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Update #2: Major 'Predators' Casting Announcement Made!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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Update: Two more names revealed inside. Are you ready for a whopper, the controversy of the week? In a surprise development, Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong, The Pianist, The Village, Splice) has been cast by 20th Century Fox to play the heroic mercenary who battles alien hunters in Predators, their a reboot/sequel of the Predator franchise that is being creatively spearheaded by Robert Rodriguez and his Troublemaker Studios. He is signed on for multiple films. Who else is cast? Read on to find out then talk about all of the names below. How do you feel about Brody taking on the lead role?

Update #1: Bloody Disgusting also exclusively confirmed that Derek Mears - who played Jason Voorhees in the 'Friday the 13th' reboot - will also be taking on a role.

Update #2: In addition, Topher Grace - who played Venom in 'Spider-Man 3' - is also in talks, according to the Hollywood Reporter.


In addition, Brody will star alongside Alice Braga (Repo Men, I Am Legend), Danny Trejo (Grindhouse, From Dusk 'Til Dawn), Walt Goggins ("Shield"), Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali ("4400", The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Louiz Ozawa (Indelible Fair Game).

Written by Rodriguez, Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, the script follows a group of elite warrior-types who are being hunted by members of a race of merciless alien trackers called Predators.

Brody is a man who ends up inheriting the mantle of leader and is known as a hunter of men. Grace would play an accountant-type whose unassuming facade masks a dangerous 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.

Shooting begins next month in Hawaii then moves to moves to Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin.

Nimrod Antal is directing a film that is about to get underway on location in Hawaii and at Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.

Fox has set the film for release July 9, 2010.

Best known for his Oscar-winning turn in the Roman Polanski-directed “The Pianist,” Brody has an opportunity to reinvent himself as a flat out action hero, playing a character close to the one that Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed in the 1987 original.

Brody and his Paradigm reps lobbied hard for the role. Fox has high hopes to spring a new franchise, and Brody has signed options to return for future installments, sources said.

Source: Variety, THR, BD

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lgoasklucyl
9:57pm, October 6, 2009

Not gunna lie... cannot stand Brody.


Jhanse29
10:09pm, October 6, 2009

He does not fit the part at all. They could do way better.


ichabodjstephens
10:10pm, October 6, 2009

wow.....um....not thrilled about that choice at all....skinny lil thing that he is.. uck UCK i say UCK


bassturd
10:14pm, October 6, 2009

This makes things more interesting than just copying the original Predator. Brody doesn't bother me. He is a good actor and probably the only reason I liked The Jacket. He doesn't strike me as an action hero tho...but I'd like to see him try to play the part. Better than getting some John Cena person...


hawaiiwarriors1
10:16pm, October 6, 2009

Now who's gonna play jason in F13 pt.2..derek will be too drained to do it..he was complaining how tough it was with all the voorhees make-up on..


hawaiiwarriors1
10:18pm, October 6, 2009

picture above looks like Paul reuben in Buffy the vampire slayer


MrDisgusting
10:18pm, October 6, 2009

Yeah, I'm a little, er, conflicted here. I didn't expect another Arnie, but Brody?


ShadowHuntr
10:24pm, October 6, 2009

Huh. Not who I woulda picked, but hey. No sense in judging yet.


cjhorrorfan13
10:25pm, October 6, 2009

cool! bring it on i have been waiting for another predator movie!


Celebrity Killing Spree
10:30pm, October 6, 2009

Wuh?


PresidentObama
10:38pm, October 6, 2009

WTF? I mean I like the guy but isn't he a worse choice than Danny Glover?


QuL
10:39pm, October 6, 2009

lmao Please tell me this is a flashforward to April 1st joke.


mav07
10:43pm, October 6, 2009

this is exactly the reason for Stallones "The Expendables" . . .i'm tired of these pansy ass actors being cast in action flicks. why not go ahead and cast Mos Def in place of Carl Weathers


GI.Dan
10:55pm, October 6, 2009

Come to think of it, Brodie kinda looks like the guy from the first Predator who was always telling bad perverted jokes to the Indian. Nice to hear such a big name actor is into doing this genera film. He seems like a better fit for the mild-mannered psycho part though.


Myers54
10:56pm, October 6, 2009

Here's the jew in me crying "oy". Awful casting choice. Here's thh Shaq in all of us, Horra-Awful.


Murder, INC.
11:02pm, October 6, 2009

You guys are morons. Brody's an awesome choice. This isn't a remake. If it was, then sure: bring aboard some hulking actor to redo the same thing that was done better originally. Brody can bring depth to the project. Trust me, he'll do good.


rusted31
11:03pm, October 6, 2009

I'm liking the cast of this. Brody is an odd choice but he may end up suprising us all.


mav07
11:34pm, October 6, 2009

Does anyone else want to smack Brody across the mouth for WEARING A TIE UNDERNEATH THE FUCKING COLLAR in the above picture? Look at him, with his douche goatee and his douch tie inside his shirt and his douch sideways nose!


narcissusween
12:06am, October 7, 2009

Sounds good to me.


GI.Dan
12:13am, October 7, 2009

Good call mav07, that is quite a douche-bag look he has going on. It looks worse than guys who wear jeans, and sport-coats. He guy was pretty good in that movie about the guy who played superman though.


ALIENS
12:38am, October 7, 2009

Damn this movie is gonna suck big time. horrible casting except for Danny Trejo and possible Derek Mears but casting Adrien Brody is a big mistake. he sucks i cant stand his sorry ass especially in the remake of King Kong.


Cr8nkenstein
12:43am, October 7, 2009

Brody is a good choice, he's an amzing actor. I have a really good feeling this movie will f***ing rock.


KISSman
1:14am, October 7, 2009

A couple days ago, I was sure I was not on board with this stinker of a reboot and then came Adrien Brody. I'm back on board.


Terrorist X
1:26am, October 7, 2009

Man, look at you little bitches whining. It's pathetic. You're all so conditioned to the idea of a huge muscle action star that you're not willing to give a different actor a chance. An Oscar winning actor, mind you. Adrien Brody is an excellent actor and this is the best damn thing that has happened to this project yet. I'm just going to sit back and laugh whilst you numb skulls complain about the role not being given to another dime-a-dozen action star.


Wlad
2:16am, October 7, 2009

This is good. Having an oscar winner gives a huge dose of validation to this movie. And while Brody has yet to prove himself as an action star, nobody can question his acting abilities. ...And about Danny Trejo. Funny how his character name here pays tribute to his Machete. Cuchillo, of course, is Spanish for knife.


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