"It was quite a long haul," says Goyer of the 18-week shoot, "but you know, I had a really great experience. I loved it, I'm quite missing Vancouver."

"I was just going to write and produce. Before (producer) Lynn Harris suggested that I direct, it never occurred to me," says Goyer. "But I immediately put on my director's hat and said, 'Well, let's see how the script turns out.'"

Will there be a Blade 4?

"Wesley told me when we did the second one that he thought he only had one more in him but you never know. We'll see. I always conceived of three films and there is a definite ending to this. I don't want to cheat (by opening it up again). On the other hand if it does $150 million, then . . . we're all whores."