Shane Black’s ‘Predator’ Script Looks At The Franchise In A “Different, Interesting Way”
Shane Black, who appeared in the originalPredatoras Hawkins, is writing a newPredatorsequel with his writing partnerFred Dekker, and Black is attached to direct as well. It’s been a year since we learned of the deal, and in the meantime Black has directedhis next film,The Nice Guys. But hisPredatormovie is still moving along, and the film’s producer has offered an update that keeps us curious about what the screenwriters are cooking up.Colliderspoke toPredatorsequel producerJohn Davis, who says that Shane Black’s script is coming along just fine, even though Black also had his own film to direct earlier this year.
What’s that thing that seems so exciting? Well,last year Black saidthe approach is more sequel than reboot, explaining “Why start over, when you’ve all this rich mythology yet to mine?” He said he’s more interested in the idea of an “inventive sequel” more than a reboot, detailing that part of the appeal is “the idea of expanding and exploring the existingPredatormythology, rather than hitting the restart button.”
Back to the recent interview, Davis went on to say,
Shane’s got a writing partner, Fred Dekker. They’ve been doing it together and Fred’s great. The two of them together, they’ve been in the business for a long time, but the writing is so fresh, the perspective is so fresh. I’m telling you you’re going to get something you don’t expect and you’re going to say, ‘This is the most entertaining way to reinvent a franchise.’
We don’t have a release date for the Black and Dekker-scriptedPredatorfilm, but we’ll update with that as soon as the info is made public.
