Blade: the Series Update

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Spike TV has released a synopsis and images from the two-hour movie that will kick off Blade: The Series on Wednesday, June 28 at 10 p.m.

Here's how the network describes the "Pilot" episode:

"Blade (Kirk 'Sticky' Jones) sets up shop in Detroit and investigates the vampire house of Chthon. Along the way he forms an uneasy alliance with Krista Starr (Jill Wagner), a former military hero who becomes entrenched in the world of vampires while investigating the murder of her twin brother."

The movie will also introduce supporting characters Neil Jackson as Marcus Van Sciver, Nelson Lee as Shen and Jessica Gower as Chase.

For details on all the major players, including additional photos, CLICK HERE. http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...characters.htm


Guest stars in the pilot episode include Don Thompson as Uncle Pat McCallum, Bill Mondy as Detective Boone, P. Lynn Johnson as Lisa Starr and David Palffy as Fritz.

The episode was written by Geoff Johns, who serves as consulting producer on the show, and directed by Peter O'Fallon.

In other Blade notes:

* Following the premiere movie, 11 one-hour episodes will begin airing Wednesday, July 5 (10 p.m. ET/PT), with encore presentations on Wednesdays (11 p.m. ET/PT), Sundays (2 a.m. ET/PT), and Mondays (10 p.m. ET/PT).

* Johns will appear at a Blade panel at Wizard World Philadelphia on Saturday, June 3 at 11 a.m.

* Also at Wizard World Philadelphia, the aforementioned guest-star Palffy will appear with his wife, Smallville's Erica Durance, at a panel on Saturday, June 3 at 2 p.m.

* Wagner has been featured in a series of commercials for Lincoln Mercury the past year.