Despite being well into filming, the talk about Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator 5 has been practically non-existent! Now, the film’s producers John Davis and John Fox have broken the silence and dished some details with Collider!
According to Collider, the film will be known as Skull, dropping the plurality from the previous title, and will in fact be about the Predator’s first ever hunt on Earth (meaning that the Alien vs. Predator films will no longer be canon to the Predator films)! Though the duo didn’t go into specific details regarding the plot, Davis does compare it to the original Predator in regard to how Dutch had to use that Boy Scout bullshit.
“It goes back to what made the original Predator movie work. It’s the ingenuity of a human being who won’t give up, who’s able to observe and interpret, basically being able to beat a stronger, more powerful, well-armed force. It actually has more akin to The Revenant than it does any film in the Predator canon. You’ll know what I mean once you see it.”

“It’s the ingenuity of a human being who won’t give up, who’s able to observe and interpret, basically being able to beat a stronger, more powerful, well-armed force.”
Talking about Trachtenberg, Davis called his vision “completely unique” and even went on to state he thought Skull might even rival the original when it’s completed.
“It’s going to be, I believe, the second best — or the first… or it may be equal to the first one. Right? I feel like the first one was a wonderful, interesting movie and I know what worked about it. I feel like we kind of never got back there again. We ended up in different places. I think this is a worthy complement to the first one. It’s going to be as good.”
They also talked a little about the secrecy and circumstances regarding Skull’s development, revealing that the film is “probably three-quarters of the way through” production (the last we heard, filming is set to finish on the 28th of August). They also talked about the possible rating of the film, stating that it was conceived as an R-rating but worryingly “could easily end up PG-13.”
As far as the tone of the film goes, Davis said it “it all depends on how you end up cutting it, right? It was conceived as an R-rated movie. It could easily end up PG-13. I guess I’m going to find out what it has to be or what it is when it’s all cut together.”
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Update 3rd August – Following this news, Dan Trachtenberg posted on Instagram a comment on how a film’s title while shooting is not necessarily going to be the film’s title on release. So those of you who had been hoping to see Skull(s) as the final title may be in for some disappointment.
Looking at this old picture of our slate from when we shot 10 Cloverfield Lane and thinking about how sometimes they report on a movie’s title, but it’s actually just the code name it is shooting under…
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Their mandibles hang loose like sleeve of wizard.
It's all Kradarkdan magic, man, I'm telling ya
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I just can't for the life of me figure how they keep getting the contract, when predator fans reception to their creations has largely been negative. Which imho effects the film drastically when the very creatures we love, look so unbelievably fake.
Touché
Maybe it's somewhat useful on their planet
We go from these open mouths....
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..to Crabators that can swallow watermelons whole.
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The flappy mouth and the armor bother me much more. I like the Hero head idea. It can be done!
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I would say:
"Its not you fault that Paul Anderson wanted the Predators to look friendly and heroic. From that point any design was doomed to fail. Cute eyes and a horrific looking monstrous mouth are mutually exclusive. However I also feel the mouth was a little exaggerated in its proportions. The skin flaps are wrinkling too much. You have more animatronic movement in the mouth, which is impressive. But I think what should matter most is the form. If movement has to be sacrificed in order to just look good, that's what we should shoot for."
"I have to be blunt, Alec. It's not good. I'm not going to blame you guys for what Anderson wanted with the eyes but you CAN'T be happy with that mouth meat."
I'd say he's had one too many face babies.
Nope. To make their work better in the future.
Okay, let's role-play.
You want to work in practical fx, you believe in yourself and your ability, and Alec invites you in for an interview.
During the interview, he puts the below gif on a screen and says.... "Kradan, what are your honest thoughts regarding this work? Bad or good, I want to know how you feel about it and what would you do differently if anything." How do you answer?
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I wish I could.
Do you work for ADI!
Good man
Be like a blind date that's going brilliantly til you meet her at the pub and find out she's got mandibles.
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If that's what we get then count me out. 😅
That doesn't mean that ADI will finally make a good predator though, I just don't think it will be like something we've seen already.
I'll pray that they knock it out of the park, naive though it may be.
I wouldn't put it past them given they went unused and just have that sitting around. Probably will get retooled but given they do reuse leftover assets I have no reason to think they wouldn't. It's either that head or a retooled Fugitive.
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From your lips to the Predator Gods ears!
Don't worry, I will. I'm like sixty pages in and working on it daily
That dubbing when Dillion gets stabbed.
Of course YouTube wasn't around then, but the point is that those who did see the original trailer in theater or commercial breaks were still treated to a significant amount of detail. Heck, for those who are old enough, trailers in the 80s gave away just as much of a film as trailers do now. The difference is, like you implied, you only saw the trailer if shown in theater or you caught it on TV. I, for one, tend to watch a teaser once and do everything I can to avoid trailers after. I went into all the new Star Wars blind of info. Just have to have a little restraint.