One of the more exciting pieces of The Predator ensemble is Sterling K. Brown, who was flawless in FX’s “The People v. OJ Simpson”. He’s next bringing his acting chops to Fox’s Predator remake, which is currently filming in Vancouver under the direction of Shane Black.

Black is the genre king of character development, bringing some of the best characters to life in films like Predator and Die Hard, to the more recent Iron Man 3. According to Brown, Black has given The Predator some life, injecting what he calls a “wicked sense of humor” into the sequel.

“Shane has his whole take on it and it’s very different than the original Predator,” Brown tells EW. “It’s got a really wicked sense of humor to it, which I love about it. And it’s got a real camaraderie amongst the main characters that I think folks will be attracted to. That’s pretty much all I can say.”

What Brown is explaining is that the film has an ensemble who are both fun and relatable. Many films have tried to emulate the films of the 80’s, but haven’t been able to crack the code. It’s not an easy feat to make all of a film’s characters likable, especially because it not only takes excellent writing but also casting to perfection. One false move and it all falls apart. If anyone can pull this off, however, it’s Shane Black…

“I’m a huge fan of ‘Predator’, and, of course, everybody loves Jesse the Body [Ventura] and Arnold [Schwarzenegger] and Carl Weathers and Bill Duke,” added Brown. “My friends at Stanford used to tease me — being the dark-skinned African-American man that I am — they’d say, ‘Yo, man, you’re going to start getting all [those] Bill Duke roles when you get older.’ And I was like, ‘I don’t look anything like Bill Duke, you guys can kiss my ass.’ So then I booked this movie and I told them and they’re like, ‘Dude, do you even realize that you’re now Bill Duke???’ And I had to go tell them to kiss my ass all over again.”

Edward James Olmos (“Dexter”, “Battlestar Gallactica”) recently joined the cast, which includes Boyd Holbrook, Room breakout Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski and Olivia Munn. Jake Busey also has a role, following in his father’s footsteps.

The movie once again features unsuspecting humans who slowly realize that fierce hunter-aliens are in their midst, this time in what could be a suburban setting.

Black is directing from a script he co-wrote with Fred Dekker.

Fox has already staked out a August 2, 2018, release date.