Get to the choppa you sonovabitch! Predators confirmed

[ManaByte]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/23/robert-rodriguez-confirms-predator-series-reboot-predators/

In January, it was rumored that 20th Century Fox was developing a Predator reboot titled Predators with Robert Rodriguez and Troublemaker Studios in the producers chair. Rodriguez confirmed the rumors at a news conference today at Troublemarker Studios for the long-awaited reform of the Texas film incentive program.

IESB reports that Rodriguez gave a list of the many projects he has in development which he hopes to shoot in the state:

    “I’m going to be able to shoot my upcoming Machete here, a sci-fi action film called Nervewrackers, a re-boot of the Predator series called Predators, and a couple of smaller movies called Sin City 2 and The Jetsons.”

Rodriguez did write a "Predators" script a few years ago as a direct sequel to the first movie where Dutch was taken to the Predator homeworld and kicked ass. Too bad Fox is too distinguished mentally-challenged to make that movie now.

[WrikaWrek]

Last movie Rodriguez did that i enjoyed was Desperado...

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

[WrikaWrek]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

That's because you are lame.

Predator 2 > Predator.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

awesome, it's that thing I like, from the 80s!

who cares

spoiler (click to show/hide)

maybe if it were a Predator vs. Spy Kids crossover

[close]

[Cheebs]

This will never get made.

Rodriguez is infamous for signing on to like 10 movies at a time and never doing them.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

That's because you are lame.

Predator 2 > Predator.

NO

[bud]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

That's because you are lame.

Predator 2 > Predator.

[WrikaWrek]

Yes.

And bud, you just saying because of Mctiernan.

[Robo]

This will never get made.

Rodriguez is infamous for signing on to like 10 movies at a time and never doing them.

Rodriguez is also infamous for being a fucking hack.  The less he actually does, the better, especially if he's going to be shitting on existing franchises.

[bud]

dude, i like the sequel, too! but it's very hard to top the first one.

mctiernan used to make such awesome movies. :'(

[bud]

what do you two have against manabyte

[Howard Alan Treesong]

it's too bad there's not a 1988 comedy called "Leper Manabyte!" starring Howie Mandel

[Phoenix Dark]

Leper manabyte

No, leper WrickWreck

smh predator 2

[Diunx]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

That's because you are lame.

Predator 2 > Predator.

Leper and ban this filth.

[Solo]

Why don't I have faith in this?

Robert Rodriguez, and all the crappy baggage that entails, for starters.

[WrikaWrek]

You guys don't know shit.

Remove posting privileges from PD and Dyunx.

[Diunx]

Dyunx?

[WrikaWrek]

Yes, the guy that was just here.

Is there an eco in here?

[Vizzys]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

That's because you are lame.

Predator 2 > Predator.

ban this filth

[WrikaWrek]

[Herr Mafflard]

Predator 2. Hmmm there's another sequel I have yet to watch that I could add to the list of Blade 2 and Mad Max 3.

Perhaps, I should add Alien 3 to that list aswell, just to get it out of the way.

Just finished watching The Iron Giant, great film. I still maintain The Incredibles is Brad Bird's best work so far, tho.

[Flannel Boy]

Leper WrikaWrek

Don't ban Malek

[Madrun Badrun]

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[Rman]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

That's because you are lame.

Predator 2 > Predator.

[drew]

totall recall>jingle all the way>kindergarten cop>twins>commando>dirty dancing>big momma's house 2>alien>watching rural folks snipe deer on public access television from their cover tent which is basically a college freshman's dorm room except with 24/7 quite hours>predator>predator 2>alien 3>avp

[duckman2000]

I can't imagine watching Predator without Arnold, Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers

That's because you are lame.

Predator 2 > Predator.

You have shit taste in movies

[duckman2000]

just do a full on vs. film

Predator vs batman vs aliens vs terminator vs robocop vs xmen vs 007 vs  xXx vs Godzilla etc...

reminds me i need to get hold of the predator/aliens vs stuff.

also, the wife and i had the Predator 2 vs Predator debate. I was shocked.
though at least no one has wheeled out any crazy AvsP love.
Talk about fisting two franchises at once... sheesh.

I'm going to go ahead and guess that Wrika likes them.

[WrikaWrek]

Duckman who are you to call out on anybody? What the fuck do you know about movies anyway?

AvP sucked, Requiem sucked even harder.

I like Predator 2 better simply because i found the heat of the city to be more interesting than the empty jungle, and although i liked Predator cast of characters more overall, i really really like Danny Glover in 2, and the predator just felt more dangerous to me.

I used to like Predator 1 better, but along the years, i've re watched both time and time again, and Predator 2 grew on me, and i now like it better than Predator 1.

So, whatever, hivemind this bitch up, but Duckman you look like the distinguished mentally-challenged fellow kid trying to fit it. Just sayin

[Brehvolution]

 

I'll give you

Predator 2 > Juno but only by a red pussy hair.

[WrikaWrek]

Really? How many times have you watched it?

Are you still stuck to the old opinion? Predator 2 has grown up to be a cult classic, get on with the times grandpa.

[duckman2000]

Duckman who are you to call out on anybody? What the fuck do you know about movies anyway?

I've gone to film school and worked in the industry, how about you?

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

So, whatever, hivemind this bitch up, but Duckman you look like the distinguished mentally-challenged fellow kid trying to fit it. Just sayin

 

duckman annihilated

[duckman2000]

So, whatever, hivemind this bitch up, but Duckman you look like the distinguished mentally-challenged fellow kid trying to fit it. Just sayin

 

duckman annihilated

For sure. And to think that there will be an even nerd-bitchier response to totally annihilate me, Eurowigger style, any minute now.

[WrikaWrek]

Duckman who are you to call out on anybody? What the fuck do you know about movies anyway?

I've gone to film school and worked in the industry, how about you?

Oh me, man....i'm just a Film fan.

[duckman2000]

Duckman who are you to call out on anybody? What the fuck do you know about movies anyway?

I've gone to film school and worked in the industry, how about you?

Oh me, man....i'm just a Film fan.

A shit film fan, even.

[Madrun Badrun]

 

[Phoenix Dark]

Too many annihilations to keep count 

[WrikaWrek]

Duckman who are you to call out on anybody? What the fuck do you know about movies anyway?

I've gone to film school and worked in the industry, how about you?

Oh me, man....i'm just a Film fan.

A shit film fan, even.

You win, mister "i went to film school, and used to work in the industry".

 

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

people, can't we all just agree that Predator 2 isn't even close to the worst film with Predator in the title.

No it doesn't stack up favorably to Predator (but then again, what does?), and at the time it seemed like another underwhelming sequel to a beloved film.   But its got its own charms, and I can't hate any movie that has Bill Paxton AND Gary Busey. 

Predator 2 is great?  Naw, but its certainly not bad.

[drew]

duq lives in ann arbor

you simply cannot win

save your breath etc

[BobFromPikeCreek]

This thread got pretty sweet.

[ferrarimanf355]

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Talk about man boobs.

[ManaByte]

1. Quite some time ago you created a treatment called PREDATORS, which was about Arnold's characters being shipped to the Predator home world where they were put into an alien menagerie.

Now that you're producing a PREDATOR movie, is there any hope that it'll be called PREDATORS and be based upon your original treatment? And if not, what direction are you taking this and does it have a title?
Robert Rodriguez: Way back before I did Desperado, I had taken a writing assignment for a sequel to Predator.

With a nod toward Cameron's ALIENS I decided to call it PREDATORS. I set it on a jungle-like Predator planet. It was just a writing assignment, so I didn't have to worry about budget constraints or how the movie would actually get made with the technology that existed back then, so I just wrote any cool thing I could come up with.

Fast forward 15 years to when I got a call from Alex Young over at Fox, who had been digging around and found my original treatment. He was eager to get it made and re-invent the Predator franchise using the treatment as a guide. So he contacted me to see if I'd be interested in being involved, and it seemed like the perfect project for us over at Troublemaker Studios.

I've built up an amazing team over the years at Troublemaker, and they're all huge PREDATOR fans. (I know this because Predator model kits litter our offices and workstations.) So the next stage is finding a writer and director to come in and work with us to bring it to life. Whether or not it will ultimately be based on the treatment or not is still unknown at this time.
2. The original John McTiernan PREDATOR is a brilliant action/ science fiction film. What is it that you're hoping to bring to fans of that film that will revive the franchise?
RR: PREDATOR is a masterpiece of the action/science fiction genre. Its been borrowed from so much in other movies and even video games (that will now probably be turned into movies themselves) that I liked the idea that we could have PREDATORS made relatively quickly. What I'd like to do with it is expand on ideas I dreamt up back in the original treatment, that had really expanded on the universe both the Predators and other species live in. We'd create new otherworldly characters while not taking away from the draw our main Predator has. I think another reason I called it Predators was to mark it as a project that should be taken seriously by a filmmaker to make a worthy follow up to a classic, much in the way Cameron made Aliens a compelling work on its own, following Ridley Scott's Alien.

Alex is passionate about re-inventing the series to a new and exciting level, and as a fan myself I'm all for it.
3. Will you work to get the Governor involved somehow in your new PREDATOR production?
RR: This is still the early stages, so we haven't approached him about taking part. As things develop further, we'll keep you posted, because this is obviously a fan favorite.
4. Are you going to make this a badass R-rated Predator movie?
RR: We haven't discussed rating yet, but my treatment was very “R.”
5. What is coming up next for you as director and is there any chance that you'd take the reins on PREDATORS?
RR: The idea is that I'd produce PREDATORS here at Troublemaker Studios, so that I can feel free to walk to the PREDATORS soundstage, pick up a camera and co-shoot the coolest scenes.

Directing wise, next up will be NERVERACKER for the Weinstein Company.