10 Promising Films Ruined By Changing The Director

4. Blade: Trinity

The first Blade movie was what rescued the comic book film after Batman & Robin almost buried it. And the sequel helped set the trend for comic book sequels to raise the bar higher. Blade II was directed by Guillermo Del Toro, who kept some of the same tone as Stephen Norrington€™s first film, but then upped the ante. With stunning visuals, action, and Ron Perlman playing a villain, Blade II easily became the best film in the franchise. Del Toro was supposed to direct a third Blade film. However, he had finally been given the opportunity to direct his dream movie€”Hellboy€”and so he passed. Other directors were considered, but then David Goyer, who wrote the scripts for all three films, was able to step into the directing chair for the first time. And man, does it ever show. The film is called Blade: Trinity, but you€™d be forgiven for being surprised at how small Blade€™s role actually is in this film. Goyer was so focused on throwing in new characters because he wanted to create a Nightstalkers spin-off that he forgot this movie was still supposed to be about Blade. This caused a lot of drama on the set, with Snipes and Goyer fighting a lot. Ryan Reynolds is really the only good thing about this movie, providing some much-needed humour to help ease the pain of the script and direction.