The Predator franchise is the platonic ideal of an action horror franchise. There are highly skilled people in the world, and there’s a whole race of monsters that hunts those people for sport. The setup is simple, allowing it to serve as a framework for various kinds of stories. At their worst, films in the franchise are dumb-but-fun action movies; at their best, they’re character-focused stories that illuminate deeper truths about humanity. The latest entry in the franchise, Predator: Killer of Killers, is an animated anthology that lands somewhere in the middle of that.
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Greetings, programs, and welcome to another episode of the Awesome Friday Podcast. This week we’re talking about two new Disney releases: First, the latest Pixar Studios animated feature, Lightyear, followed by Prey director Dan Trachtenberg’s prequel to to the 1980s action horror classic Predator.
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Continue reading “Podcast: Lightyear & Prey”The new ‘Predator’ poster is many-skulled. Skullfull.
Did you know there’s a new Predator movie coming soon? There’s a new Predator movie coming soon! Written and directed by Shane Black! If that’s you’re thing (and it should be) then it’s time to get excited! Today and Comic Con they released a shiny new poster.
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Awesome: Shane Black Taking Over Predator Franchise
A good director taking over a franchise he’s already a part of.
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