Editorial Staff
The new “Predator” movie will totally “reinvent the franchise” according to producer John Davis.
In an interview with Collider, Davis called Shane Black’s treatment “genius” and recreates the franchise in a “a different, interesting way.”
“Shane shot a movie and he’s doing a pilot now, but I’ve read a lot of his script and I think it’s genius. I think it’s genius and I think it’s entertaining, and what it did is recreate a famous franchise in a different, interesting way; looking at it from a different light. He’s just an amazing writer-director. He’s got a way of looking at this that makes you excited again. I love this franchise. It was the first movie I ever did. I remember in being in the jungle with Arnold [Schwarzenegger] as a 28-year-old and going, ‘This is a fun business!’…Shane’s amazing. He’s an amazing storyteller.”
The film, which Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”, “Iron Man 3”) will co-write with Fred Dekker (“The Monster Squad”) and also direct, is said to be somewhat of a sequel to the original 1987 film from John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Whatever they’ve cooked up, sounds intriguing…
“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.’ I mean he’s the guy who wrote Iron Man 3.”
Black, of course, has strong ties to the “Predator” franchise : He not only co-starred in the film but he rewrote much of the script on set.
