January 29, 2009 | by Niall Browne 

Predator Remake… Er… Reboot In The Works!

predator1Sometimes it’s depressing writing about films. I know you find that hard to believe – but it’s true.  There are times when great concepts are destroyed; times when dream casting is ditched in favor of the “flavor of the month”; but most importantly it is when a great movie is remade.

Predator is the next film in the remake (sorry reboot) firing line, and to make matters worse the film is set up by talent fascists Fox.

Last year we reported that Predator producer Jon Davis was mulling over returning to the franchise with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning, but he was vague about details and it looked like the scenario was more “what if” than reality.

Now Bloody Disgusting reports that 20th Century Fox is once again raiding their vaults and dusting off anything with name recognition and that they’ve obviously now gotten as far as “P” because it’s Predator’s turn for a reboot. It’s not the first time the studio has pillaged the Predator franchise (excluding Predator 2) - they have previously cheapened the original by making two Alien Vs Predator movies.

There is one glimmer of hope in all this. Robert Rodriquez will be producing the film under his Troublemaker Studios banner. According to Bloody Disgusting:

“In the reboot a team of  commandos face down a mysterious race of vicious monsters.”

So more like Aliens with Predators then. If they wait until Schwarzenegger is out of political office and sign him up to return as Dutch, then this might be worthwhile. Otherwise I’m not too excited by a CGI laden effects Predator movie that has no thrills and very little excitement.

Hey, maybe I’m just cynical. What do you think?

Source: Bloody Disgusting

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  • seth campbell
    !!!DO NOT REMAKE PREDATOR !!!
    thats the worst idea for a remake i"v ever heard
    its still a great movie even now in these days kids still love it
  • I didn't read through all the previous posts so forgive me if this has already been mentioned. A REBOOT . . the franchise has already been broken down enough. I don't see why they cant come up with an extended story line where they connect the space jockeys from alien and the predator race. Such as . . . space jockeys harvesting alien eggs . . . predators use aliens for game . . . predators hunting space jockeys through space to acquire alien eggs so they can continue their coming of age rituals . . . seriously it would make more sense, be a extension of both franchises . . .and it would explain why the space jockey ship crashed on LV426 in the first place. And have James Cameron Direct it for gods sake . . .
  • mike
    If a new Predator movie does come out it better be out in space on a strange new planet.How we get there I dont know, maybe its the future and we have the technology like in Aliens.And this planet should be the predators home planet.Now why we are there? maybe a crash landing, maybe we purposely go there for some reason or maybe the predators somehow lure or trap us there to hunt. Its the only way I see the franchise continuing with an impact. Something somewhat different.
  • Ken J
    I like it, let's roll with the idea...
  • PhotoShopLifter Dan
    How about a variation on blipvert's idea to remake Star Wars?

    With Zac Efron as Luke, Vanessa Hudgens as Leia...Samuel L. Jackson as Han Solo, and Robin Williams as Chewbacca (Have you SEEN how hairy that man IS???)

    A singing, dancing extravaganza, from the geniuses that brought you HSM 1, 2, and 3...it's "Star Wars: The Musical", with lightsaber-boogie choreography by Kenny Ortega.
  • nowhereman
    Perhaps an interesting way to attatch the "Preditor" franchise name to a real life scenario would be to have a film showing studio execs rooting through their libraries of film in the gloomy basement, hunting desperately through reel after reel for an already well executed concept that they could gut, ruin, and hang on their walls next to the remains of The Day The Earth Stood Still...

    I weep for the future.
  • SK47
    Maybe someone at Fox should spread the notion that calling this new entry a 'reboot' is totally unnecessary.
    If you are changing the characters, story, setting, and other stuff, then why is there a need to send out a press release saying 'yes, we are rebooting the franchise', why not send out a PR form saying 'yes, we are making a NEW Predator film. This time, a team of elite commandos faces off against a group of Predators'? Make sense?
    Hell, even if you are using Arnold's iconic Dutch character, there is no need to reboot the franchise, just tell the next story! Example, the military calls in Dutch to lead a commando team against this monstrous force which Dutch has faced before!
    Doesn't that make sense to you guys?
  • David Hasselbach
    @ Robert

    The grandpa analogy is kinda creepy, but fitting.

    BUT 'reboots' tend to go back to the source material and create something more in the sense of the original's original ... and by that I mean BOOKS.

    A 'remake' normally changes hardly anything. Best (worst) example ... PSYCHO.

    I think we could settle on 'reboots' being 'remakes' done right.

    Can we? :-)

    And concerning the Predator ... as long as they don't change the appearance of the Predator, it completely doesn't matter what they do. The new film can always be seen as a sequel.

    But personally, I don't need a new Predator right now.
    What I need is an Aliens vs Predator done RIGHT.
    In space. Without humans.
    It CAN work, people!
  • I always feel the term ''reboot'', is just a another word for ''remake''. It's like saying ''Grandpa has passed on'' instead of saying ''Grandpa is DEAD''. Anyway, I know a lot of you out there are pissed off that Predator is getting re-done, but honestly, I see no problem with it.

    The first Predator flick was very well received, but since then, Predator never made a massive hit on screen again. Predator 2 got negative reviews and 14 years later, Predator came back to the big screen with AVP and Requiem, which was bashed by fans and critics. Predator needs a fresh start and bringing Robert Rodriquez into the mix is more than positive news.
  • prtfvr
    kyyle23 said:

    "I dont know, the people in AvsP were pretty friggin dumb. I would give deer the edge"

    LOL! You're right. Normally a Predator wouldn't even stoop so low as to hunt those people. They sure couldn't compare to Arnold, Carl Weathers, and Jesse "I ain't got time to bleed" Ventura. Where's the challenge? It's like hunting with dynamite.

    And really? Being tracked through the city? THAT city? Who isn't already being tracked there? It's like hunters going to the zoo and bagging trapped animals.

    I'll bet The Rock could kick some ass. I'd be fine with that. Especially if they related him to Arnie somehow.

    Well, I've run out of analogies for now although it was fun.

    I'd rather see a 3 than a horrible "remake" of something that doesn't need to be remade.
  • ZAR
    @blipvert

    Love yout nick! I wonder how many will understand what it means & where it's from - WITHOUT having to look it up. ;)

    I remember when they showed the (somewhat pilot) movie on British TV for the first time. Rather late at night (10.30pm or something) as far as I remember. I had missed the trailer/teaser and had NO idea what was coming there! And then it kept getting better and better!

    Alas, still no release on DVD. :(

    Sorry for off-topic, mates!

    ZAR.
  • Yeah, this needs to stop. Is Hollywood so isolated that they don't know what we're saying out here? What Hollywood needs to do is "cool it" for awhile. Do a lot of small films, concentrate on getting some good, unknown scriptwriters and go from there. It'll all come back if they play it smart... but then, we're talking about Hollywood. I have no real hope.
  • Is there anything left that can be done with this concept? Id rather see a 3rd entry with a big named actor than a re-boot!

    chuck
  • linamix
    I think the preditor range has been exhausted. As for which remakes to make, why a remake a bad movie? why not just a badly made, good movie? who's up for a big budget 'Toxic Avenger'?
  • kyyle23
    I dont know, the people in AvsP were pretty friggin dumb. I would give deer the edge
  • prtfvr
    @kyyle23

    No where's the fun in just annihilating your prey? That'd be like making Ted Nugent used a gun instead of a bow an arrow. You want to give the a fighting chance.

    Humans just have better fighting skills then deer. That's why those rascally Preditors hut us instead of deer. :)
  • kyyle23
    LOL prtfvr. Not annihilation of the species, annihilation of the people being hunted.
  • David Hasselbach
    @ Ken J

    Bored Predators that bugger off at the end of the movie ... THAT would be so much cooler than anything Hollywood can come up with.

    @ greenknight

    I own EVERY BOLL FILM on DVD AND BluRay.
    I even have a shrine, a signed autograph and some worn shorts of him that I pray to every day before I get to sleep.

    Damn, that was so obvious?

    Ok, I don't own ANY Boll film and he is the embodied antichrist of film.
    It's simply fascinating how he can turn the smartest, most thought out concept into a piece of hollow crap.
    I stand in awe of his work. In the most negative way possible. :-)
  • prtfvr
    @kyyle23

    I'm sure that on Planet Predator they have a fishing and gaming committee just like we do here and they wouldn't be allowed to over hunt the planet and wipe out an entire species. It's not like we're their enemies. They choose to hunt here.
  • prtfvr
    @David

    I'd be fine with a Predator 3. I wouldn't have a problem seeing Arnold come back. He's had plenty of time to father a bad ass son to help. And no, not Shia. I like him but I think Predator wouldn't waste the time necessary to clean his little skull.

    And why does everyone want to remake relatively recent movies that were actually good? I'd like to see someone take a crap movie and remake it into something worth seeing. Not something that a great movie and make a crappy one out of it. That's "backwards". Who do we need to teach what that means?

    Someone could remake any of those old, horrible sci-fi movies. Plan 9 From Outer Space? And make it a great science fiction film or even an outright comedy. There's no challenge in taking a great movie and turning it into either a bad movie or great remake. You're already working on brand recognition and that's cheating. Try taking a really bad movie and making people want to see THAT. Talk about a challenge.
  • kyyle23
    They should do something completely original and film the entire movie from the Predator perspective and subtitle the entire movie. And better yet, set it on another planet where the Predators are hunting a smart, lethal creature as a trophy. make the Predator the sympathetic figure.

    The problem I have with Predators against people is that the people invariably win, and they always should get annihilated.
  • Ken J
    Hasselbach, a more likely way they would do that is for the two opposing sides to come together to fight the Predator. Or if he had to pick sides, most likely he would pick the side of the insurgents only because we know Predators like prey who are actually a challenge. Insurgents would rather set a bomb and run away than to put up a standing fight. The Predator would find that too boring.
  • Mike Basil
    100% Agreed! The idea to remake, reboot or re-whatever Predator is now more than enough proof that compulsive remakes are to the film industry what global warming is to the Earth. The line must be drawn somewhere.
  • greenknight333
    @ David Hasselbach

    Dude I notice in a few of your posts that you have mentioned Uwe Boll....are you a closet fan of his breathtaking body of work?

    ;)
  • greenknight333
    The only way Uwe Boll should be allowed near a Jaws remake is if he is eaten by a real great white and it is caught on film...Actually the shark would probaly regurgitate him and then the movie would be over...
  • greenknight333
    I liked Predator 2...I thought Danny Glover did a respectable job and when the Predator at the end tosses him the pistol from the 1800's I thought it was great...We didn't get your skull for a trophy Danny but here is a little memento for your troubles because you won fair and square...
  • steven the git
    Uwe Boll remake Jaws?

    I think I felt the entire world shudder.
  • blipvert
    I've been waiting for Predator 3 for ages. As many above have stated, why a remake, er reboot?

    I have enjoyed some of the revisions lately but it's starting to get a little silly now. Are we going to see an original trilogy Star Wars reboot soon with maybe Shia Labeouf as Luke, Jessica Alba as Leia and perhaps Christian Bale as Han. At this stage, that wouldn't even shock me.
  • David Hasselbach
    @ prtfvr

    PLEASE ... let sleeping dogs lie ... a JAWS remake is one of my Top Ten nightmares.

    Actually, Uwe Boll REALLY said in an interview that HIS DREAM would be remaking JAWS.

    THAT alone ends EVERY discussion, doesn't it?

    As for Predator ... I would love to see a third part. The original is a classic in every way and even the second rocked in its own way. At least it tried to be different ...

    If only a brave screenwriter would come a long (white steed and all...) and would write a third part set in the present with the Predators infiltrating a war zone on earth ... forced to choose sides.
    That would be brave ... and total political suicide.
    Hell, one more reason to see that flick!
  • prtfvr
    I must be old when I think that the original Predator isn't even old enough to consider a remake. It's a classic, yes, but a classic that doesn't need "updating" I like the special effects then and they weren't over the top. The bad guy was in a scary suit and it wasn't CGI. I really liked that.

    Of course, I was excited about the idea of Alien vs. Predator for years and then...I don't really want to think about what they did with that. Why don't they remake that one and make it good this time.

    Is Hollywood THAT lazy? When will they remake Jaws? The shark DOES look fake these days. Someone's gotta wanna fix that and make it "more realistic".

    There's nothing new in the world and it's depressing.
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