It seems as though the weeks of recent reshoots for The Predator may have done more than make a few changes. During a recent interview with CinemaBlend (h/t to ScreenRant), actor Keegan-Michael Key said that the reshoots are complete, and most of the third act of the film was reworked.
“We just finished [reshoots] last week, and just about three-quarters of the third act was rewritten. And Shane Black is… he’s just a consummate professional, and a consummate writer. He’s a wordsmith! It was a really, really exhilarating experience, and I think that he’s still one of our most vibrant writers of cinema.”
According to our sources, some of the test audiences considered the film’s humor to be a little much. Apparently the reshoots were intended to tone that down in favor of more of a horror element.
Reshoots are pretty common in Hollywood, though ones this extensive are less so. The Star Wars film Rogue One also had its third act completely changed during its reshoots. Test screenings can often have a pretty strong effect on films, with some directors criticizing them as compromising artistic vision, and others praising the audience input as an important part of the post-production process.
The long-awaited first trailer for the film will debut at Cinemacon in a couple weeks, and will hopefully release to the public sometime shortly after.
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There was plenty they could of done with those guys rather than the generic nonsense they have decided to make imo.
my friend here I agree with you, the moment when Harrigan met the lost tribe was my most favourite moment in the whole franchise. It was so epic with the music "Dem Bones" of Alan SIlvestry.
I sincerely hope it's true... More Black & less Dekker can only be a good thing
I think Coyle's jokes are definitely from Black though
Yeah l dare say alot jas been cleaned up, i maybe wrong but im pretty sure the original draft is written by Fred Dekker, and had no input by Shane Black, so expect plenty of changes. Please correct me if I'm wrong though
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it's a deal breaker for me. I'll just accept it for what it is.
Iv read the script three times now, and when it comes to the friendly predators I get a comic book vibe from it , in a good way. But there's still a good chunk of it that a 12 year old could of made up. I'm hoping it was cleaned up , but probably not. Only time will tell.
The movie is trying to have the audience "connect" with the "good" Preds in the film. I don't think it's going to be in an over-the-top way foo-foo way, but yes.
Using the Pred as an ally, in-it-of-itself, with "climate" change on their planet as the driver and connecting point, is a mistake and tough sell. Just is.
There are thousands of ways to "explain" a "conflict" (you or I (and Black) could come up with a thousand better). Black/Fox didn't pull climate change out of a hat.
It's actually a Pretty lame reason for conflict. So Pred planet is cooling, they like the hot climate (Predator connecting point, explains Ann'a comment).
Correct.
But if it's "politics" used as a form to generate a connection with an antagonist/hero/character(s) it's a 50/50 risk/reward. It's a guarantee you will miff half the audience.
The idea is to have empathy for a group of Pred's and give explanation for "why" they are here...(awe the good Pred's just want a "nice" climate to hunt in....) and it's a bad idea. (Jungle Hunter wasn't taking photos of the landscape and sending them back to the mothership)
Yes, Predator used a current day political climate to place an elite group of Ops in a jungle, nothing more, nothing less. No heart strings attempted to be tugged, no strings attached.
Clearly there is a difference.
And here I thought it was a bad case of Mysophobia.
Exactly. It's nothing that will define the film. Politics in film is just par for the course in this day and age.
If film is to be considered a form of art, then I would say that art and politics have indeed been inseparable for quite some time now. The possibility of a political sermon being worked into a predator film, is not necessarily surprising.
Remember the whole "we are going to die" line in aliens ? Hopefully it's only me that dies and you guys survive
PS. It would be funny if in the end movie going to suck big time and we are all going to be disappointed and we will say ELDERCLANLEADER and Petr you were right guys mwahahahhaha
The original predator was very much a product of its time , Vietnam was still fresh in the public minds of America etc. Predator clearly took inspiration from the films around that time, so I'm of agreement that the first did have political undertones.
Why can't this new film be a product of "our" time ?
@azamatic ... Iv decided to join the dark side mwahahahaha!!!!
There was politics in the first Predator movie. In a different way, but politics still.
Which means the "climate change" agenda will be peddled.
Great. Politics in a Pred film.
Some of the jokes works but too much and it kills it , this is my concern too.
I don't know but there is plenty to sink our teeth into when it comes out.
Ahhh finally !
You're joining in the positive bandwagon ! Haha more seriously though, too much humor can be dangerous IMO, but i honestly liked a lot of the jokes and comical situations,
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I know iv contradicted myself I apologise for that , honestly I don't think the plot is anywhere near as bad as people have made out , including myself. Now I have read it a few times it's grown on me to be honest. My only issue is the comedic tone.
Can you give some "general" examples of what you think is "a dangerous game"
the quality of the film , I'm pretty sure it will better than predators , and that to me can only be a good thing. Watching Adrien Brody pretend to be Dutch was just a cheese fest. Anything has gotta be better than that.
Lets take the first Predator, they shut down the production so long that Arnold went to film "The Running Man" in the meantime, they rewrote the entire third act, the original ending had the showdown on the Predator ship for example.
They had to reshoot all cloaking shots, Predator shots etc... for the better, without that no one would be here talking about the movie.
Don't doom the movie just yet.
"If he will be really that good and experienced, he would made it perfect straight from the beginning." This is very simplistic view on the movie buisness. Damn even experienced directors do make not suscesful movies, Redley Scott (Alien), John Mctiernan (Predator) did make questionable movies too. So this is very closeminded view on the whole movie craft thing. Same about artist, sometimes even expirienced and good artist can make not a good or to say "not popular" art piece.
True
Anyway i like the fact that they changed act 3, i hope the final battle is modified,
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I'd bank on there being no Cutter in the movie. He doesn't really add anything and then just disappears at the end.
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Shame i like that part... The gator joke got me good
I wonder who could play Cutter though... No sign of him in the casting list, maybe they changed his name, or scrapped his part...
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No cuban pete..
no winsome babes in daisy dukes..
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