Predators

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September 21, 2008


Some interesting news comes in this evening in the form of speculation, but it does come from Producer John Davis. What is mostly wishful thinking, could end up becoming something solid in a few years when "Arnie" gets out of office, as the producer tells Collider that "The Governor" might return for more action -- in the form of a new Predator film.

Excerpt from the entire interview :-


You were also involved with AVP and AVPR, which are two great franchises, but they haven’t been able to work as a joint franchise. When are we going to see them go separate? Or are we going to see a third AVP?

John Davis: Well, the Governor has mentioned to me that when he ceases to be Governor, if he doesn’t run for the Senate and all of that stuff, he’d like to do a movie or two again. And I don’t know, maybe we could restart the Predator franchise.


So if Arnold wanted to do it, it’s going to get made?

John Davis: Well we’d have to come up with a really good script and a really great angle on it, but Predator was the first movie I was ever involved with, so it’s always going to have a really soft spot in my heart.


So is the AVP franchise on hold for now?

John Davis: I think we’ve logically done what we could’ve done with the two AVP movies. But I think there’s something to go back to with Predator.


How do you see the character that Arnold plays to that franchise?

John Davis: I don’t know yet. But I think Predator is a great character and a great monster.


Bottomline - “AVP” is dead, but we might get another “Predator” movie after Arnold leaves office.



http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/9244/tcid/1

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/13695

[urgeok2]

i love the 1st 2 predator movies ...

i'd love to see arnold and danny glover team up..

[newb]

i love the 1st 2 predator movies ...

i'd love to see arnold and danny glover team up..

That would be pretty cool....but they best hurry up.

[Vodstok]

That would be pretty cool....but they best hurry up.
Figuratively speaking, of course...

20 years ago, danny glover was saying "im too old for this shit"...


I dont know if i trust anyone who said "AVP was a great franchise".

No, It wasnt. It Couldve been, but it wasnt. Plus, Arnie was heavy into the "PG-13 for EVERYONE" movement. With any luck, that was only because he was trying to be elected, and he has regrown his balls.

[Sick_As_Fuck]

Figuratively speaking, of course...

20 years ago, danny glover was saying "im too old for this shit"...


I dont know if i trust anyone who said "AVP was a great franchise".

No, It wasnt. It Couldve been, but it wasnt. Plus, Arnie was heavy into the "PG-13 for EVERYONE" movement. With any luck, that was only because he was trying to be elected, and he has regrown his balls.

Doesn't sound like writer caledl AVP a "great franchise" to me.

Sounds like he called "Alien" and "Pedator" two great franchises that didn't work out when combined.

[mrwhitethc]

I don't know if I could believe Arnie running around in Predator 3, this is something that should have happened 10 years ago at the most.

[_Leatha_Face_]

I don't know if I could believe Arnie running around in Predator 3, this is something that should have happened 10 years ago at the most.

ROFL!

i agree. As much as i like arnold in the first predator i just dont see him being in another. Although I am most certainly interested in seeing another predator movie.

[ferretchucker]

Bottomline - “AVP” is dead,


There is a god!

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Rumour on the Net is that classic alien movie Predator may be set for a reboot.

It is being claimed that Robert Rodriguez and his Troublemaker studios will be producing a 21st century update of the action classic for Fox.

The original Predator revolved around a crack team of Special Forces soldiers -- lead by Arnold Schwarzenegger -- who venture into the fictional Latin American Val Verde to rescue a hostage, only to run into the titular advance alien hunter, who picks them off one-by-one.

Apparently the major departure from the original will be that there will be several predators this time around.

No writers are yet involved and that Rodriguez is unlikely to direct. Obviously, none of this has been confirmed by Fox, so think of it as "rumour" for now, and take this news with a pinch of salt.

[milktoaste]

How exciting, another remake! Actually I think Robert Rodriquez is perfect for the job. I just hope that Arny atleast keeps it down to just a cameo. Sure, Arnold could probably beat me up, but he's in no shape to fight aliens, much less another class full of Kindergardeners.
If it's made, I will watch it.

[phantomstranger]

Predators are Coming July 7, 2010
Source: erc BoxOffice
April 24, 2009


20th Century Fox has already set a July 7, 2010 release date for Robert Rodriguez's Predators, which the studio promises to be "a bold new chapter in the Predator universe."

Rodriguez officially announced the project just yesterday, calling the project "a reboot of the 'Predator' series." Rodriguez previously wrote a Predator 3 that was then discarded because it was "too big."

As far as competition, Paramount has The Last Airbender scheduled for a July 2, 2010 release and Universal Pictures is eyeing July 9, 2010 for Despicable Me.

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Last Thursday we heard the news that Robert Rodriguez would definitely be involved in re-booting the Predator franchise.

The Sin City director has now gone into more detail on the project in an interview with aintitcool.com, and said that he wouldn't be directing the movie, only producing.

"The next stage is finding a writer and director to come in and work with us to bring it to life," noted Rodriguez. "The idea is that I'd produce Predators here at Troublemaker Studios, so that I can feel free to walk to the Predators soundstage, pick up a camera and co-shoot the coolest scenes."

The director went on to explain the thinking behind the reboot: "Predator is a masterpiece of the action/science fiction genre. It's been borrowed from so much in other movies and even video games (that will now probably be turned into movies themselves) that I liked the idea that we could have Predators made relatively quickly."

He went on: "What I'd like to do with it is expand on ideas I dreamt up back in the original treatment, that had really expanded on the universe both the Predators and other species live in. We'd create new otherworldly characters while not taking away from the draw our main Predator has."

Rodriguez also said the name Predators was an homage to James Cameron's Aliens -- which he felt was a "worthy follow-up to a classic."

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LATEST SCOOP :- Alex Litvak is currently penning the new draft of Predators that's to be produced by Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios for 20th Century Fox.

Litvak recently wrote Medieval for New Regency.

The reboot to the classic 80's action/horror flick Predator is being penned as a "sequel" and will follow a team of commandos who face down a mysterious race of vicious monsters.

The project is on fast-track for a July 9, 2010 release.

No word yet on who will be directing as Rodriguez is now said to not be getting behind the camera.

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In an interview with IGN to promote the recent Blu-ray release of Sin City, Rodriguez didn't name names, but said that he will be involved in the film in a producing capacity only.

"We're hiring new writers and a director and I'm going to produce it over at Troublemaker with Fox to try and reboot the series in a really great way," Rodriguez told IGN. "So I'm not sure if we're going to follow the old script or keep that title. At this point, it's still early on."

The multi-hyphenated filmmaker also revealed that the non-sequel will go back to the franchise's origins and will have little to do with the Alien vs. Predator films of the last few years.

"This is something else," he said. "This is more like the first movie, but in a new way. Just rebooting the series in a whole new way. Not a remake, but more like what they did with the Batman series. They just started over. You know? Let's just start over using a different approach to it. We'll take the character everybody loves, but let's rethink it and make it for the time. Because the first one was made 20-plus years ago. So you want to do something more updated."

There's no cast in place at this time, either, but Rodriguez said, he has "a few ideas."

[Sick_As_Fuck]

Love Rodriguez, hate Fox. Hopefully this is better than any other movie featuring the predator sans the original.

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There's a small piece on MovieHole about Arnold Schwarzenegger making a very small cameo appearance in the upcoming Predators movie.

Maybe it's just speculation on their part. They say he may appear as one of the prisoners in the 'prison camp'.

"...Robert Rodriguez is writing a part in his new "Predator" sequel (smugly titled "Predators") for 'Dutch' himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yeah, no surprise really. Anyway, what I've heard - and again, don't take this to the bank until I can get some kind of confirmation, but it would be nifty - is that cigar-chompin' Dutch may appear (and when I say appear, I mean the appearance could be as long as his cameo in the forthcoming "The Expendables" - so not much at all) as one of the prisoners in the 'Prison Camp' that the film's set in, or, the character may be reintroduced another way - say as a relative (read : father) to the new male lead. I'm thinking a deal for Arnie to appear probably won't happen overnight, but just a heads up that the wheels may be in motion for a guestie by the big guy."

So...fingers crossed?

[fuglystick]

I think the original "Predator" is underrated by the general movie public, but rightfully considered a milestone film of sorts by the horror/sci-fi/action communities. I'm curious to see the interpretation by Troublemaker Studios, as Rodriguez' style seems to be a huge departure from the original's. Then again, he is the guy behind both the "Spy Kids" franchise and "Sin City."

[scouse mac]

This promises to be good, so fingers definitley crossed

[ElGenerico]

Hopefully it's better than the last predator movie that came out in 2005.

[Noah]

I loved the first 2 Predator-only movies, as well as both AVP flicks too. So I'm interested in seeing what Rodriguez has in store for this new reboot. I'm a fan of the creature itself, so I'll be there regardless of anything.

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Robert Rodriguez wants Arnold Schwarzenegger back for the new Predators film.

The director has apparently asked the governor to reprise his role as Major "Dutch" Schaefer for his sci-fi sequel.

"They've written a role for him", a source has disclosed.

In a move that bucks recent industry trends, the movie will also be a conventional sequel as has been disclosed.

"Rodriguez is as against the idea of a straight-up remake as much as anyone - which is why they're considering this as an official sequel to John McTiernan's film. Like Terminator, they know Schwarzenegger's a vital ingredient of the franchise. Ideally, Arnold will see it that way too. Ball is in his court now".

[ferretchucker]

He's got a lot to do nowadays. And I mean...maybe a smallish role. Maybe he got obsessed with the threat of the Predators or something. But not as a main hero.

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Late last week the news hit the web that Robert Rodriguez had ''reached out to Arnold Schwarzenegger'' in recent days to cameo as Dutch in Predators - 20th Century Fox and Troublemaker Studios' Predator remake - and that it had been a one way conversation.

This afternoon Rodriguez e-mailed AICN to deny the earlier confirmed story.

Robert Rodriguez writes in to Aint it Cool News:

"Online news is amazing, much more exciting than real life!
There are so many sites saying that I'm actively pursuing Arnold!
Feels like all i have to do is sit here, and let the websites do the work!

Actually, what probably happened is someone conjured that up because of my 1994 draft, that had Dutch as a main character. And then it probably just built from there.

But no, we're still writing a new script, and although I know Arnold personally and he's the coolest person on the planet, I have not contacted him about this at all at this time.

As promised, I'll keep you posted on such developments since Predator is such a fan favorite.

But then again, he could very well have told someone he'd be into it. Who knows?

Personally, I haven't heard anything. But it's still early in the day.

-R"

While this comes straight from the horses mouth, writers, directors and producers have been known to lie to no end to keep a secret (Rob Zombie anyone?). While he denies any truth to the rumor NOW, it doesn't mean he isn't planning on it in the future.

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Neil Marshall, British helmer of Dog Soldiers, The Descent and Doomsday, is apparently in talks to direct a film that doesn't begin with 'D'.

And if the rumours are right, that film could be Predators.

According to a story on BloodyDisgusting.com, Marshall is apparently in negotiations to direct the film, from a script by Robert Rodriguez.

There's still no word as to whether Predators will be a sequel, a prequel, or a reboot, but being that Marshall knows a thing or two about horror, expect lots of gore.

At present there's no word from 20th Century Fox as to whether there is any truth to the rumour.

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Nimrod Antal has joined the list of candidates hoping to direct Predators, it emerged today.

A fortnight back, AICN reported that Descent helmer Neil Marshall was on a seven name shortlist for the gig. Now Latino Review is claming Antal is also not only on said list, but topping it.

Nimrod who?

He directed thriller Vacancy (with Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) and the upcoming actioner Armoured. His passport into Hollywood was the Hungarian comedy-drama language Kontroll – which was well received on the film festival circuit.

Producer Robert Rodriguez, who is masterminding the franchise reboot, hasn't confirmed the news yet.

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Fox has tapped Nimrod Antal ("Vacancy") to direct "Predators" for producer Robert Rodriguez through his Troublemaker Studios.

The project's scheduled for a July 7, 2010, release.

It represents the fifth iteration of the franchise, which dates back to Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Predator" in 1987, followed by "Predator 2" in 1990, "Alien Vs. Predator" in 2004 and "Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem" in 2007.

Alex Litvak and Michael Finch are scripting "Predators."

Fox announced in April that Rodriguez had come on board to re-boot the "Predator" franchise along with co-directing "Machete" with Ethan Maniquis.

Antal co-wrote and directed the 2004 Hungarian drama "Kontroll," set in the Budapest subway system and shown at Cannes. He also helmed heist drama "Armored" for Screen Gems, set for release later this year.

It seems Antal was chosen ahead of the likes of Neil Marshall because of his sterling work on Kontroll and the forthcoming Armoured, and also because of his charismatic personality.

Rodriguez said: "I found him to be an outstanding presence, a great communicator full of ideas... He reminded me of Quentin [Tarantino] with how he was able to work with a group of very strong, singular actor talents and make it look effortless."

He also tells us to expect Predators to be as character-driven as the original, and to revolve around "a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors (that are not always from outside their group)."

Predators will begin filming at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin this autumn.



Excited? I sure am!

[Zero]

i think they should have gone with marshall

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I think Antal will do nicely.
I liked some of his claustrophobic camerawork in Vacancy. If he manages to create even half of the stuff Stephen Hopkins did for Predator 2, I ll be a very happy kid. :cool:

[ferretchucker]

As much as I was disappointed with Vacancy as a film, I'm confident Antal won't mess this up. I think it sounds good.

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Several months ago, it was reported that Vacancy director Nimrod Antal had been selected by producer Robert Rodriguez to helm Predators, a reboot of the rapidly waning franchise that most recently had the inter-galactic hunters battling with the streamlined and slimy Aliens.

Word today from Production Weekly's Twitter account pegs down a date for the start of production, announcing:

"Nimrod Antal is scheduled to being filming on Fox's reboot of Predators on Sept 28th at Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin."

While no formal story announcement has been made, Rodriguez has stated that the film will be as character-driven as the orininal and will revolve around "a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors (that are not always from outside their group)."

Of Antal, Rodriguez has said: "I found him to be an outstanding presence, a great communicator full of ideas... He reminded me of Quentin [Tarantino] with how he was able to work with a group of very strong, singular actor talents and make it look effortless."

In related news, Shock Till You Drop reports that Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger's KNB FX will be handling the Predator effects for the new film. Nicotero worked on the 1987 Predator film, and also collaborated with Rodriguez on From Dusk Till Dawn and Sin City.

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Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios is working fast as they plan on shooting Predators, their reboot of Predator on September 28th in Austin, Texas, where they are currently lensing Machete.

Being helmed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy), they are currently seeking a "Black", "Asian", "Russian" and "Latino" marine "to fill those boots".

According to Rodriguez, "We got to have some flavor in this "prequel"".

In this version, a group of humans will find themselves stranded on a planet home to Predators and must survive the horrors they encounter.

James Cameron pulled a similar move with his advancement of the "Alien" franchise in "Aliens."

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The words "reboot" or "reimagining," especially in the case of classic, much-beloved franchises, can often send fans in a panicked spiral of wondering just how their favorite characters might be changed or altered. Certainly, this was the case with Robert Rodriguez and his currently-in-production reboot, Predators.

Well, if you were concerned that the look of the iconic extraterrestrial hunter would be significantly changed, you can breathe easy. MovieHole sat down with KNB's Howard Berger, head of the shop in charge of the film's FX, to discuss the look of the film thus far.

"We wanted to have the Predator look as it did in the original film. We went back and looked at the original. I actually worked in the shop with Stan Winston on the first film. It was great to be able to go back to the series having not been involved in any of the sequels, and it was also great to be able to make sure we built them as Stan Winston did," said Berger. "They look really fantastic. There's a whole bunch of cool [Predator's] in the film, and everyone's going to be very happy that we've been very faithful to the Stan Winston designs. It's out next year. It's shooting very soon.''


http://www.moviehole.net/200920845-exclusive-berger-on-predators

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Danny Trejo has been telling attendees of the HorrorFind Weekend that he's set to star in Nimrod Antal's Predator re-imagining, Predators, which is being produced by Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios for 20th Century Fox.

No word on what his role will be just yet.

In this version, a group of humans will find themselves stranded on a planet home to Predators and must survive the horrors they encounter.

James Cameron pulled a similar move with his advancement of the "Alien" franchise in his "Aliens."

Fox hopes to get this in theaters by July 9, 2010.

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The guys over at Latino Review have had the chance to look through the entire SCRIPT of Robert Rodriguez's Predators. Here's a video review of their thoughts on the script, dated July 12, 2009.



(BEWARE OF SPOILERS - DONT CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK)



"LatinoReview was able to take a peek at the draft dated July 12, 2009. Danny Trejo has just mentioned that he will be in the film and we can tell you right now that he will play the character "Cuchillo"."

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-first-look-at-robert-rodriguez-s-predators-8112

[Posher778]

Doesn't sound like writer caledl AVP a "great franchise" to me.

Sounds like he called "Alien" and "Pedator" two great franchises that didn't work out when combined.

My biggest problem with both AVP movies was that they made the Alien(s) act like retards when Xenomorphs are clearly depicted as extremely intelligent creatures, arguably more intelligent than Predator.

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Walton Goggins, the intense star of the FX series "The Shield," has been cast alongside Danny Trejo in 20th Century Fox's Predators, their reboot of the Predator franchise that is said to be more of a sequel (that takes place on the Predator's home planet) than an actual remake, reports Comingsoon.

Nimrod Antal (Vacancy) is directing the film that Fox plans on having in theaters by July 9, 2010.

Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios is producing.

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Well nobody saw this coming.

The star of Nimrod Antal's Predators is not a Rock or a Vin or an undiscovered new Arnie.

It's the willowy Adrien Brody!

Brody has won the role of the main alien killer in the Robert Rodriguez produced reboot of "Predators." Variety reports Brody will play a heroic mercenary who takes on the alien hunters.

We have, of course, seen Brody hacking through the jungle before, as Jack Driscoll in Peter Jackson's King Kong. But he's still best known for dramatic roles in films like Polanski's The Pianist, or quirky indie fare like Hollywoodland and The Darjeeling Ltd.

He's clearly looking to add some more mainstream strings to his bow however, since Brody and his agents apparently lobbied hard to get the role of "a heroic mercenary who battles to keep his team alive when its members are hunted by the aliens".

Perhaps Brody sees a steady check in what Fox hopes is a new franchise?
Maybe he's been a fan of the original series or just wanted to work with Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal?
It's unclear at this point.

That team also includes Danny Trejo, Alice Braga (I Am Legend), Walton Goggins (Detective Vendrell from The Shield), Ultimate Fighter Oleg Taktarov, and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, who was Tizzy in Benjamin Button.

Brody has also signed up for sequels.

He isn't the first surprise leading man of the Predator franchise: we probably wouldn't have predicted Danny Glover back in 1990 either.

Unconventional action heroes have become almost a staple of the last decade with Tobey Maguire, Johnny Depp and Robert Downey, Jr. all making the jump.

Can Brody duplicate their success?

Moviegoers will be able to decide for themselves when 20th Century Fox opens "Predators" nationwide on July, 9, 2010.

Shooting will take place in Hawaii and Texas, and starts shortly.

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It has now been confirmed that Derek Mears - who played Jason Voorhees in the 'Friday the 13th' reboot - will also be taking on a role in Robert Rodriguez's much-beloved "Predators".

Rival trade The Hollywood Reporter adds that Topher Grace is also negotiating to join the project. He'd play an expected "accountant-type" who deep down is a serial killer.

Braga is the tough female killer. Ali is a man not afraid to die, Goggins is the loose canon of the group and Taktarov is a former Russian special ops agent.

Trejo, already cast, is Cuchillo, a hardened warrior with twin uzis strapped to his back.

They are all joined by Adrien Brody, the leader of the group, as announced earlier.

[episode 666]

can't wait

[kcirtap36]

anyone else thin kthis seems a little rushed,from nothing to shooting in a matter of 3 months??

i hope they dont balls this up.

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Fans of the Predator franchise are in for a "very pleasant surprise" according to Nimrod Antal - who is directing the new instalment.

He's been speaking about various aspects of the project to Coming Soon, with the counter-intuitive casting of Oscar-winning thesp Adrien Brody as a grizzled mercenary one of the topics of conversation.

"I think when we cast Adrien, there were a lot of people going; 'What?' But at the same time, if we cast a Vin Diesel in that role or if we cast anyone who is Arnold-esque, we would have been attacked for doing that. So we decided early on to go in a very different direction as far as the casting process, but it turned out fantastic.

"He plays a mercenary in the film and if you look at the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan today, they're not 'yolked-out' Schwarzenegger-looking guys. They're all very wiry and thin guys, and I think it's going to play well."

Speaking of Arnie, will the 'Austrian Oak' have a cameo? Antal's answer sounded a lot like a 'yes': "Time will tell. We'll see, but we are trying to stay with the original as far as the monster and the atmosphere and the tone of the film, but we are trying to do something new and contemporary and feels fresh."

The director also confirmed that the movie would be R-rated when it's released in summer 2010.

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Laurence Fishburne has joined the cast of Nimrod Antal's Predators.

After visiting the set of the new, Robert Rodriguez-produced take on the be-dreadlocked alien hunters, the lads at Shock 'Till You Drop have learned that Morpheus himself is joining the cast to play a tough guy named Roland.

It's perhaps less of a shock given that Fishburne and Antal just worked together on Armored, and that Larry is the sort of bloke you'd want around if you were fighting the warrior race.

He'll star alongside the likes of Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo, Alice Braga and The Shield's Walton Goggins.

We love the little plot description at the end of the story: "They play a disparate group of people who land on the Predator home planet only to discover 'unspeakable horrors.'"

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First stills from the set :-

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predators011710.jpg


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predators2011710.jpg


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predator3011710.jpg


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predator4011710.jpg

[episode 666]

cery nice!

[ferretchucker]

Apparently the Predators are written in the script as "Super Black Predators".

[Drew_Deranged86]

Figuratively speaking, of course...

20 years ago, danny glover was saying "im too old for this shit"...


I dont know if i trust anyone who said "AVP was a great franchise".

No, It wasnt. It Couldve been, but it wasnt. Plus, Arnie was heavy into the "PG-13 for EVERYONE" movement. With any luck, that was only because he was trying to be elected, and he has regrown his balls.
LoL danny would be straight stressed if he had to stay in the force this whole time too.

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The film and media portion of South by Southwest (SXSW) kicks off in Austin next week, and two films have just been added to the lineup. Austin’s own Robert Rodriguez will screen footage from Predators, and Gela Babluani’s 13, a remake of his own 13 Tzameti, will screen as part of the festival’s SX Fantastic midnight program.

Predators isn’t screening in its entirety; Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal will show a selection of footage then hold a Q&A session afterward. Rodriguez did this years ago, with Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and recently SXSW offered a similar sneak peek at Bruno. A show of confidence that the footage looks pretty good? Sounds very much so; if Predators didnt’ have something good happening then a sneak peek at footage being shown at the fest wouldn't be happening. Let’s hope that’s the way it goes down.

“My director, Nimrod Antal, and I are excited to bring this first look at ‘Predators’ to Austin’s SXSW Film Festival, an event that’s become vital to the filmmaking scene,” said Rodrigez. “Austin is my home and I’m proud that ‘Predators’ was conceived and filmed here.”

The film stars Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, and Laurence Fishburne. Co-stars are Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Oleg Taktarov and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali.

The film follows Brody as Royce, "a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've beenbrought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators."

Translation: there's going to be a lot of killing in this movie.

The special presentation of Predators will take place on March 12 at the Alamo Ritz Theater in downtown Austin, at 10:15pm. Doors open at 9:45pm, and the special event is only open to SXSW Badge-holders on a first-come, first-served basis.

The screening will take place at Midnight on Saturday, March 13 at the Alamo South Lamar Theater.

[alkytrio666]

I'll actually be there for the preview. Heading to SxSW for spring break!

[fuglystick]

The film follows Brody as Royce, "a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've beenbrought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators."

Translation: there's going to be a lot of killing in this movie.


You have my attention, Mr. Rodriguez.

[iNFiN1TY]

I love Predator! and i love Alien.

[Doctor Loomis]

First stills from the set :-

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predators011710.jpg


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predators2011710.jpg


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predator3011710.jpg


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predator4011710.jpg

looks good so far :)

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Predators, Nimrod Antal’s anticipated sequel to the Arnold Schwarzanegger classic was finally previewed at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin last night.

20th Century Fox, which is producing the film, also released a new teaser poster.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/ravenavi/predators-1.jpg


The sneak peak does not say anything that producer and screenwriter Robert Rodriguez has not already revealed in interviews but the cinematography is sleek and the Predators look as bad-ass as ever. Even better, Adrian Brody looks half-way believable as the hero of the story.


BCTxC3-f-oA

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/predators/sneak-peak


You’ll have to wait until July 7th to get to the chopper.

Here’s the official synopsis for Predators:

A bold new chapter in the Predator universe, Predators was shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and is directed by Nimród Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human “predators” that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators. In addition to Adrien Brody, the film stars Topher Grace, Alice Braga, and Laurence Fishburne. Co-starring are Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Oleg Taktarov and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali.

And, as a thoughtful bone to those who can’t make it to Texas for the fest, the filmmakers have thrown up a quick preview, introduced by Rodriguez that includes footage from the movie and an explanation of what they wanted to achieve.

Around the same time, FOX launched the brand spankin' new Predators site with pics and a behind-the-scenes video. Check out the Predators behind-the-scenes video and your first look at a Predator Hound.

Yes, you read that right. A Predator Hound!

So head on over to the official Predators site to get a look at Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne and the rest transported to what they quickly realise is a game preserve where, as Brody points out, “we’re the game”.

Official site now online - http://www.predators-movie.com/


http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/03/12/must-watch-first-sneak-peek-at-robert-rodriguez-predators/

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Producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal screened first-look footage of Predators Friday night for 200 or so lucky attendees on the opening night of the South by Southwest Film Festival and Conference, then talked at length about returning the franchise to the character-driven feel of 1987’s classic Predator.


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The Predators in the upcoming film, due in July, are part of a new tribe we haven’t met yet, the duo said during the packed screening. As in the original film, every Predator is a trophy hunter and an expert in stalking and killing its prey, but each monster has its own specialized skill. There’s a falconer Predator who has a little UAV that serves as its eyes in the sky, a dog handler Predator (we got to see production art of its dog, sort of a dinosaur-wolf hybrid) and a “Super Predator” the production team refers to as “Mr. Black.”


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As seen in the production art, the aliens all look familiar, with the same dreadlocks, fearsome mandibles and bad-ass body armor of the original. But everything has been updated — there’s new weaponry, new armor, and an overall sleeker look.

“If the original was the 8-track version,” said Rodriguez, “then these are the iPod versions.”


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Rodriguez was given the chance to write a sequel to 1987’s Predator back in 1996. He wrote a script, flirted with the idea of directing it and even got to pitch it to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The project never saw the light of day (Schwarzenegger wasn’t interested), so Rodriguez forgot about it until last year when 20th Century Fox dug it up, realized it was sitting on a golden opportunity and asked him to make it.


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Based on the clips, trailers and a lengthy talk by Rodriguez and Antal, here’s what we know about the film.

A band of humans are transported to a jungle planet that’s been set up by the Predators to serve as a sort of game preserve. The Predators were frustrated that the humans had gotten the better of them in previous meetings, so they decided to turn this planet into a hunting ground, a place where they can study the humans, hunt them and kill them, and in the process, learn their ways.

The humans are strangers to one another when they arrive, but they all have one thing in common: They are all ruthless killers. Among the hunted are a yakuza assassin (Louis Ozawa Changchien), a black-ops agent (Alice Braga), an army serviceman (Adrian Brody) and a convicted murderer who was just days away from execution when he was sent to the planet. Each character has his or her own particular talent, and they quickly realize that if they band together and work as a team, they can outwit the Predators and survive. But none of them are exactly the cooperative type, so keeping egos in check for the sake of the greater good is a challenge.

The film’s plot, it was noted, is an homage to Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Rodriguez originally wrote Predators before any of the Alien vs. Predator films, so it doesn’t really reference those story lines.

There are actually two tribes of Predators on the planet, but Rodriguez and Nimrod were sketchy about how exactly both of them are represented in the movie. What we did learn is that, like the humans, each Predator has its own personality and its own hunting technique. Since each Predator has a unique hunting technique, every time one of the humans meets his or her demise in the film, the kill scene is handled differently. Rodriguez and Antal promised several really bloody and unique kill scenes.

“We went out of our way to stay true to the fact that they are hunters,” Antal said. There were some kills in the script Antal wasn’t sure they’d be able to include without losing the film’s R rating because they were so over-the-top and bloody. But Fox encouraged him to shoot them anyway so they could be included on the unrated DVD.

Also, there are no computer-generated Predators. All of the alien characters were done with actors, suits and animatronics, a fact that drew a cheer from the crowd. It’s all about being able to see the actors’ eyes, Antal said during a press briefing Saturday.

The original Predator from the first movie also makes a cameo appearance in the new film.

Rodriguez went the extra mile and hired Greg Nicotero, the effects artist from the original Predator film, to design and build the monsters for the new movie. Nicotero joined the duo onstage and even brought out the original Predator head. He set it up on the edge of the stage and let everyone in the theater get up close to it and take a picture.

The team showed us two trailers, one that concentrated on the action sequences and a longer one that gave us a bit more insight into the human characters. The first trailers will be released next week, playing in front of Repo Men.

We also got to see a short, two-minute clip from the movie. Brody and the other humans have just killed one of the Predators in the jungle, and as they regroup and talk about what their next step should be, they realize they are being watched.

It was very rough footage — “straight off the Avid,” Rodriguez said — but it was humorous and displayed that playful, chewy dialogue Rodriguez is known for.

Predators will be released in July.

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Predators director Nimrod Antal is going for a specific feel with his July horror pic: namely, he's aiming to deliver a film more akin to the original Predator than its gimmicky subsequent sequels. It doesn't hurt that, under producer Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios banner, Antal enjoys a freedom and creativity that he might not have gotten otherwise -- or that his star, Adrien Brody, is a critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning actor.

After opening SXSW with a first look at Predators, all three men spoke to a small gathering of press in Austin to discuss their filmmaking choices and geeky enthusiasm for the franchise.

Predators follows a group of human mercenaries and killers being hunted on a Predator training planet, so Antal wanted to build the story's innate tension the old school way. His intent was to "take it back to what works in classic horror films [by] trying to keep the monster in the shadows as opposed to throwing him in your face right off the bat." "If you look at the timeline on the first film," Antal continued, "I think 40 minutes into the film is the first time you see the cloaked Predator. So we concentrated on trying to bring that back into it, and I think we were successful."

There were lessons Antal and Rodriguez took from previous sequels Predator 2, Alien vs. Predator, and AvP:R, although both were pointedly unspecific in their criticisms. "It’s easy to be a jerk and go back and say what didn’t work at the time," Rodriguez explained, "and then you go back and say, well, Predator 2 was slightly in the future and that maybe pulled you that much further away from the characters that you could not relate to because they were not current. Or you could say that AvP did not work because it became too much of an ultimate fighting champion bout rather than concentrating on character. So we’ve had the benefit of being able to see in the pictures what didn’t work and now we can know what not to do, but had we been second, maybe we would have done something completely different too."

Because of Rodriguez's reputation for delivering films expediently, he says that Fox left him and Antal to their own devices with little studio intervention. What that freedom afforded was the ability to let loose the creative impulse, resulting in the spate of new Predator concept art that Antal and Rodriguez showed at Friday's footage event.. Though SXSW-goers got a glimpse of Predators and strange Predator creatures of all shapes and styles that the artists at Troublemaker Studios came up with, not all of them will make it into the final film.

"I had forgotten how much art we had cranked out," said Rodriguez. "Most of it was done by three guys that work at Troublemaker Digital who were churning out stuff to see, because I said let’s see a lot of ideas so we can pick the best design. Create with this jawbone or that eye set, this body… and as I looked, we just had so much great stuff that I said, let’s just put it all up so people can see how difficult it would be to go through that process."

One element Antal and Rodriguez wanted to include was a measurement of humor to lighten the proceedings and keep the violent hunter-and-prey set-up entertaining. "For misdirection, humor works," explained Rodriguez, "and for overall entertainment value, when an audience is [audibly reacting] they know they’re having a good time. So you do want that, but you don’t want them to roll their eyes. A lot of my notes on the script were, I’d get to a line and go, 'No one’s going to laugh at this. They’re going to roll their eyes.'”

Some of the best comic moments in the SXSW Predators footage came surprisingly from Adrien Brody, whose character emerges as the leader of the human targets trying to fend off their alien hunters. Still, his performance is as serious-minded as you'd expect given his dramatic acting chops, even if he's not a typical muscle-bound hero with a physicality like original Predator star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

"I think the intention of hiring me to play Royce was to delve into a kind of flawed, tragic hero and not this kind of typical overtly physically imposing character," explained Brody, who remembers going to see the original film in theaters when he was, as he puts it, "a scrawny little 14-year-old."

"I know I’m not the obvious choice," he continued. "I get that. I know I probably wouldn’t have even been on the studio’s list, let alone down at the bottom. You can ask Robert; I’m very persistent and I’m very focused. I give my word that I know what I need to do to deliver a level of truth and authenticity with a role like this, and also make it fun and exciting."

Though Brody did put on 25 pounds of muscle for the role, it was his psychological preparation during filming that got him prepped, method-style: "My nightly ritual was like poring over survival manuals and military and paramilitary training books. I was reading Sun Tzu, I was studying meditation, I was on a very strict diet, I wasn’t drinking, I wasn’t eating sugar, I wasn’t having sex. I was very focused. I had to kind of go there for me because this is a tremendous opportunity for me. I’m a huge fan of the brand and I’m a huge fan of the genre and the original film. I know that I have a big responsibility to convey a sense of truth in my performance, and it was very exciting."

Predators hits theaters July 7.

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First full trailer - http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/429477/predator-3/videos/predators_trl1_031810.html?show=hi

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First full trailer - http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/429477/predator-3/videos/predators_trl1_031810.html?show=hi


It looks very, very promising. Hope it lives up to the expectation.

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you can catch the preview for Predotrs if you go see Repo Men. My producer saw it yesterday and siad it looked preety good.

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Here are some interesting facts:

- Most of the film is being done practically and it’ll have limited CGI work

- No CGI Predators

- CGI will be used to cloak and de-cloak the Predators

But I’ve left out the best part:

Predators is not some PG-13 cop-out of a film. Instead, the team at Troublemaker Studios is making a hard-R with extreme fighting and violence that should make every Predator fan excited for this film and counting down the days till its July 9th release date.


http://www.collider.com/2010/05/06/predators-set-visit-troublemaker-studios-austin-leaves-very-impressed/

http://www.collider.com/2010/05/06/gregory-nicotero-interview-predators-knb-efx-group-on-set/

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