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Prime 1 Studio reveals its Big Game Predator collectible statue

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Sideshow Collectibles and Prime 1 Studio have revealed the 1:4 scale Big Game Predator statue which is inspired by cover art from Dark Horse comics. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $1,199; check out the promotional images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles An extraterrestrial species characterized by their hunting of Xenomorphs/Aliens […]

The final hunt begins in preview of Marvel’s Predator #5

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Marvel Comics releases Predator #5 this coming Wednesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the issue with the official preview below… Theta has been taken prisoner…but her captors aren’t the Predators! Who are they? And will Theta be able to escape? Or will the Predators finally avenge their fallen kin? Predator #5 […]

Predator returns to UK cinemas for 30th anniversary

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Park Circus Films has announced that the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Predator is returning to UK cinemas this November in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Directed by John McTiernan, Predator sees Arnie’s Dutch leading an elite squad of U.S. Army commandos to a remote region of the South American jungle, where they have been assigned to search […]

Production has wrapped on Shane Black’s The Predator

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Young star Jacob Tremblay has taken to Twitter to announce that filming has wrapped on The Predator, director Shane Black’s quasi-reboot of the sci-fi action franchise, which has been in production in Vancouver since February. SEE ALSO: Two Predators spotted in set photo from Shane Black’s reboot #ThatsaWrap! Time for me to #GETTOTHECHOPPA!!! ✌ #ThePredator […]

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 […]

How Schwarzenegger Reigned Supreme in the Action Genre

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As Arnold Schwarzenegger turns 73, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the period where the Austrian Oak ruled action cinema, with an eye for quality material… As Arnold Schwarzenegger turns another year older, now would be a good time to look back to an era of global box office domination, and cult appeal in the action […]

10 Essential Creature Features

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Tom Jolliffe offers up 10 essential creature features… Who doesn’t love a good old creature feature? They still seem to be immensely popular, with recent reboots for the Jurassic Park and Godzilla franchises. That popularity in fact has been booming in the Asian markets in particular (whilst some of the recent big monster films have […]

The Maestros of 80s Action Movie Music

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Tom Jolliffe looks at a golden period in action movie scores and some of the maestros who composed them… What is the golden age of action movies? This is of course a rhetorical question. It’s undoubtedly the 1980s. A time of such unique flair and style. Big, bold, brash, silly, sometimes ironic. It was a […]