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Shane Black wants to make The Predator about “spectacle” – but should he?

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Thomas O’Connor on Shane Black’s recent comments from Shane Black on making The Predator about “spectacle”… The original Predator isn’t exactly what you’d call a “big” movie in terms of scale and scope. Sure, there’s a fairly big gunfight and a massive explosion at the end, but for the most part it’s actually rather small, with […]

Shane Black’s The Predator will be an “event movie”

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In this, the era of the remake/reboot/revamp/revival, no property is safe from the eyes of studios always looking for the next big thing by looking backwards. Case in point, the Predator franchise, which began with one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s best films, and has been in a cycle of diminishing returns ever since. Oh sure, Predator […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger to meet with Shane Black about The Predator

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It looks like we could potentially see Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising the role of Alan “Dutch” Schaefer in director Shane Black’s upcoming Predator sequel / relaunch, with Schwarzenegger revealing to The Arnold Fans that he has a meeting set up with Black where he’ll discuss The Predator. “I haven’t talked with [Shane Black] yet but I’m going […]

Fox sets release dates for two new Marvel movies and Predator sequel, moves Gambit and Alien: Covenant

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Following the success of Deadpool, 20th Century Fox looks to be laying out its plans for its future Marvel slate, with BoxOffice reporting that the studio has set dates for two as-yet-untitled superhero movies on October 6th 2017 and January 12th 2018. Furthermore, the X-Men spinoff movie Gambit has been removed from its original October […]

Rage Wars gets underway with Predator: Incursion

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Titan Books has announced that it will launch an all-new Predator book trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Tim Lebbon entitled Rage Wars with the publication of Predator: Incursion next month. When huge Predator spacecraft begin entering human space in alarming numbers, the Colonial Marines assume an invasion and launch a full military response. […]

Shane Black’s Predator sequel is still happening, will reportedly “reinvent” the franchise

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In case you forgot, Predator actor and Iron Man 3 director Shane Black was hired to write the treatment for and direct a new Predator movie for 20th Century Fox last year. Fred Dekker (RoboCop 3) also came on board to pen the screenplay. Over the past year, very few details about the sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: No Predator sequels have been “satisfactory”

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After failing to reignite his career with the likes of The Last Stand, Escape Plan and Sabotage, Arnold Schwarzenegger has went back to the well, reprising his signature role as The Terminator for this month’s Terminator Genisys, as well as having sequels to another two of his 80s hits on his upcoming slate in The […]

Watch the short film Predator: Dark Ages

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Following its screening at the MCM London Comic-Con this past weekend, the crowd-funded fan short Predator: Dark Ages has now been released online, and you can check out the entire film right here… Set during the Crusades, the faith & fighting skills of a group of Templar Knights is put to the test when they […]