: Cassandra Barbour, Laura Sevier

LOCATIONS
Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location Manager: Michael Young
Trainee Assistant Locations: Brandon Gowing

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinators: Ed Anders, Clay Donahue Fontenot, Eddie Perez
Assistant Stunt Coordinator: Chuck Jeffreys
Assistant Stunt Coordinator (Motorcycles): Gloria O'Brien
Fight Choreographer: Chuck Jeffreys
Stunt Drivers: John Ashker, Rob Wilton
Stunts: James Bamford, Shawn Beaton, Clint Carleton, Colby Chartrand, Alex Chiang, Mike Ching, Janina Dall, Mike Desabrais, Rob Hayter, Trevor Jones, Beverly Knight, Yuka Kobayashi, Larry Lam, Kirk McMeekan, Rick Moore, Scott Nicholson, Shawn C. Orr, Jamie Payton, Darryl Quon, James Ralph, Dan Rizzuto, Jeffrey C. Robinson, Jeff Sanca, Darren Shahlavi, Rob Wilton
Stunt Double For Wesley Snipes: Clay Donahue Fontenot
Stunt Double For Callum Keith Rennie: Jon Kralt
Motorcycle Stunt Double For Jessica Biel: Gloria O'Brien

CASTING
Casting: Heike Brandstatter, Coreen Mayrs, Ronnie Yeskel
US Casting Associate: Caroline Liem
Extras Casting: Lesleyanne Hilts

CAST
Wesley Snipes (Blade)
Kris Kristofferson (Abraham Whistler)
Ryan Reynolds (Hannibal King)
Jessica Biel (Abigail Whistler)
Parker Posey (Danica Talos)
Cascy Beddow (Flick)
Paul Anthony (Wolfe)
John Ashker (Campbell)
Mark Berry (Chief Martin Vreede)
Eric Bogosian
Steve Braun (FBI Agent Wilson Hale)
Michel Cook (SWAT Member)
Scott Heindl (Gedge)
John Michael Higgins
Vitaly Kravchenko (Lucius)
Paul Michael Levesque (Jarko Grimwood)
Natasha Lyonne (Sommerfield)
Patton Oswalt
Haili Page (Zoe)
Dominic Purcell (Dracula / Drake)
James Remar
Callum Keith Rennie (Asher)
Ashley Scott
Ron Selmour (Dex)
Françoise Yip

PLOT SUMMARY

Blade reluctantly joining forces with two other vampire hunters from the group known as The Nightstalkers, one of them Whistler's daughter Abigail. They are in pursuit of Danica Talos who has resurrected Dracula, now undead and well and hiding under the pseudonym Drake. With Blade framed for a series of brutal killings and being hunted by the authorities, the team have only one chance to avert the coming apocalypse - they must unleash a virus that could potentially destroy every vampire on the planet.

Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Distribution Company

France
Theatrical Distributors: Metropolitan Filmexport

Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros GmbH
DVD Distributors: Warner Home Video

Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Eagle Pictures S.p.a.

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: RCV Film Distribution

Russia
Theatrical Distributors: Karo Premiere

Singapore
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros

USA
Theatrical Distributors: New Line Cinema

Australia
Rating: MA

USA
Rating: R (for strong pervasive violence and language, and some sexual content)

2003
September
23: Canada - filming begins

2004
December
8: France, Switzerland (French speaking region), UK, USA - theatrical release
9: Argentina - theatrical release
10: Iceland, Thailand, Turkey - theatrical release
15: Belgium - theatrical release
26: Australia - theatrical release
30: Israel - theatrical release

2005
January
7: Brazil, Denmark - theatrical release
17: South Africa - theatrical release
20: Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland (German speaking region) - theatrical release
21: Austria - theatrical release
28: Poland - theatrical release

February
4: Finland - theatrical release
11: Estonia - theatrical release
17: Czech Republic, Russia - theatrical release

The final hunt begins.

Blade III - working title
Blade: Kolmik - Estonian title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Blade (1998)
Blade II (2002)

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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008