‘The Predator’ Images Give Everyone’s Favorite Alien Trophy Hunter A New Look
Two new looks atThe Predatorare here to give us a glimpse of the new and improved alien trophy hunter.Shane Black’s upcoming film attempts to breathe new life into the stagnant action franchise, but early buzz has been a bit muted. Perhaps these newPredatorimages will change that.
I would love for Shane Black’sThe Predatorto be a smash success. I love Black’s work, I’m impressed with the cast he’s assembled –Boyd Holbrook,Trevante Rhodes,Jacob Tremblay,Keegan-Michael Key,Olivia Munn,Sterling K. Brown,Thomas Jane– and there’s a lot of potential for a newPredatorfilm. But the marketing for the sequel has been a bit…underwhelming. The first trailer left a lot to be desired, and while thesecondwas better, it still felt like it was missing something. A part of this is likely due to a deliberate obtuseness – Black and company don’t want to givetoo muchaway, and are keeping the trailers secretive.
Empirehas two newPredatorphotos that continue to keep the film shrouded in secrecy, while also giving us new looks at the Predator itself.
In this image, we see a Predator with some new, sleek armor. “The challenge became to make it frightening,” Black told Empire. “‘Cause upon that hinged everything — whether you bought our heroes going up against him and felt a real threat for them. We had to invent a scenario in which the Predators were mysterious and scary again.”
This looks pretty cool, although the mask looks a bit weird to me for some reason. Perhaps it’s the snout.
The second image shows a Predator hurling some unlucky fool across a room. R.I.P, that guy.
The Predatorunderwent somereshootsrecently to add even more references to pastPredatorfilms. Whether or not that’s a good thing is up to you to decide. I’m happy for some franchise call-backs, but I wouldn’t exactly be bent out of shape ifThe Predatordecided to not mention theAlien vs. Predatorfilms.The Predatoropens onSeptember 14, 2018.
