With The Nice Guys now out in cinemas, Shane Black is set to throw himself head first into The Predator, his upcoming sequel to the 1987 action classic (in which he co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger), and the director has been discussing the project during an interview with IGN. “We’re going to get a great cast […]
Maze Runner: The Death Cure pushed back a year as Fox reshuffles its slate
This won’t come as much of a surprise given that production was shut down indefinitely last month following Dylan O’Brien’s on-set accident in March, but 20th Century Fox has announced that it has pushed back the release of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure from its original date of February 17th 2017 to January 12th, 2018. […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I would love to do another Predator”
With the Terminator franchise terminated and Triplets and The Legend of Conan / Conan the Conqueror seemingly stuck in development hell, it looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger is becoming increasingly keen to return to another of his former glories. Back in March, Arnold suggested that he’d be meeting with Shane Black about a role in The […]
Shane Black wants to make The Predator about “spectacle” – but should he?
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”
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
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
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 […]
Predator 4 script is complete
Back in June of 2014, it was announced that Iron Man 3 director Shane Black was working on a sequel to Predator (a movie he actually appeared as the character of Hawkins), and now the project has taken a step closer to becoming a reality with screenwriter Fred Dekker (The Monster Squad) confirming that the screenplay has […]
Rage Wars gets underway with Predator: Incursion
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
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 […]
