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Boss Logic Mocks Up Badass Image of John Boyega as ‘Blade’
We didn’t know we needed this. Now we know.
It’s sort of crazy that vampire slayer Blade hasn’t yet been brought back to the screen, what with Marvel characters exploding all across screens both big and small. Despite Wesley Snipes’ continued insistence that he’s still very much up for reprising the role he played three times on the big screen, it’s been 14 years since the final movie.
At this point, we’re thinking the ass-kicking daywalker will be played by a different actor once the decision is made to bring him back, and fans of the character have been fan-casting that role for many years now. Names that have thus far come up include Jamie Foxx and Idris Elba, and we can now add rising mega-star John Boyega to the list.
Based on fan demand, artist Boss Logic just whipped up and shared a concept mock-up of Boyega as Blade, and we are so here for this that it’s not even funny.
Yes. Please.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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