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Shane Black wants to make The Predator about “spectacle” – but should he?

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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 […]

Rumour: Joe Cornish and Shane Black in contention for Gambit movie

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Earlier this week it was reported that 20th Century Fox is eyeing Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) to replace the departed Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) as director on the upcoming X-Men spinoff Gambit, and now Heroic Hollywood has thrown another couple of contenders into the hat. According to the site, […]

Shane Black discusses The Predator

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Ever since it was announced that Shane Black would be director a Predator sequel, news has been sparse regarding the project. We know that it’s co-written by his old buddy and Monster Squad co-scribe/director Fred Dekker, and Black promised that would be an “event movie.”  We also learned that it would be called The Predator […]

Shane Black’s Predator sequel is still happening, will reportedly “reinvent” the franchise

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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 […]

Sterling K. Brown joins Shane Black’s The Predator

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Sterling K. Brown sure is making a lot of headlines lately. Following his Emmy win for American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson and his role on the critically acclaimed NBC drama This Is Us, the actor has been setting his sights on several high-profile big screen projects. He recently joined the cast of Marvel’s Black Panther movie, […]

Moonlight actor Trevante Rhodes joins Shane Black’s The Predator

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It’s been several months since we’ve heard anything new about Shane Black’s upcoming reboot of The Predator, and while plot details are still being kept under wraps, THR is now reporting that there’s a new addition to the cast: Moonlight breakout star Trevante Rhodes.  Rhodes will play the best friend of Narcos and Logan actor Boyd Holbrook, the film’s lead protagonist. The report […]

Shane Black’s The Predator adds Keegan-Michael Key

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Just yesterday, news broke that Moonlight actor Trevante Rhodes had boarded Shane Black’s reboot of The Predator, and now THR has word on yet another casting addition: Key and Peele co-creator and co-star Keegan-Michael Key. 20th Century Fox is still pretty tight-lipped about this reboot, which Black hopes to begin filming this winter. According to the new report, Key will […]

Shane Black’s The Predator to undergo two weeks of reshoots in March

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Having originally been pushed back from its planned March 2nd release date to August, Shane Black’s The Predator is set to undergo a brief round of reshoots in Vancouver this March, with Black reassembling his cast for two weeks. Details on the reshoots are scarce, but there are a few unsubstantiated rumours – potentially pure […]

Predator: 9 Unforgettable Moments from Alan Silvestri’s Soundtrack

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With the Arnie classic enjoying a one-day re-release to mark its 30th anniversary, Sean Wilson unpacks the secrets of Predator’s genre-defining score… It’s a very good time to be an Alan Silvestri fan at the moment. Not only is the veteran Back to the Future composer assigned to both Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One and […]