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Funko’s NYCC exclusive movie merchandise includes The Shining, Predator, Gremlins, Coming to America and more

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Promotional images have arrived online for Funko’s range of New York Comic-Con exclusive movie merchandise which includes: Rock Candy figures for The Grady Twins from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror The Shining and Margot from Wes Anderson’s comedy-drama The Royal Tenenbaums; Vynl. 2-packs for Max Fischer and Herman Blume from Wes Anderson’s Rushmore, Prince Akeem and Randy Watson from the […]

The Predator opens soft with $55 million worldwide

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20th Century Fox’s hopes of reviving its Predator franchise have hit a bit of a snag, with the Shane Black-directed reboot/sequel The Predator opening soft at the global box office with a worldwide haul of just $55 million. In North America, the $88 million-budgeted film grossed $24 million, placing it third in the franchise after […]

Shane Black on Arnold Schwarzenegger turning down The Predator cameo

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Back in April of last year, Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that he’d turned down the opportunity to reprise his role as Dutch from the 1987 action classic Predator in the new reboot/sequel from director Shane Black, with Arnie stating that he was unhappy with the size of the role he was offered. Now, with The Predator […]

Movie Review – The Predator (2018)

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The Predator, 2018. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, Yvonne Strahovski, Niall Matter, Mike Dopud and Brian A. Prince. SYNOPSIS: When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe’s most lethal hunters’ return to Earth, only […]

Exclusive Interview – Boyd Holbrook on The Predator

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Thomas Harris chats with The Predator star Boyd Holbrook… Alone in a subterranean screening room in a hotel somewhere in Soho, I found myself giggling uncontrollably at Shane Black’s The Predator. Turned out that I’m one of few to actually have a real soft spot for Black’s ramshackle, thoroughly nasty take on the 80s genre […]

The Ultimate Predator takes out a rival in first clip from The Predator

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With The Predator set to arrive in cinemas next week, 20th Century Fox has released the first clip from the sci-fi action thriller which sees the Ultimate Predator take down a smaller rival; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Shane Black apologises for casting his sex offender friend in The Predator SEE ALSO: The Predator gets a […]

Shane Black apologises for casting his sex offender friend in The Predator

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20th Century Fox has removed a scene from The Predator featuring actor Steven Wilder Striegel, a long time friend of director Shane Black, who also happens to be a convicted sex offender. According to the Los Angeles Times, Stiegel – who pleaded guilty to grooming a 14-year-old girl in 2010 and served six months in prison […]

The Predator gets a final red band trailer

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With less than two weeks to go until The Predator arrives in cinemas, 20th Century Fox has released a new action-packed red band trailer for Shane Black’s upcoming action sci-fi reboot; watch it here… SEE ALSO: The Predator TV spot offers first look at the Predator Hounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxnWeXtSVXE From the outer reaches of space to the […]

The Predator gets a batch of new TV spots

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20th Century Fox’s big marketing push for The Predator continues, with the studio releasing four new TV spots for the Shane Black-directed reboot; check them out here… SEE ALSO: The Predator TV spot offers first look at the Predator Hounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ufRdK_-XJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jjr0pFQtUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFVREJLJ6jc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB3DpcAoLzs From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, […]