Wesley Snipes is currently preparing to film a movie in Atlanta 
 
 Hollywood star Wesley Snipes has been ordered by a US judge to surrender to authorities to start serving a three-year jail term for tax-related crimes. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file) (Associated Press) 
 
 U.S. District Court Judge William Terrell Hodges in Florida rejected a request from the actor's attorneys to review Snipes' sentence and grant a new trial. 'Calm and positive' 
 
 "The defendant Snipes had a fair trial; he has had a full, fair and thorough review of his conviction and sentence," Judge Hodges wrote in his decision on Friday. The time has come for the judgment to be enforced," the judge wrote in his 16-page decision. The 48-year-old star of the "Blade" trilogy and Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file his income tax returns. The actor, whose films include the Blade trilogy, was cleared of more serious fraud and conspiracy charges. Snipes' defense attorney Daniel Meachum said an e-mail to The Associated Press that he plans to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court now. Mr Meachum said that Snipes, who was in Atlanta to film a movie, remained "incredibly calm and positive". "He's wasn't angered. He wasn't bitter."
– Wesley Snipes has been ordered to report to jail to begin serving his three-year sentence for tax evasion. A judge rejected the Blade star's request for a new trial, reports the BBC. "The defendant Snipes had a fair trial," he wrote. "The time has come for the judgment to be enforced." No comment from Snipes, who was in Atlanta to film a movie, but his attorney says he'll appeal to the Supreme Court, notes AP. He doesn't expect the actor to be taken into custody for about a week and says Snipes is "incredibly calm and positive."