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Story Details For 'Predators' Compares it to Aliens
Thursday, July 2, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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The Hollywood Reporter confirmed both Latino Review and AICN's reports that Nimrod Antal, the director of the horror film Vacancy, has been hired to direct Predators for Fox and producer Robert Rodriguez. They add that 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. I guess they mean it's similar because they take on more Predators? Alex Litvak & Michael Finch (Medieval) have written the script. The new iteration, which Rodriguez has been hoping to make since 1994, when he was hired to write a screenplay for a second sequel, is scheduled for a July 7, 2010 release.



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eve8
8:42pm, July 2, 2009

I am looking forward to it but I hope that they don't ruin it for me. The Alien series as well as the Predator movies are among my favorite Sci Fi movies. I really didn't like Alien vs Predator as they made out the fights between the species to be more than they actually were, and in my opinion they showed all the best parts of the movie in the trailer which was very disappointing. I think the way is paved for it to be great I just hope they put some thought and effort into it and develop a great story line that is captivating but holds true the the predator series. I will look for it for sure and my hopes are high.


mr_halloween24_7
9:16pm, July 2, 2009

poor nimrod, his parents must have hated him from birth to name him nimrod. And i seriously have my doubts this isnt going to be a huge letdown. i think it will be like planet terror with predators. These movies were cool when i was a kid, but now i kind of think they have never made a good predator movie


Kaname Tousen
9:57pm, July 2, 2009

"Where is the S***" Lol, I loved Planet Terror anyway as long THIS MAN doesn't try to make it feel like the original and actually tries to make it an action movie with survivor horror elements that uses some kick ass special effects for the invisibility and shoulder cannon effects. Gets a good studio like Legacy for the practical effects for gore and wounds.


Kaname Tousen
9:59pm, July 2, 2009

if he did all that and the script and actors are great! you will almost get the equal to "Aliens" for the predators franchise


Rhino
10:22pm, July 2, 2009

nimrod couldn't wipe cameron's ass Kaname.... this may be decent but come on... cameron had terminator previous to aliens and vacancy!?! this will be watchable but don't get ahead of yourself


EricCord
10:27pm, July 2, 2009

I've never even considered Preadator to be a horror film. It is a sci-fi version of The Most Dangerous Game. And I disagree with you mr_halloween24_7, the original was a taut lean script. Sure Awnold was in it, but he was actually believable as a Special Forces commander. The movie is a well made sci-fi/action piece, while it may not be Citezen Kane of filmmaking it delivers the goods. You have an amazing creature, good kills and killer stunts. Likable characters, and an ending which is not a cop-out (albeit improbable, if the second was correct in it's estimation of ground zero). Done by Diehard's John McTiernan who has an amazing movie career (minus Rollerball and Last Action Hero). Now if Rodriguez is serious in making this a serious film, we could have a new 'Aliens' on our hands. He has the pull to make it happen, but does he have the drive and courage. He tends to make a lot of things tongue in cheek, which kind of works for some projects, but cause others to fall short. Planet Terror was an homage to Night of the Living Dead, The Thing, and other end of the world flicks from his childhood, but at times it felt uneven. I liked it, but I would have liked it better if it had picked a tone and stuck with it. As long and drawn out as Death Proof was, a few cuts and it would have been much better. The Faculty is another that comes to mind. But he has also delivered excellent fare as Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City, El Mariachi, and Deperado. So I wish him all the luck.


bradtheinhaler
12:16am, July 3, 2009

It has to be an improvement over that AVP crap...


Krug09
12:55am, July 3, 2009

a planet home to predators? a little disappointed they couldn't come up with anything new.


tarman82
1:16am, July 3, 2009

I don't know,its still really early to tell but in my opinion, the real strength of the predator stories is that its one lone hunter against the most dangerous prey, human, or alien.The news that this will be on the predators home planet tells me that there will be a lot of predators getting blown away like the alien warriors were getting wiped out in aliens,I really hope they put a good twist on this and prove me wrong,I always thought the 3rd predator film would take place in somalia, afghanistan, iraq, or take it back to central/south america,with one lone predator that would've been cool


Jonny Horror
1:48am, July 3, 2009

Me personally, I was never a big PREDATOR fan. The original is fun entertainment when Arnold was THE action hero king in the 80's. I don't really care that much about this. I'll see it if it looks good. ALIEN on the otherhand is GOLD and is on a different level than PREDATOR. Just my opinion.


Kaname Tousen
2:28am, July 3, 2009

Rhino did I say it would be as good as Aliens or the predator's equal to Aliens? because those two species are mildly different one uses technology some behind some above our own the other is a wild killing machine and with Aliens franchise the main focus was Ellen Ripley and her emotions how they kind of reflected onto the people watching and less about the beast. The Predator's Franchise is known for not having one hero and being more about the beast and it's raw hunter mentality and I believe Robert can bring that out if all the other elements are in place. Cameron is known for bringing out the human side of everything if you look at his works while Robert is more about raw action and the thrill of it all which is suited to a predator


zombieslasher13
4:17am, July 3, 2009

Seeing the Predator homeworld would be cool seeing how we only got a glimpse of it in AVP2. I only hope that the humans aren't blowing away the predators like nothing because honestly I think some stranded humans would get their asses handed to them in one minute if they were on the Predator's turf. I always thought a cool movie idea would be a story about a youngblood predator going to different planets and killing all kinds of monsters and humans and stuff to become a man. Just one predator kicking a bunch of ass.


CJ_01976
5:06am, July 3, 2009

I was excited for this wehn Neil Marshall was the likely candidate, with Antal in charge I no longer give a fuck. This is destined to fail now. :(


Wlad
7:56am, July 3, 2009

I wonder if Robert Rodriguez and Fox are aware of how low expectations have fallen for this movie now that they have this Nimrod whatever guy attached to direct. And I'm not excited about the idea of the Predator homeworld either. I mean, the Predator should be a lonely hunter. That's what makes him so badass. In fact, having just one Predator was the one saving grace of the last AVP film.


ttop33
9:00am, July 3, 2009

Lets hope Rodriguez doesn't let fox push a pg 13 on this.


gorebath
10:37am, July 3, 2009

Highly doubt a PG-13 is in the works....I'm afraid that the plot sounds similar to the first AVPieceofshit. My wife, who absolutely HATES science fiction, actually watched Predator 2 last night with me....and I love that movie as well as the first. I'd rather see a shitty Predator film than a Twilight part 6 anyday.


PumkinKarver
10:50am, July 3, 2009

how about something original?thanks.


I'LLEATYOURFUCKINGFACE
1:43pm, July 3, 2009

ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THOSE AVP PIECES OF SHIT


moviefanguy
7:49pm, July 3, 2009

predator is the shit but ima be pissed if they fuck this movie up


mr9mm
3:14am, July 4, 2009

i realy hope the people stranded on the planet are colonial marines....nice way the hook aliens to predator.


ALIENS
12:42pm, July 4, 2009

i'm the biggest fan of the alien and predator movies but i just dont think this movie would do justice to the alien or the predator franchise since fox who are a bunch of fucking morons just ruined the series by doing to really dumbass movies the alien vs predator movies. they both suck and they ruined it by showing too much on the previews. i want a more original idea of a predator 3 not "predators".


Greekthunder
6:42am, July 5, 2009

Loved Vacancy - so at least as far as directing goes this could be in capable hands. As for the plot...well, frankly it's going to be a bit hard to believe. Even if they were space, er, outer space marines (or probably something goofy like "special ops planet killers") how can they plausibly survive on a planet filled with a species that hunt, let alone are technologically advanced? Weapons, space travel, around longer than humans, etc. Good luck on that one...


xXxRMDxXx
3:45pm, July 5, 2009

i'll still watch this and enjoy better than watching AVP 1&2, cant get no worse. def needs an r rating


patricktullius
7:51pm, July 5, 2009

Yeah, AVP 1&2 weren't that great. I am looking forward to this very much. I'd love to see the home planet of the Predators!


Remember Slithis?
11:31pm, July 5, 2009

The movie will look good with all cgi,but the plot and acting will be dumb and lazy done the Michael Bay way.


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