As psyched as I am for a Shane Black-directed, Shane Black/Fred Dekker-written take on The Predator, thus far, the trailers haven’t exactly lit me on fire. That is, until now. This latest trailer is badass. It practically sweats Black’s trademark machismo and looks like exactly the movie I hope it is.
He didn’t write John McTiernan’s 1987
Predator, but Shane Black appeared in the film. In the years
since, he’s become a celebrated writer and director in his own right. And now
he’s back to try to breathe some new life into the franchise with The Predator. 20th Century Fox just released the first trailer for the
sci-fi actioner. Check it out below.
I’m not the biggest fans of remakes and reboots and
reimaginings in general, especially of movies I love, and John “Die
Hard” McTiernan’s 1987 action classic Predator is
a formative force in my life. But since another one is happening, the fact that
it’s in the capable hands of Shane Black (Iron Man 3,
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and who actually appeared in
Predator) and Fred Dekker (Monster Squad,
Night of the Creeps), is about as comfortable as I’ll get.
The long-in-the-works project just dropped a new poster and a bit of a name
tweak.
