In my mind there are only two Predator movies and one of them is good. Outside of the legendary action-gasm that is Predator, the only real sequel is the not quite so legendary Predator 2: The New Batch, with no Arnie, but at least a modicum of what you liked about the first film. The main thing it did though was visually tie together the Predators and those acid-bleeding, xenomorphic, pains-in-the-ass, Aliens; for a duology of AvP movies I pretty much never cared about, and after seeing them,still don't (though I have to give props to Requiem for saving money by not lighting anything).

But there is a new, Predator-only, honest to Abe sequel in the works, which is apparently somewhat based on Robert Rodriguez's old 1996 script, Predators (click here to see how not well he writes), that may or may not just rip off the comics. I haven't finished reading it yet. Then I have to read to comics.

Thing is The Double R has been hip deep in cooking, making kid's films, and floating projects from Barbarella to Red Sonja remakes that may or may not star Rose McGowan, to finally attaching himself to make Machete, the fake-film he trailered before Grindhouse. Please watch that trailer here. Anyway, the director gig for this new Predator film is still in the air. And while it looked like Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) was tapped for this new sequel, it's looking more like Nimrod Antal (Vacancy, and the excellent Kontroll) might be taking the helm. I haven't seen Vacancy, or Marshall's Doomsday, but the fact is if I had to choose between them, I'd take Nimrod. He's very character driven, while visually owning a style which, based on a script that may have Arnold return to the role of Dutch, might help. As a pirate. Seriously. I hope it gets a re-written. That said, I loved Kontroll, and if you want to keep up with this on a real time basis just visit AICN. Harry is always on The Double R's jock, but I'll (and you should) read anything Mr. Beaks writes.

As a side note, Devin over at CHUD points out that while in the American sense of the word Nimrod seems insulting it, in fact, means "hunter". Not a bad coincidence.

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