Shane Black To Write and Direct Predator Reboot!

[hfeldhaus]

It's a reboot, in terms of Hollywood not Wikipedia. It doesn't really matter of Shane Black says it's not a reboot. He's obviously just trying to cover up the fact it is because of the eye rolling that happens around reboots

[Spoonman101]

Mmmm if anything AvP was a reboot.

[hfeldhaus]

Depends how you look at it. AVP was more of a start to a new franchise

[Magegg]

Something reboots have in common is that the movie is gonna be kind of similar to the original one, taking many cues for the plot.

But take Predators, for example. Someone likes to call it a reboot, but it's actually a completely different movie. It is just another Predator movie, not a reboot.

[hfeldhaus]

That's completely contradictory.

You say reboots take cues from originals and predator was full of them

[HuDaFuK]

Reboots don't have to take cues from the original at all. They can be as similar to or different from the original they're rebooting as the production team pleases.

Batman Begins was tonally completely different to Tim Burton's Batman.

[hfeldhaus]

Reboots don't have to take cues from the original at all. They can be as similar to or different from the original they're rebooting as the production team pleases.

Batman Begins was tonally completely different to Tim Burton's Batman.

I know right! 

[Magegg]

That's completely contradictory.

You say reboots take cues from originals and predator was full of them

The main idea of the movie is completely, completely different.

[hfeldhaus]

Predator - a group of highly trained killers against Predator

Predators - a group of highly trained killers against Predators

Iv joked that predators was a remake on here but it certainly shares the same ideas of the original

[Spoonman101]

Yeah dude but you're forgetting the plural.

[Magegg]

Iv joked that predators was a remake on here but it certainly shares the same ideas of the original

It's very different because this time they're exploring the Predators safari planet and trying to make sense on where they are and learn something about their enemies. The whole mission is finding the ship and returning to Earth, not simply surviving.

If you want a "reboot", I'd say Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes or Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Predators was a sequel or at least it was set in the same continuity. So, it was not a reboot by any means. Probably a "franchise relaunch" at best.

[hfeldhaus]

Relaunch is a good way to put it but the main idea of predators is the same as predator. It's also pretty clear that it was an attempt at a New franchise within the continuity. Predators failed to get a sequel so Fox have decided to reboot

[The Saint]

How about Benedict / tom hardy / Sharlto copley / dwayne johnson / ben foster

[Magegg]

Predators failed to get a sequel so Fox have decided to reboot

Pssh, Shane Black's saying it's gonna be a sequel (for the three Predator films), not a reboot.

But it is going to be yet another relaunch, anyway.

[RakaiThwei]

Pssh, Shane Black's saying it's gonna be a sequel (for the three Predator films), not a reboot.

We know it's a sequel but for all we know, it could ignore PREDATORS. It could be a direct sequel to Predator 2, or a direct sequel to the original. Only time will tell.