Sunday, November 29, 2009
By: MrDisgusting
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For the first time since being hired to bring the battle back to the jungle in which it started, director Nimrod Antal has gone on the record about Predators, his forthcoming reboot of Predator for 20th Century Fox. Starring Topher Grace, Adrien Brody, Walton Goggins, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walt Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Louiz Ozawa and Derek Mears, below you'll find some talk about how big of a fan he is, along with how he chose to go a more practical route (good).
To put some of your worries to rest, Antal, who directed both Kontroll and Vacancy, is a huge fan of the entire Predator franchise - so much in fact that he recalls waiting in line when he was 14 to see the first one.
"Let me tell you, I was so much of a fan that I stood in line when I was 14 and I had the poster on my wall," Antla tells Comingsoon in an exclusive interview.
While he would have loved to find someone to replace Arnold Schwarzenegger, he offers some logical reasons why they chose to cast Adrien Brody instead.
"I think when we cast Adrian, 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."
Another obvious concern among fans is the use of CG in a Rodriguez movie. Antal understands a huge portion of the first film's success was because of the practical Preadator costume, and locations.
"I think we both recognize that the original film was as good as it was because of the practical, because it was a guy in a suit, because it was the jungle, so we stay true to that. We were in Hawaii for a month in the jungle, so there's going to be some pretty impressive locations."
You can read more about the remake, along with details on a posible Arnie cameo, by clicking the link above.
20th Century Fox has slated the film for release on July 9, 2010.
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Nimrod Antal is a talented guy Vacancy was super stylish and suspenseful and the casting of oddly sexy Adrian Brody and cute boy next door Topher Grace sounds good to me |
There is no way in hell Arny could be in the movie that wouldn't make me stand up and cry bullshit. |
I must say that this eases my mind a little, I think that the predator might get treated with some respect after all, but then again Paul Anderson was an Alien/Predator fan and look how AVP turned out...I guess time will tell,I just hope these clowns wont be killing predators left and right with ease,look what one predator did to Arnolds special ops team, and these guys are on their planet? either way, I'll be in line with my 9 bucks on opening day, can anybody say "plasma cannon"? |
Looking forward to this. Good cast, stoty and Arnie cameo. |
Stop calling it a fucking remake! You fucking retards. It's not a remake. It's a reboot! Do you call Terminator Salvation a remake? NO! |
Reboot, fine. Terminator: Salvation was just a sequel though, not a reboot. Incredible Hulk and Batman Begins would be considered reboots though. What shocks me the most here is that Topher Grace's name comes before Walton Goggins and Adrien Brody. How the heck did that happen? Is he supposed to be the lead merc or something? |
adrian is a good idea for the lead hero fuck anyone who dose not like it! |
Who is Topher Grace playing, because I just can't see him in this movie. |
Maybe Grace will be a Bad joke-telling guy like the one in the original, because I can't see Him on any other roles but the sarcastic nerd, sorry... I still like him though, Go Foreman! |
This shouldn't be as bad as AVP 2!I'll be positive til I see it to judge it. Brody and Grace are not the first two guys when I think action hero.But then I didn't think the guy from Moonlighting could pull it off.Now he's an action icon. |
Sounds cool. Can't wait to see how the film turns out. I'm glad that they're going in a different direction and that this isn't a direct remake, but from what I've heard about this movie, it sounds more like a sequel/reboot. Guess we'll have to wait and see. |
why are we still calling this a remake? |
Loved the original. Enjoyed the second one, sort of. Hated the whole AVP shitpile! Hope this one gets back to basics... |
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