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New Predator Film “Skulls” Pre-Production & Filming Updates!

As the fifth Predator film “Skulls” written by Patrick Aison and directed by Dan Trachtenberg is deep within its pre-production stage, we have collected a few minor updates to share since our last report on the preparation for this anticipated film!

First and foremost, we have learned once again through the Local 212 chapter of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees that the first day of filming for Skulls has actually been pushed out a week. Originally slated to commence production on the 31st of May, according to the IATSE, filming will now begin on the 7th of June and finish the 20th of August:

 New Predator Film "Skulls" Pre-Production & Filming Updates!

Regardless of the one week delay, director Dan Trachtenberg and team appear to be hard at work preparing for this new Predator film’s production. Just this past week, thanks to Instagram pages of Dan Trachtenberg and Jeff Cutter (who we assume will be the cinematographer on the film), we have learned that the crew has been scouting some of the beautiful locations in Alberta, Canada as they select the perfect spots for filming!

 New Predator Film "Skulls" Pre-Production & Filming Updates!

 New Predator Film "Skulls" Pre-Production & Filming Updates!

Now in regards to casting, while nothing has been officially announced by 20th Century Pictures or any specific performer in regards to their ties with Skulls, it’s interesting to note that Canadian actor Kyle Strauts revealed on his Twitter account that he has been currently training for a “huge film”:

 New Predator Film "Skulls" Pre-Production & Filming Updates!If you recall, the one and only Kyle Strauts has donned a Predator suit before, when he played one of the Emissary Predators in the Shane Black 2018 film “The Predator”. His role was ultimately cut from the film, but is it possible that actor and performer Kyle Strauts has now been cast as a Predator again and will be the featured intergalactic hunter in “Skulls”?

 New Predator Film "Skulls" Pre-Production & Filming Updates!

We’ll find out as news develops, so be sure to keep your targets set on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy for all the latest Predator 5 news! You can also follow us on FacebookTwitter, Instagram and YouTube to get the latest on your social media walls. Be sure to join in with fellow Alien and Predator fans on our forums as well!

And a special thanks goes out to our community members ace3g and Whos_Nick for the social media scoops!



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  1. Voodoo Magic
    Quote from: Proteus on May 12, 2021, 09:21:46 PM
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 12, 2021, 07:55:31 PM
    I don't know where legal precedent would sway, but perhaps all things being equal, a judge may rule against a preliminary injunction to stop Skulls because people's jobs are on the line and they are already on location?


    Movie productions are constantly shut down for legal and/or non-legal reasons. I have friends in the industry that have worked on shows/films that shut down two weeks into shooting. Sometimes it's a studio regime change. Sometimes it's budgetary reasons. And a lot of other times it's legal reasons. Whatever that reason is, jobs being on the line do not matter. And a judge, even if they feel sympathy for the crew, cannot make a decision based on personal feelings. The decision will be based on how they interpret the complaints. I will say that half my screenwriting friends believe Disney will open their pocket book and settle if the hearing doesn't go their way, while the other half think Disney loses completely and production is stopped. So we're back to speculating and being hopeful (whichever way you're leaning) for another two weeks.

    I am not suggesting the judgment will be made upon personal feelings.

    But we're talking a preliminary injunction versus a permanent junction here, where production would be stopped not based on the merits of the arguments, but based on the merits of the initial claims and its surrounding ramifications.

    All things being equal, it's my understanding the judge has to absolutely factor in what exactly she would be stopping (which is a movie is in production right now) and weigh those ramifications on the strength of the claims. This is one of Disney's key points in this countersuit... a You can't do this now - we're working on a film at this very moment! It can't not be taken into account in a temporary injunction.

    In regards to legal precedent. To my understanding it has to be specific. It can't be productions have been stopped before. Legal precedent would be a previous case where a preliminary injunction was enforced to stop a film currently in pre-production, based on errors in a copyright termination notice.
  2. Proteus
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 12, 2021, 07:55:31 PM
    I don't know where legal precedent would sway, but perhaps all things being equal, a judge may rule against a preliminary injunction to stop Skulls because people's jobs are on the line and they are already on location?


    Movie productions are constantly shut down for legal and/or non-legal reasons. I have friends in the industry that have worked on shows/films that shut down two weeks into shooting. Sometimes it's a studio regime change. Sometimes it's budgetary reasons. And a lot of other times it's legal reasons. Whatever that reason is, jobs being on the line do not matter. And a judge, even if they feel sympathy for the crew, cannot make a decision based on personal feelings. The decision will be based on how they interpret the complaints. I will say that half my screenwriting friends believe Disney will open their pocket book and settle if the hearing doesn't go their way, while the other half think Disney loses completely and production is stopped. So we're back to speculating and being hopeful (whichever way you're leaning) for another two weeks.
  3. Voodoo Magic
    I don't know where legal precedent would sway, but perhaps all things being equal, a judge may rule against a preliminary injunction to stop Skulls because people's jobs are on the line and they are already on location?
  4. Proteus
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 12, 2021, 01:17:53 PM
    Indeed. Disney brings up their new Predator film (Skulls) several times in their own countersuit. Here are some snippets:

    https://i.ibb.co/0Mqv9fh/IMG-20210512-093102.jpg

    I admit to being part of those with a sense of false hope considering we keep uncovering little bits of production information, like updated crew jobs, scouting photos, BIRTHDAY COOKIES, etc. We assume that if this is going on then something must be happening behind the scenes favoring Disney/Fox we're not privy to. But the fact remains we know nothing at all and won't until May 27th.
  5. Proteus
    Quote from: SiL on May 11, 2021, 10:34:34 PM
    If an injunction is passed the production will be put on hold

    Exactly. It wouldn't make sense for Disney to stop production on their own on a "what if..." They're smart to continue on the off chance things go their way. That way they're not behind on scheduling as the studio time has already been booked. However, if that injunction is placed, then unfortunately that puts an end to that.
  6. Immortan Jonesy
    Quote from: Whos_Nick on May 11, 2021, 09:39:33 PM
    Part of me feels like regardless of the outcome, the lawsuit wouldn't affect the movie.

    I super hope so!  :laugh: :-X




    Quote from: ace3g on May 11, 2021, 11:20:20 PM
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    by @dannytrs 5 hours ago

    This is 40. Thank you @lindseygazel and @tysonbreuer for the bday cookies.

    That cookie actually hype me up!  8)
  7. ace3g
    https://cdn1.smihub.com/view?q=zAjNkNDO9QWaz91Yu9lJ2EjN3YkQwYTPl9mJlFGMhZWOzYDZ2I2YkFDOhRGMxcTZ3QDOyITZ3EGZlZWPo9mJ00yN9I2YjZSQBFUQCVla2JkQBFUPtRWZmgGeZNGU5gVQVBjdHdWRqZ0dxITPjh2bfNmbfZyMwETP0F2YfNmbfZSbvNmLtFmcnFGdz5WauR2YuETLxcXY31CduVGdu92Yz1Ddo91Yu9lJx0Dc09zZwpmLu9VO5czM1IjN0ATN4gjN5kDNxgzMfVzM4cTN4ATM5ADN2gDMy8lN5EjMwADN4EzLwgDMxgHM4ATMz9SNzU2L1ETL1gDOy4SM1Q3L29SbvNmLtFmcnFGdz5WauR2YuETLxcXY31CduVGdu92Yz9yL6MHc0RHa

    by @dannytrs 5 hours ago

    This is 40. Thank you @lindseygazel and @tysonbreuer for the bday cookies.
  8. Kradan
    Quote from: ace3g on May 11, 2021, 07:39:26 PM
    First look at Predator face design for Skulls

    https://cdn1.smihub.com/view?q=%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

    https://cdn3.smihub.com/view?q=%3D%3DwMwYDZzgTPkl2cfNmbfZyNGJTRxMEM20TZvZyNykzNzkTOjlDMmV2YjF2M2EDZ0MWO0YTY2kTYjVmZ10DavZCNtcTPiN2YmEUQBFkQVpmdCJUQB1TbkVmJtJjNZVWLYF0Y3YFRlVnNxx0VR1zYo92Xj52XmUDMx0DdhN2Xj52XmQXZu5ibkNmYm5SYuZmLx0SM2l2am5SbhJ3ZhR3culWP0h2Xj52XmETPwR3PnBnau42XycjM0gTOycDO5YDN2gTM3ADOz8VOwcjN5YzMwYTM3kjM4EzX1QDO5gjM0gTMvADOwEDewgDMxM3L1MTZvUTMtUDO4IjLxUDdvY3L0Vmbu4GZjJmZuEmbm5SMtEjdptmZu0WYydWY0Nnbp9yL6MHc0RHa

    by @jeff_cutter 37 minutes ago at Calgary, Alberta

    When the director has a birthday you get to eat cool cookies like these! Happy Bday @dannytrs #skullsmovie #predator

    Predcake !!!
  9. ace3g
    First look at Predator face design for Skulls

    https://cdn1.smihub.com/view?q=%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

    https://cdn3.smihub.com/view?q=%3D%3DwMwYDZzgTPkl2cfNmbfZyNGJTRxMEM20TZvZyNykzNzkTOjlDMmV2YjF2M2EDZ0MWO0YTY2kTYjVmZ10DavZCNtcTPiN2YmEUQBFkQVpmdCJUQB1TbkVmJtJjNZVWLYF0Y3YFRlVnNxx0VR1zYo92Xj52XmUDMx0DdhN2Xj52XmQXZu5ibkNmYm5SYuZmLx0SM2l2am5SbhJ3ZhR3culWP0h2Xj52XmETPwR3PnBnau42XycjM0gTOycDO5YDN2gTM3ADOz8VOwcjN5YzMwYTM3kjM4EzX1QDO5gjM0gTMvADOwEDewgDMxM3L1MTZvUTMtUDO4IjLxUDdvY3L0Vmbu4GZjJmZuEmbm5SMtEjdptmZu0WYydWY0Nnbp9yL6MHc0RHa

    by @jeff_cutter 37 minutes ago at Calgary, Alberta

    When the director has a birthday you get to eat cool cookies like these! Happy Bday @dannytrs #skullsmovie #predator
  10. Kradan
    Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on May 09, 2021, 03:40:48 PM
    Let's try this again lol :laugh: I'm Disney and I decide to hire Voodoo studio to design the Predators and then Kradan's studio to design the fishnet, and Kradan worked as a freelance artist for Voodoo before creating his studio. But maybe Kradan's Predators are better than Voodoo's so we should give Kradan Studios the entire Predator and let Voodoo do the fishnet 🤔 Mmmm ok got it.  ;)

    Nooooo ! Don't give Kradan Predators, give them to Voodoo ! His Preds are fine !
  11. Voodoo Magic
    Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on May 09, 2021, 03:40:48 PM
    Let's try this again lol :laugh: I'm Disney and I decide to hire Voodoo studio to design the Predators and then Kradan's studio to design the fishnet, and Kradan worked as a freelance artist for Voodoo before creating his studio. But maybe Kradan's Predators are better than Voodoo's so we should give Kradan Studios the entire Predator and let Voodoo do the fishnet 🤔 Mmmm ok got it.  ;)

    :laugh:

    Nailed it!

    What's interesting is Jen Roomes posted that she is working for both studios... StudioADI during the week and Onyx Forge Studio on the weekends. I would love to know what she's doing at each studio!  🤔
  12. Immortan Jonesy
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 09, 2021, 02:21:37 PM
    Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on May 09, 2021, 05:48:14 AM
    Quote from: RidgeTop on May 08, 2021, 09:07:48 AM
    Steve Wang has worked for ADI sculpting on both Alien Resurrection and AVPR. Same thing could be happening here. When people want one FX studio over another, I don't think they really realize how many artists are work for hire and take up jobs rotating between studios. I get the argument that management makes a significant difference, but as we've also seen the director and the producers have made decisions that ADI have disagreed with. An artist team is entirely different on different projects, even with the same studio.

    https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/805/content_steve_wang_bts_avp_requiem_20th_century_fox.jpg?1352307729

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/a9/6e/a1a96e52af3a389098df2203812f926d.jpg

    Woah :o Thank you for such amazing post  :o

    https://s3.gifyu.com/images/58u57qa9b529a6bff1dab1.gif

    Where have you been?  ;)

    In all seriousness though I think there's a wrinkle here. If my recollection is correct, Wang was a freelancer hired by ADI for AvP Requiem. But a few years later, Steve Wang created his own studio (Onyx Forge Studios) that is now a competitor to ADI, bidding on the same jobs, etc. So like with The Predator, where ADI had creature duties, but an entirely different studio had armor & bio-mask duties... I believe it could possibly turn into a similar situation here.

    But yeah, ADI doesn't have the revenue to maintain talent on the payroll as permanent employees so they hire freelancers per job. We saw them advertising for workers recently, which tipped us that this probably for Skulls:

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot_20210311-105213_Instagram.jpg

    Let's try this again lol :laugh: I'm Disney and I decide to hire Voodoo studio to design the Predators and then Kradan's studio to design the fishnet, and Kradan worked as a freelance artist for Voodoo before creating his studio. But maybe Kradan's Predators are better than Voodoo's so we should give Kradan Studios the entire Predator and let Voodoo do the fishnet 🤔 Mmmm ok got it.  ;)
  13. Voodoo Magic
    Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on May 09, 2021, 05:48:14 AM
    Quote from: RidgeTop on May 08, 2021, 09:07:48 AM
    Steve Wang has worked for ADI sculpting on both Alien Resurrection and AVPR. Same thing could be happening here. When people want one FX studio over another, I don't think they really realize how many artists are work for hire and take up jobs rotating between studios. I get the argument that management makes a significant difference, but as we've also seen the director and the producers have made decisions that ADI have disagreed with. An artist team is entirely different on different projects, even with the same studio.

    https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/805/content_steve_wang_bts_avp_requiem_20th_century_fox.jpg?1352307729

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/a9/6e/a1a96e52af3a389098df2203812f926d.jpg

    Woah :o Thank you for such amazing post  :o

    https://s3.gifyu.com/images/58u57qa9b529a6bff1dab1.gif

    Where have you been?  ;)

    In all seriousness though I think there's a wrinkle here. If my recollection is correct, Wang was a freelancer hired by ADI for AvP Requiem. But a few years later, Steve Wang created his own studio (Onyx Forge Studios) that is now a competitor to ADI, bidding on the same jobs, etc. So like with The Predator, where ADI had creature duties, but an entirely different studio had armor & bio-mask duties... I believe it could possibly turn into a similar situation here.

    But yeah, ADI doesn't have the revenue to maintain talent on the payroll as permanent employees so they hire freelancers per job. We saw them advertising for workers recently, which tipped us that this probably for Skulls:

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot_20210311-105213_Instagram.jpg
  14. Immortan Jonesy
    Quote from: RidgeTop on May 08, 2021, 09:07:48 AM
    Steve Wang has worked for ADI sculpting on both Alien Resurrection and AVPR. Same thing could be happening here. When people want one FX studio over another, I don't think they really realize how many artists are work for hire and take up jobs rotating between studios. I get the argument that management makes a significant difference, but as we've also seen the director and the producers have made decisions that ADI have disagreed with. An artist team is entirely different on different projects, even with the same studio.

    https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/805/content_steve_wang_bts_avp_requiem_20th_century_fox.jpg?1352307729

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/a9/6e/a1a96e52af3a389098df2203812f926d.jpg

    Woah :o Thank you for such amazing post  :o

    https://s3.gifyu.com/images/58u57qa9b529a6bff1dab1.gif
  15. Yautja888
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 04, 2021, 07:47:45 PM
    Quote from: Lost_Hunter on May 04, 2021, 06:00:10 PM
    So I'm guessing ADI's involvement is all but confirmed. Good sleuthing guys. Given the light of the recent lawsuit, help me out, why are we looking forward to this? Native American angle is great but everything else sounds terrible. ADI doesn't deserve another shot and I doubt they ever did. Even if they get this one right, who the f**k cares? If they got it right or close we would be able to look at their involvement with both franchises and root for em but that's not the case is it.

    Predator to me is a slasher film franchise at heart. There are so many wonderful aspects of Predator that elevate the material far beyond your typical slasher fare, but that is the crux of it to me.

    So in that slasher framework, much of its freshness relies on 1. the setting and 2. the opponent. And to me they hit the bullseye with a soldier in a present day jungle, and hit it again with a cop in a city in the future.

    The other necessary component is 3. maintain the mythological / supernatural prism in which the Predator is viewed, an aspect that was purposely baked into the creature by Jim & John Thomas. You got that in the first two Predator films from both Anna and King Willie referring to the hunter as a "demon".

    Unlike Predators and Royce, and The Predator and McKenna, you finally have a movie Skulls that checks all three boxes again in 1. setting, 2. opponent and 3. mythological prism (you just know the Comanche is going to view the Predator as some demon, god or ghost from some sort of spirit world.)

    That's why I am looking forward to this.  :)

    Very good post and very true, I would add :

    4. Predator design, if it sucks the movie will suck too.

    Besides the creature and its equipment, the sound design is also important, and the pred vision.There were small differences between the pred visions in  the first two movies, such as the heartbeat missing, but nevertheless both were quite similar and produced that eerie feeling.A lot of other details really made the character for me, like the difference between the mask removal in the first two movies, and the more recent ones,they removed them like cheap Halloween masks  :D :-\


    Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on May 07, 2021, 03:08:14 PM
    Steve Wang ? Now this is interesting ! God I hope his role is important in this one...

    Can't be a bad new, but I will remain cautiously optimistic .Nicotero worked on Predators but the original pred was a failure.
  16. Voodoo Magic
    Quote from: RidgeTop on May 08, 2021, 09:07:48 AM
    Steve Wang has worked for ADI sculpting on both Alien Resurrection and AVPR. Same thing could be happening here. When people want one FX studio over another, I don't think they really realize how many artists are work for hire and take up jobs rotating between studios. I get the argument that management makes a significant difference, but as we've also seen the director and the producers have made decisions that ADI have disagreed with. An artist team is entirely different on different projects, even with the same studio.

    https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/805/content_steve_wang_bts_avp_requiem_20th_century_fox.jpg?1352307729

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/a9/6e/a1a96e52af3a389098df2203812f926d.jpg

    That's exactly why I said it's all about job responsibilities: "Give Steve Wang & Onyx the entire Predator and let ADI do the weapons, the armor, Comanche stunt weapons, etc. etc."

    It goes back to the one thing you and I agreed on that with ADI Predators, for some reason, something gets lost between maquette and the final executed product. That's why I hope Onyx gets the entire Predator soup to nuts... and ADI gets the Predator armor and accessories which is something ADI does a very good job with in my humble opinion!

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/a9/6e/a1a96e52af3a389098df2203812f926d.jpg

    https://i.ibb.co/XL36YwY/IMG-20210508-072348.jpg
    https://i.ibb.co/v4yCGJf/IMG-20210508-072337.jpg
    https://i.ibb.co/YTvDNtC/IMG-20210508-072404.jpg

    Quote from: seattle24 on May 08, 2021, 04:55:18 AM
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 07, 2021, 09:24:15 PM
    Yeah, I think the people who are worried are not worried about the design choices the directors approve, (there's nothing we can do about a director's vision) but more worried about the craftsmanship the directors likely didn't approve, something not evident in the concept art or maquettes like skin rolling and folding in unnatural ways, etc.

    Going back to AvP-R, the Strause bros constantly banged on about their love for Aliens and wanting to go back to the domeless look. It was ADI's first proper chance to revise the Alien properly since Alien Resurrection and what they turned in was an unfathomably fat neck to hide the actor's head, and the worst looking Alien head in any Alien film. It couldn't look further from the ridged head in Aliens if it tried. So yeah it's definitely the craftsmanship.

    Well, I personally think everything is a case by case basis, but I do know with Predators, that skin rolling and folding in unnatural ways is definitely craftsmanship... and definitely not in the concept art or maquettes.

    https://i.ibb.co/gj8kqf5/20210311-153852.gif
  17. RidgeTop
    Steve Wang has worked for ADI sculpting on both Alien Resurrection and AVPR. Same thing could be happening here. When people want one FX studio over another, I don't think they really realize how many artists are work for hire and take up jobs rotating between studios. I get the argument that management makes a significant difference, but as we've also seen the director and the producers have made decisions that ADI have disagreed with. An artist team is entirely different on different projects, even with the same studio.

    https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/805/content_steve_wang_bts_avp_requiem_20th_century_fox.jpg?1352307729

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/a9/6e/a1a96e52af3a389098df2203812f926d.jpg
  18. seattle24
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 07, 2021, 09:24:15 PM
    Yeah, I think the people who are worried are not worried about the design choices the directors approve, (there's nothing we can do about a director's vision) but more worried about the craftsmanship the directors likely didn't approve, something not evident in the concept art or maquettes like skin rolling and folding in unnatural ways, etc.

    Going back to AvP-R, the Strause bros constantly banged on about their love for Aliens and wanting to go back to the domeless look. It was ADI's first proper chance to revise the Alien properly since Alien Resurrection and what they turned in was an unfathomably fat neck to hide the actor's head, and the worst looking Alien head in any Alien film. It couldn't look further from the ridged head in Aliens if it tried. So yeah it's definitely the craftsmanship.
  19. SiL
    Nah I'm also pretty worried about good craftsmen getting told to realise shit ideas. What's the point in getting Steve Wang if you tell him to put bitch tits on an Alien, y'know?
  20. Voodoo Magic
    Yeah, I think the people who are worried are not worried about the design choices the directors approve, (there's nothing we can do about a director's vision) but more worried about the craftsmanship the directors likely didn't approve, something not evident in the concept art or maquettes like skin rolling and folding in unnatural ways, etc.
  21. Proteus
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 07, 2021, 06:08:27 PM
    Quote from: Kradan on May 07, 2021, 04:00:35 PM
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 07, 2021, 03:13:07 PM
    Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on May 07, 2021, 03:08:14 PM
    Steve Wang ? Now this is interesting ! God I hope his role is important in this one...

    Yes!!!! Give Steve Wang & Onyx the entire Predator and let ADI do the weapons, the armor, Comanche stunt weapons, etc. etc.

    That's ... cheating

    It happens. If you remember, Studio ADI didn't handle The Fugitive's Armor or Bio-Mask, just the Predator itself.

    Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on May 07, 2021, 04:49:07 PM
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 07, 2021, 03:41:47 PM
    https://i.ibb.co/0c7v8NQ/Screenshot-20210507-113709-Facebook.jpg

    "Boot making" makes me think...

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/36/aa/4c36aaeba0040847fff09d14de409cd3.jpg

    Oh oh... So they would do the comanche outfits/weapons etc ? Is it possible they also do some of the pred stuff ?

    I think its absolutely possible. Perhaps even probable. From my perspective, you don't bring the great Steve Wang on a Predator film just to do native American outfits I'd wager (if that's what this is). But if Onyx is indeed sculpting & creating a Predator, Steve Wang is a veteran artist and monster maker - I would assume he is probably doing that himself and/or with a team in mind he already knows. He wouldn't advertise that kind of work on Instagram I bet.

    Provided this speculation is correct, we just have to see how all this work is partitioned, who's doing the Predator(s), and if so, how much of that Predator work is Wang & Onyx actually doing. Just a maquette? The whole actual suit? We'll see!

    At least there's hope though! :)


    I like how all of this is picking up, but man, I hope this doesn't come crashing down May 27th. 😕
  22. Voodoo Magic
    Quote from: Kradan on May 07, 2021, 04:00:35 PM
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 07, 2021, 03:13:07 PM
    Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on May 07, 2021, 03:08:14 PM
    Steve Wang ? Now this is interesting ! God I hope his role is important in this one...

    Yes!!!! Give Steve Wang & Onyx the entire Predator and let ADI do the weapons, the armor, Comanche stunt weapons, etc. etc.

    That's ... cheating

    It happens. If you remember, Studio ADI didn't handle The Fugitive's Armor or Bio-Mask, just the Predator itself.

    Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on May 07, 2021, 04:49:07 PM
    Quote from: Voodoo Magic on May 07, 2021, 03:41:47 PM
    https://i.ibb.co/0c7v8NQ/Screenshot-20210507-113709-Facebook.jpg

    "Boot making" makes me think...

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/36/aa/4c36aaeba0040847fff09d14de409cd3.jpg

    Oh oh... So they would do the comanche outfits/weapons etc ? Is it possible they also do some of the pred stuff ?

    I think its absolutely possible. Perhaps even probable. From my perspective, you don't bring the great Steve Wang on a Predator film just to do native American outfits I'd wager (if that's what this is). But if Onyx is indeed sculpting & creating a Predator, Steve Wang is a veteran artist and monster maker - I would assume he is probably doing that himself and/or with a team in mind he already knows. He wouldn't advertise that kind of work on Instagram I bet.

    Provided this speculation is correct, we just have to see how all this work is partitioned, who's doing the Predator(s), and if so, how much of that Predator work is Wang & Onyx actually doing. Just a maquette? The whole actual suit? We'll see!

    At least there's hope though! :)
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