There’s a very interesting video commentary on LatinoReview who has had a look at a draft of the script dated July 12, 2009. The first look is very positive. They say the script is ‘awesome’ and providing Fox let Rodriguez handle everything, Fox will have a blockbuster on their hands by next summer. Here’s the main points:
-The script isn’t PG13, it’s a ‘bloody, violent, hard R script reminiscent of the original’.
-Story takes place on the Predators’ homeplanet… Picture it as one big jungle from the cretaceous period.
-Opening sequence takes place with our main character, Royce, chasing down something on a rooftop. The sequence ends with him killing his prey with the Predator watching. The Predator then kidnaps him. We next see the character parashooting onto the Predator planet.
-Soon after we meet seven other characters who also parashooted onto the planet: Cuchillo, Nikolai, Isabelle, Stans, Mombasa, Hanzo, and Edwin.
-They soon realise they’re prey in a game of cat and mouse and they take off on the run in the jungle. The Predator planet is a game reserve.
-A ‘Black Super Predator’ leads the hunting party of two other Super Predators.
-The characters eventually hook up with an American soldier called Nolan hiding in a cave. They find out that the Predators have been dropping humans into the game preserve for years.
-The script includes a cameo appearance from Arnie.
Thanks to Darkoo for the news.
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Daaaamn this loooks awesome!!!
Can't wait till next summer ;D
The idea of the Predator Planet just didn't sit well with me but this actually sounds promising. "Black Super Predator" has me a bit weary as well as the obvious ethnically diverse super friends stereotyping that bound to happen with names like those...
This sounds gayer than a bukakke with a dude in the center instead of a chick. What we really need isn't a movie franchise reboot, we need a Fox executives reboot.
They never said it was Arnie. They "hinted" it might be Arnie. I think they might bring back BILLY. I meanm, think about it. We never saw him die, Arnie screamed that line (in the video) when Billy was "taken". I think it's a cover-hint with a secret behind it. Even though it might make sence for Arnie to show up, I want to be the one who thinks different. ;) :D
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!
This definately gives me some hope, but I'm going to reserve some judgement incase they somehow manage to still keep in some elements of the original script such as the slave trade. At least they got rid of the gladiator idea, the Predator King, and the slave trade. At least I'm HOPING they still got rid of those. Lets just hope they don't keep the peeing scene from the original draft. ...But Super Predators? Ha ha ha ha. ...Why does Super Saiyan come to mind?
This actually sounds pretty awesome!
This movie will rock!!!
Really looking forward to it even more now.
Hrmm... I'll wait till it arrives for my judgement.
This SOUNDS amazing! AMAZING! Let's hope it's as awesome as it seems to be.
This doesn't sound nearly as bad as I expected. Like a space version of South China Sea
This sounds a lot better than I thought, and a black predator sounds great(like a black scorpion) but how could it be Billy on their game reserve, his spine was ripped out and the rest of him was thrown from a treetop.
Wow that is truly amazing and i can,t wait to see the movies.
erm.... sounds kinda childish 2 me, but cant be worse than AVPR......or can it ::)
I have to say, this is impresive
I'm a little upset that they are ignoring Predator 2, which is by far my favorite Predator film, but this could be cool I guess
This sounds very very good. I cant wait till prob august 2010 in the uk, super predator appears to be an interesting addition to the franchaise. The more i hear the better it sounds, dont let fox intervine and let troublemaker studios take control of this promising and exciting prospect. COME ON! ;D
I hope the character "Isabelle" is not a woman. I would like to see how the Predators travel through space, faster than light or worm holes. I know alot of people don't want the "avps" to be canon but the "game reserve" would explain why "chopper" had human skulls on his back pack in avp.
hm...i am very sceptical but i hope its good. story sounds like battle royal/condemned... rodriguez used to be a bit more innovative
Hmmmm.
GGef, Yeah, they're ignoring Predator 2, but they're also not saying they've written that particular film out. Predator 2 still happened but I suppose Predators can be seen as either an alternate universe or alternate cotinuity.
sounds awfull. just awfull.
Sounds good to me!
So this is... Predators Royale?
Can't wait for it. X3
it is gonna be a good movie! we need some new ideas and expanding of predator space (as a species) and Rodriguez without the leash = a great movie... altough im sure kids on this forum wont like it XD
You all said the same thing for AVP:requiem and look how it turned out ::)
I liked AvP-R, for one, and I don't care what anyone says. This is an improvement over Rodriguez's original script, however, I'm still going to reserve judgement on things until I see photos, trailer, and the film itself.
I'm indifferent on this film. I will remain that way until I see it. If it's good, I'll be thrilled. If not, I can't say I wasn't expecting it. Niether franchise has had a good film made in over 15 years.
Super Predators? I don't think so.
This story sounds like shit, super preds, pred dogs and birds, parachuting mercenaries some how on the predator's home world, arnie some how is in it? I'd rather see AVP 3 by the Strause bros.
Mr Weyland, I totally understand your concerns, and share a few of them as well. So you are really not alone there.
Rakai and weyland why dont you just give it a chance.
Brian C, I said I am reserving judgement. The only thing which I can appraise is that they're not using Rodriguez's original draft. Thats it. Thats all I am saying. I don't like that it's ignoring Predator 2, AvP, and AvP-R. Of course, thats just me, so I'm willing to say for cotinuity sake that this film is set in an alternate universe or that it's just an alternate cotinuity. I don't like the idea of the Predator dogs and falcons. Those are lame. Everything else, I'm waiting reserve on judgement.
I think the predator dogs are most likely aliens, which sounds pretty bad ass to me ;D As for the falcons, why the hell not? What's so wrong with seeing species indigenous to the planet? As for the parachuting, it sounds like a semi-safe way to drop the humans into random locations on the planet, not them actually parachuting down of their own free will.
Where did you guys read that they're ignoring Predator 2? Maybe I missed it... but Predator 2 was awesome in it's own right, and an absolute masterpiece compared to both AvP's :D.
Sound to similar to Predator 1
Remember when Alien 3 came out and had the dogburster? That worked because hey, itd be pretty damn freaky having a dog alien chase you till it eated you up. As for the Pred dogs: didnt the planet in the original AvP comic (1989) have all sorts of creatures that had the pred mandibles? Like a huge ass snake, some birds, and even the monkeys looked weird. Not Ryushi but the seeded planet for the hunts.
I think "Super Predator" is just a placeholder name to help distinguish them from regular Predators. Personally, I think these Super Predators are older Predators that have retired from travelling the galaxy to hunt. Instead, they bring the hunt to them. It's like this alien planet is their version of Florida.
Also, so far I don't see anything that would contradict the events of Predator 2 or AVP & AVP-R for that matter. I don't think Rodriguez's goal is to completely ignore the other Predator movies, but to make Predators such a kick-ass movie that people (the general audience) would want to forget the rest. That's how I interpreted Rodriguez's statement a while back.
Yah, who the hell said they were ignoring Predator 2, and both AVPs? Did someone just pull that out of their ass? How exactly are they ignoring those movies by having a story unrelated to them? Not all sequels start by saying "Previously in...". Doesn't anybody watch horror movies? I swear, some people...cripes! >:(
Looks promising, but it's too early to celebrate.
man.....that sounds pretty badass!!!!!! :o
Badass? This movie is going to be utter bollocks compared to the first one. What a joke
Looks good so far, And... Pred-Dogs? Lolwut? ;D
OMG its not even a reboot. Reboot from what? They are aliens. Every movie could have been a reboot. Nothing tied in. No same actors. Anyway this movie sounds bad ass! Sounds very interesting and I like how the predators use the humans for a little game on their planet.
the core concepts pretty good - I mean, what else could they do for a decent predator sequel that explored new territory? the idea of predators capturing the most badass earthlings and taking them back home for a "special" hunt is pretty cool......
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23 years ago this evil monster was introduced to us all and look now they are still making the movie. That just goes to show you that predator is a successful movie just like predator 2. They just came out with terminator 4 and the first came out in 1984. Terminator was also a succsessful franchise. They are comming out with alien 5 in 2011 and THAT!!! came out in 1979. The three ultimate monsters of all time are Predator Alien and Terminator. They all came out in the 80's. People like these franchises.
ehhh... :-\
>:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
Having just watched the lation news thing.....it sounds worse than i thought, disappointing, sounds like another kiddy slasher movie such as AVPR. ::)
@ Shrek: I think AvPR will always be remembered as a kiddy slasher movie from now on lol. And Brian, you know what connects the dots to those hugely successful franchises? One name: STAN WINSTON, a man whose name can only be spelt in capitals. If the lads doing Predators get one of his underlings, I reckons the movie could be worthy of praise.
Hicks you are 150 % right and picture if STAN WINSTON was still alive, i cant even image what more characters and monsters he would of came up with to create. If Stan and KEVIN PETER HALL were still alive ( the two people that made the predator amazing) they would of made future films amazing to the franchises. You got the creature creater (Stan) and the life thats inside it (Kevin Peter Hall). Hes like that spark that brings life inside it, with out that its just a suit.
Oh sweet Jesus...why? Why can't we just be content with the originals? Why do we feel the need to produce more crap? Weren't the two AvP movies enough?
yes they were enough thats why they are not making them anymore. They are making alien and predator movies now. How can you complain about that? Alien 5 directed by Ridley Scott and then you have predator which so far as such a bad ass script hopefully becomes successful. I think personally ill have to see how the predators look then Ill judge the movie
Mike D Interesting thought...Thing is, if you watch the Preds in AVP, when you first see them, Chopper doesn't have any skulls on his back, but then later he does; I always thought that they were from victims of the base camp they all just dispatched! (Chopper seemed pre-occupied with humans anyway...Explains why he was about to kill Lex and, subsequently, why he was killed so easily by sneaky Grid!)
Spoon: the newer films thus far have been bastardizations of the classics. Poorly made in every sense of the word. These movies have gone from being big blockbusters with respectable casts who can actually act to swearing, post-pubescent teenagers being killed by an Alien in a pool. I doubt "Predators" will be much better. Alien 5, however, has more potential. As always, I'll reserve final judgement until I see the finished product, but I'm hardly about to get my hopes up.
Also, predator dogs and predator falcons? What the f**k?!?!
"chopper" had human skulls on his back pack in avp because they just finished wacking the security team and took their skulls
I heard that Danny Trejo is going to be in the movie. My brother met him and he is an awesome guy. I hope he has an epic scene with the Predators.
Sounds awesome, but they could still f**k it up - a cheesy ending where they escape the planet or some stupid and unnecessary romance with the female character (there is no time for that in survival situations). No Hollywood bs, please. Antal I don't think will mess this up, given he's not a hack. It sounds good, though, PREDATOR on another planet with people being hunted, how awesome.
i really hope this flim gets rid off all the unwanted fans mainley the emo hair in front of face/ pouser deathmetal crap
Its just a script ...sounds good or not, how could you say already after this that the movie sucks or not? xy?'z...
That's pretty right, the script and all the stuff linked to this movie sound like another AVP-R. But the 80s is over, and way to shoot a movie has evolved. It's look to be a fast action movie, humans characters will probably look escape from a TV reality show, and the movie will not exceed 90 min. But where is the matter? I appreciate very much AVP-R for the pred, the picture, the sound....And the action... I just hope to be surprised by the movie, and I guess I will! Danny trejo: Good choice! Good actor!
I have my doubts, but i can also see how this could be a good story. But a Black Super Predator sounds a little retarded. Maybe they should go with a seasoned Predator. Like Wolf from AVP-R. Or the Elders, just don't have some giant black looking mutation of a predator out there. That might just suck.
The characters sound generic, and the whole concept with pred dogs and falcons sounds kinda lame. Humans should be able to breath, live, on a Predator planet easily. It's an alien world for f**ks sake. It's pretty much up to Nimrod to make this work, either he lives up to the potential he showed in Kontroll and blows us all away or, he doesn't... I second the notion that they should just call this Predator 3, P2 is the most under-rated sequel of all time. Hopefully one day it gets the respect it deserves. You know, when the real third Predator comes out.
shouldn't***
I watched the Predators first look video again and I don't think the cameo will be by Arnie. They say, we won't give away who the cameo is by but here is a clue. Then the clip shows Arnie but his dialogue is "Run, get to the chopper!". In Predator he said that to Elpidia Carrillo who played Ana. I bet she's the cameo, not Dutch.
did anyone read the novelization for Predator? THAT was crap. Predator turning into a falcon and flying around? Eff that. Of course it was based off the original predator's design that they changed thanks to Stan Lee but still. At least this doesn't sound as bad as that. And i agree with the other people, i'm reserving judgment. I did so with AVPR and liked it.
Just watched Ice age 3 and have to say that would be a sweet example to use for the movie. Of course more manly and gory LOL. It would be cool if all the humans died but the american that was hidden there all that time and ends up killing the SUPER SHRED.. i mean predator and stays hidden once again. If you watch Ice age 3 you would see the tie in and the american which would be the experienced one is like one of the characters in the ice age movie.
@Epsilon: STAN WINSTON mate not Stan "Spider-Man" Lee, he came up with the second design of the predator after the Thomas brothers had it looking like a Japanese bug villan for godzilla.
"You all said the same thing for AVP:requiem and look how it turned out" EXACTLY. People sure are stupid, or just plain naive, or both. Save your money, don't see it. Or more importantly don't waste one hour and thirty minutes of your life.
Everyone here seem to forgot than Robert Rodriguez isn't Strauss and at least, he got some style! And for those who complain it will ignore AvP and AvPR. GOOD DAMNIT! Those movie where a insult to the two franchise...
you people still bitch about it being crap....you havent even seen it yet. talk about jumping to conclusions.
Just shut the hell up people this movie will reunite the predator that stan came up with. Gess us christ you better be a predator fan to accuse these people like you know it all.
Never said I know it all, no one does. But at least I can spell unlike you. What exactly is a "gess"? Also know that the real designer behind our beloved Predator is a dude named Jim Cameron....
Why do you think Jim Cameron designed the Predator when it was Stan the man Winston.
Mike D i got your back man you know your shit.. 8)
;D
Go Mike D Go! :D
Why would there be a need for a "Black Super Predator"? You figure the Predators would save their Super Predators for something a little more dangerous than humans. The original Predator took out a thoroughly trained squad, which included the likes of Action Jackson, A WWF legend, a freakin Apache, and not to mention the squad sent before them! Danny Trejo is a crazy diesel bad-ass mo-fo mexican, but a "Super Predator", 3 of them for him? Naaaa... Michael jai White is rumored to be in the movie as well, maybe he will be playing the Super Predator, hence the need to make him black! I thought all Predators were black because of the dreads they sported.
Chris P You are wrong, go back and watch the movie again. The character Billy, does die. After Dutch is the only character still fighting for life, it goes to a scene where the predator throws Billy down on a tree and then pulls out his spine and skull, making a trophy. The concept of having Arnold in this movie is dumb to me. If they do not have any thing to do with the second predator movie and just run straight off the first and completely ignore the second, then it will work. If you watch the second predator, Gary Buseys character tells Glovers character that Dutch who had the first experience with a predator in the jungle, died just weeks after his encounter with the predator. Lets hope that this one will wipe the second predator and all other predator movies other than the first off the face of the planet. MORE GORE, MORE BLOOD, MORE KILLING, I WANT AN M RATING DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess I got to watch Predator 2 for the 1 trillionth time b/c I don't remember mr gary saying dutched died weeks later.
sounds good but the more I think about it its seems dumb
Wow, this sounds really awesome i can't wait!!!! :o
sounds boring and predictable, need to have predator vs crank or predator vs shoot em up , LOL that would be awesome. like to see where the carrot ends up.