I think it would be fair to say that it is well known that the leaked draft of The Predator that was making the rounds last year featured an ending in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch appeared to recruit the surviving characters to his cause. It’s also pretty well known Arnold turned down the role but honestly, how many of us were still expecting him to climb out of that pod at the end of The Predator?
It’s starting to look like the Predator Killer suit was not always the occupant of Pod 03. That’s not to say it would have been Dutch, as the props below look purposefully designed to obscure the face, but from the comments the artists are making, this was from an alternate ending to The Predator!
Jon K. Miller and Sara Villarreal both shared some really cool photos of an interesting prop that we never saw in the finished film.
According to the captions from both Jon and Sara, the resemblance to an Alien facehugger was quite deliberate. You can even see a Weyland-Yutani logo on there!
The prop is actually based on designs by Fausto De Martini who previously shared his designs for both this breathing mask and the pod seen at the end of the film. In the concept art, the pod also has Weyland-Yutani markings but they were removed for the finished film (though it still retains the text Pod 03 in English).
On the comments on Instagram, Fausto revealed that the Weyland-Yutani logo was actually requested from management, nor was this originally supposed to be a Predator pod. It’s unknown if the scene was actually filmed or if it was dropped before filming but the question remains! Who was envisioned to be the occupant of this pod?
Thanks to Christopher Cooksey for bringing this to our attention! Keep checking in with Alien vs. Predator Galaxy for the latest on The Predator! You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube to get the latest on your social media walls. You can also join in with fellow Alien and Predator fans on our forums!
Update 05/12/2018 – ADI’s Alec Gillis also shared a short clip of the prop with some additional commentary.
I agree. But if you're a big corporation like Disney, the money is all that matters. I think the Solo movie proved there are limits to what you can do, even when the label says Star Wars.
For Predator fans, no karma deserved this. At the time we had three films to speak of, and while some fans may not be fond of "Predator 2" and/or "Predators", there has never been a mass fan outrage over them that was going around, to deserve what came around: An 11 foot Predator, an iron man suit with dreads, tons of comedy, a friendly Pred-Dog, and a child suffering from autism equating to a true warrior.
I guess you could solely be looking at the time-travelling, Predator killing, back-from-the-dead Ripley scene and suggesting that is karma for Alien fans frustrated with the prequels, but it didn't even make it in the movie. So I don't see any karma in play at all, if you buy into that sort of thing.
Anyway,
Bob Iger originally only mentioned that the Fox Searchlight and Fox 2000 divisions would be kept after the merger. People assumed from that, that 20th Century Fox would therefore be shelved. However, the latest news suggests that 20th Century Fox would be kept as a separate brand under Disney much like Marvel and Lucasfilm. Emma Watts (who worked with Ridley Scott to help realize the prequels) would effectively become Fox's version of Kathleen Kennedy.
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The Predator (2018) / Re: The Predator Will Set Up 2 Sequels
« on: Jul 19, 2018, 06:52:26 PM »
Would not be surprised if the sequels are AVP movies. With the comments from Comic Con and the added references added back in previous reshoots, plus a new 2 day reshoot next week(post credit scene?)- it's leading me to believe that's what is next."
My guess is Fox knew the film was not going to perform well but Disney would still want to do something with Alien and Predator(original IP, still generate merchandise)- so a return to Alien Vs. Predator would have made sense. My guess is they were not able to secure either Arnold or Sigourney in time to film a cameo(or reach a deal) and we got the suit ending instead. Were any of these alternate endings screened?
Weaponizing autism and iron man suits...I just don't have words. Do you think Dekker and Black were being super meta when they created the Predator killer? That's like the entire joke, right?
I agree about the prequels though. I don't really have much of a problem with that stuff because it's pretty ambiguous and open ended. I like the prequels! I'm in the minority.
A PG-13 Disney produced AVP film will be miles better than every Predator film, other than the first. Remember AVP and AVP-R. The Alien series is more than halfway to greatness again, in comparison to the garbage Fox has produced from these franchises. The Alien Prequels may not be perfect but they are far better than anything past 1993.
Every single bit of Star Wars Disney has produced, has been light years above Episodes 1 - 3. Light years!
Disney may not be everything we need here, but it will be a blessing to these franchises.
It's kinda the karma a lot of this fan base deserves from where Im sitting. All the people who say they want a new direction with new characters and adult themes, were delivered exactly those things and hated it for not being more like what already was.
Now, Im not saying there arent some of the fan base out there who see the prequels for what they are, on their own terms, with their own flaws, but ... HOW SOON WE FORGET!
You might like the new SW movies, that's fine, but we just saw a SW movie flop. That's unheard of. We're used to seeing Alien/Predator movies flop. That's not novel at all. The quality and sheer idiocy of The Predator and its production was pretty novel though, I have to admit.
Nor does it change the "fact" that the Alien movies could be making billions and getting great press and some 'fans' would still whine.
So i think disney and fox should make a new predator movie with legend studios and a hungry talented director.
Get a great writer to go back to the roots of a predator hunting people in a warzone or some ofther space alien on someother planet.
Simplify it and just get rid of all the plots dealing with dna and a set up to another movie.
Strike a balence and make the predator less cartoonish and less horror, campy , silly . More real and brutal and bleak and hardcore R. Less glossy fancy bright light predator space age gear and more tribal frreaky look.
Back to the roots. Less fancy and more real.
1. Absolutely nothing, but maybe letting the EU continue just for some extra pennies.
2. PG-13 safe fanboy-service movies with colonial marines that focus on action instead of horror.
3. Cheap R-rated media, like $10 million movies or streaming shows.
4. Selling the IP’s off to another studio who releases more R-rated films, which seems doubtful because the merchandise is profitable.
I’ll be very surprised if they do anything different from these four routes. People expecting Disney to save these R-rated horror franchises seem delusional to me. Hopefully Disney surprises me and I have to eat my hat.
Predator though... damn, where do you even go. Hopefully we get a 5 year break and it becomes a small project for a new director.
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Two directors fired, two films needed re-cut, another trilogy director let go, Stand alone films put on hold.
You'd have to be mega shill to pretend it's been plane sailing.
Will be a cool Neca figure as is GI Joe Predator.
Just Wow ... though
Did you know they projected $8b?
And the toy/merchandise sales are losses.
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Very positive press and nearly $5b across 4 films.
I wouldn't be surprised.
Why is anyone surprised? I'd have liked a good movie, but I expected disappointment. The more info revealed, the stronger the expectation. Now, it's all looney toons. We're seeing the all the wacky things that happened when the wrong people got their hands on the controls. It's bodes ill for future movies.
Before praying too hard to the Disney gods, look at what's happened to the properties under their control. It's not all bad news, but Disney is hardly a slam dunk for the future of Alien, Predator, or even AVP.
Ya, I bought the 4 -disc set with all the Predator films, so only blu rays in that set. Dammit! So close to seeing that film finally!
It may be time for a new player. Anyway, I guess I'm out of this convo. Lol!
I jest! ;-)
If the dvd works, just play the DVD. That's what I had to do with skull island back when I just had my PS3.
The odds of me making that mistake are one in... vermillion.
Updated the player. No change.
I still don't want to eat broccoli.
If it plays "Alien Ressurection" it's not the player...
Either your bluray player needs an update, or most likely,
it doesn't want to play such a terrible movie. It's like making
a kid eat vegetables. Can you blame the poor device for being
grossed out?
Will I never get to see this film?
My condolences.
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Pressing play....
Letting the hunt begin!