Robert Rodriguez To Direct A Predators (Plural) Movie

 

The first Predator film is pretty much one of the most amazing sci-fi action flicks of all time.  It stars a young Arnold Schwarzenegger fighting a big, ugly alien out in a jungle in the middle of nowhere.  Amazing!  The second predator film, while fun to watch, paled in comparison to the first film.  In a future version of LA, Danny Glover (who's too old for this shit) plays a cop that eventually faces down a predator and kills it.  Then came two Alien Vs. Predator films.  One horrible, one amusing, but neither anywhere near as good as that first film with Arnold.

 

Now comes word that a new Predator film is in the works.  One that is being created as a sort of franchise reboot, since that seems the popular thing to do in Hollywood these days.  Heaven forbid that someone actually, you know, create new franchises.  Anyways, there is a small amount of hope that this new Predator film, entitled Predators, might actually end up being halfway decent.  How is this possible you ask?  Well . . . the film will be directed by Robert Rodriguez.  He's the guy who gave us El Mariachi and Sin Sity.

 

Rodriguez will produce and direct the reboot, he told a news conference today at Troublemaker Studios, where Texas state politicians were in attendance to sign HB 873, the long-awaited reform of the Texas film incentive program.

 

I'm going to be able to shoot my upcoming Machete here, a sci-fi action film called Nervewrackers, a reboot of the Predator series called Predators and a couple of smaller movies called Sin City 2 and The Jetsons," Rodriguez told reporters.

 

Here's how Bloody-Disgusting described Predators: "In the reboot, a team of commandoes face down a mysterious race of vicious monsters."

 

Holy crap.  That's a lot of work on that man's plate.  A Machete film?  Hells fucking yes!  Sin City 2?  Ditto on the previous statement, but with more exclamation points!!!  And a predator film about a team of commandos facing down against a team of Predators?  Awwwwww yeah!

 

Of course, with so many films in his line up, the chances are we won't be seeing this Predators film anytime soon.  At least we know it's coming though.  Let's just hope it turns out even half as awesome as it is in my mind.