I was one of the people praising the Robert Rodriguez-produced Nimrod Antal-directed Predator sequel Predators a few weeks back. I even screened the film twice. Don’t get me wrong, the movie is far from perfect, but for a lower budget studio sci-fi effort, it’s better than most — and certainly better than Predator 2 or the two Alien vs. Predator films.
The film grossed $46 million domestically thus far — which might sound low, but is actually more than the film’s estimated $35-$40 million budget. The movie has also made $48.2 million internationally, for a $94.7 worldwide total. In just 17 days, that isn’t bad. And the studio is likely to make some good cash on home video as well. But is it good enough for a sequel? The film certainly concludes with the slight promise of another outing. Robert Rodriguez claims that 20th Century Fox is already developing a sequel.
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Nimrod Antal’s Predators is out in theaters everywhere today, and despite a whole host of story/pacing problems, I had a really great time when I saw it at a press screening this past week. Adrien Brody was suitably badass and Alice Braga proves she can hold her own in a testosterone-filled action film. Most impressive to me was Antal’s work; the film’s set pieces have a great sense of geography and evoke a tension that we don’t see enough of in popular action directors (the deficiencies of Michael Bay come to mind). If anything, Predators proves that Antal has an extremely promising filmmaking career ahead of him.
But what did you guys think of the film? Did you find Adrien Brody convincing as the lead? What did you think of John Debney’s old-school score for the film? Did Antal deliver a solid entry to the franchise? Was the “Predator” mythology respected? As always, spoilers are allowed in the comments.
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On July 1st, I got a chance to participate in a roundtable interview with writer/producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal about their upcoming Predator sequel Predators.
I’m really excited about this film, and hope people get a chance to see it in theaters. I feel like I haven’t really seen a lot of marketing for the film, and most of my friends didn’t even know its being released this Friday (although I’ve been told they are doing a heavy push of television advertisements during sports programing. Predators is a return to form for the series, which in recent years has suffered a not-so-good sequel, and two crappy Alien vs. Predator films. It’s not a great movie, but has a kick-ass opening 30 minutes and is definitely better than I think most will be expecting (to be fair, I wasn’t expecting anything at all).
You can read the transcript from the roundtable/press conference interview after the jump.
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Predators, the new film from producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal, is just about to open. So, now that the film is in the can, with that can ready to be opened by slightly-suspecting audiences like a mark unscrewing the old ‘surprise snake’ gag, what’s next for Antal?
There’s the possibility of a sequel, but the film he wants to make next is a dystopian thriller called Paraffin. Read More »
This is the trailer Fox should have released in the first place. We’ve seen one domestic trailer for Nimrod Antal‘s Predators, produced by Robert Rodriguez based on his story treatment, and a load of clips and photos. But none of the materials have shown the movie a lot of people hope this will be. This international vaguely red-band trailer does. It makes Predators look like exactly the tense, violent sci-fi adventure it should be. Read More »
20th Century Fox has given us an official production photo to premiere: Laurence Fishburne as Noland in the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed Predators. In the film, a group of elite warriors discover that someone has survived, a crazy scavenger named Noland who teaches them everything he knows about the Predators and other alien creatures on the planet. Head after the jump to see the full photo. Click on the image to see it in high resolution.
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20th Century Fox has released another new featurette for the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed Predators. You’ve seen the introductory featurette, the teaser trailer, the featurette focusing on Adrien Brody’s character Royce, a Q&A with Antal /Rodriguez, an introduction to the character Isabelle played by Alice Braga, a look at Danny Trejo‘s character Cuchillo.
In the newest video, Robert Rodriguez gives us an inside look at Noland, played by Laurence Fishburne. Watch the featurette embedded after the jump.
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20th Century Fox has released another new featurette for the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed Predators. You’ve seen the introductory featurette, the teaser trailer, the featurette focusing on Adrien Brody’s character Royce, a Q&A with Antal /Rodriguez, and an introduction to the character Isabelle played by Alice Braga. In the newest video, Robert Rodriguez gives us an inside look at Danny Trejo‘s character, Cuchillo. Watch the featurette embedded after the jump.
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