Fresh off Expendables 3, his first theatrical release since 2009’s Brooklyn’s Finest (due to his two and a half year prison sentence for tax evasion), Wesley Snipes may be reprising his role in Marvel’s Blade action franchise.

According to last year’s NY Daily News: “Wesley Snipes is set to reprise his lead role in Blade, the 1998 vampire thriller that made more than $130 million and generated two sequels. Sources close to Snipes tells us the 52-year-old actor’s comeback after being released from prison in April 2013 is ‘looking good’ and that he’ll make $3 million from this film, plus a cut of the profits.”

Considering the troubles regarding 2004’s Blade: Trinity (Wesley clashed with director David S. Goyer, due to creative differences; the film proved disappointing, both critically and commercially; and the fact that Marvel now holds live action film rights), we’ll be surprised if the franchise moves forward with Snipes. In this day and age, producers are more about rebooting franchises with hot young stars, and not with past-their-peak actors. But, hey, we’re rooting for Wesley!

Updates: At this year’s Comic-Con, here’s what Wesley Snipes told Deadline about his possible involvement in Blade 4: “The project is controlled by Marvel and we did have a really productive and a wonderful meeting and we discussed a number of things. I don’t know where it’s on their schedule at this point, that hasn’t been decided. I guess it’s still up in the air… but if we don’t to a Blade 4 or something else with Marvel, we’ll do something else.” Until we get the official word, you can catch Wesley in NBC’s upcoming TV pilot, The Player.