Shane Black Confirms When The Predator Will Take Place

 

It’s been a long time coming, but finally, the wheels are in motion for Fox’s eagerly-awaited reboot The Predator. Except it’s not actually a bona fide reboot as writer-director Shane Black plans to spin a new chapter in the story that’s shaping up to be more intriguing with every sound bite. This latest nugget of intel hails from Collider, who asked Black at CinemaCon this week whether or not the movie was his next project.

This was his response“It would seem so, well, it means that I’m working on the script, and barring an act of God, a safe from the sky, there’s nothing that suggests it won’t be the next thing, and I’m getting more and more excited day by day. I mean, there’s great Predator movies, but to actually play with the idea of making it an event, not necessarily in scale but it just has to feel like a Predator movie you want to see in the summer and line up for it. And that’s what we’re going for. Let’s get back to the excitement and innovation of that original movie where it felt fresh. I just want to find a way to make it feel fresh and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

After a killer first outing, a somewhat less-punchy sequel, the perplexing Alien vs. Predator films and whatever Predators was, Black’s words are music to one’s ears. There’s no point installing someone as talented as he at the helm and insisting on a repeat of earlier failures.

Several weeks ago, Black spoke of his initial reticence to take on the project. That is, until the studio convinced him that this wasn’t going to be another lo-fi, small-budget affair. The goal is to craft a fully-expanded event franchise similar to the likes of Iron Man 3 and Alien, which almost certainly guarantees that we’re in for many more installments of this classic sci-fi property.