Kevin Patrick Walls, currently out in "Scream," has inked in blood to star with Wesley Snipes in the vampire pic "Blade" for New Line Cinema, the studio confirmed Monday.
Walls will play a immoral cop who is killed by a vampire (Stephen Dorff). Snipes plays another vampire who does battle with an evil cadre of the highly organized bloodsuckers. Pic, scripted by David Goyer, is based on a successful Marvel comic book.
Peter Frankfurt is the producer. Marvel Entertainment is exec producing.
New Line president of production Michael De Luca and senior VP Lynn Harris are the execs overseeing the project.
Walls' deal was brokered by Chris Schmidt of Writers and Artists Agency. He is repped by manager Ed Goldstone, and his attorney is Karl Austen.
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