Greetings, bloodsuckers! ROBOGEEK here with some broadband booty for ya.

Hot on the heels of Moriarty's report that New Line is already developing BLADE 3 largely based on the strength of [disclaimer: my friend] Guillermo del Toro's BLADE 2 rough cut, we have a sneak peek at the sequel thanks to the fine folks at E.

On Monday's edition of E! News Daily (which Robo watches religiously - at least when Jules and Steve are on), there was a short behind-the-scenes segment shot earlier this summer on the Prague set of BLADE 2, with one-on-one tidbits from Wesley Snipes, Leonor Varela and Kris Kristofferson (who explains Whistler's return... sort of).

Anyway, after hoping in vain that E! Online would post the segment (dream on), I decided to brave a cease-and-desist and post it myself, armed with my trusty TiVo and PowerBook.

The clip is in QuickTime, clocks in at 1:21, and is available in two sizes/resolutions. FYI, in the interest of time/size, I made two minor edits totaling nine seconds, eliminating some extraneous material (i.e. clips of the first film).

BLADE 2 is tentatively slated to open March 22, 2002.

Oh, and watch E! News Daily weekdays at 6:30pm EST/PST. Yeah. ;-)

UPDATE:

Astute reader Badlydrawn informs us that Carlton's "Movie Nights" show in the UK has posted their nearly four-and-a-half minute behind-the-scenes piece on BLADE 2, which focuses primarily on the weapons and make-up. Unfortunately, it's in crappy RealPlayer format, but still worth checking out by clicking here.

Enjoy,

- Robogeek

P.S.: BTW, I know this has nothing to do with BLADE, but... if you've never seen ABC's "The Job," check out tonight's repeat of the "Bathroom" episode at 9:30pm EST/PST.