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Robert Rodriguez Gets Fans Ready For ‘Predators’ With A 4 Issue Weekly Prequel This June!
Let the marketing campaign begin! Just in time for the July 7th release date of his upcoming reboot of the ‘PREDATORS’ franchise being helmed by Nimrod Antal (“VACANCY”, “ARMORED”), it was announced that Robert Rodriguez will be teaming with Dark Horse Publishing to release a 4 part weekly prequel to the film! Inside you can find all the details on the series including the covers for all 4 issues! “Starring Adrian Brody (“THE PIANIST”, “THE JACKET”) and Topher Grace (“THAT 70s SHOW”, “SPIDERMAN 3”) “PREDATORS” follows nine humans,”Predators” of sorts, who are kidnapped and taken to an alien world which is used by the Predators as a game reserve. Now they must all fight to survive while they are hunted by a new breed of alien hunters known as Predators.”
PREDATORS #1 (JUNE 9th MSRP-$2.99)
WRITTEN BY: Marc Andreyko and David Lapham
ILLUSTRATED BY: Guilherme Balbi and Gabriel Guzman
INKS BY: Jose Verissimo and Mariano Talbo
COLORS BY: Garry Henderson and Michael Atiyeh
COVERS BY: Paul Lee.
“A team of Navy Seals is in the midst of a firefight when it suddenly goes dark. They awake to find themselves in a new and more deadly environment, stalked by a strange enemy. One by one these special-ops officers are killed by an unseen threat, until only one man remains. All alone in a strange world, he must do what he knows best survive against all odds.
Robert Rodriguez teams with Dark Horse for an action-packed weekly prequel to his forthcoming Predators film!”
PREDATORS #2 (JUNE 16th MSRP-$2.99)
WRITTEN BY: Marc Andreyko and David Lapham
ILLUSTRATED BY: Guilherme Balbi and Gabriel Guzman
INKS BY: Jose Verissimo and Mariano Talbo
COLORS BY: Garry Henderson and Michael Atiyeh
COVERS BY: Paul Lee.
“The lone Navy Seal finds himself in an uneasy alliance when he discovers another survivor on the planet but he also learns that here humans are prey, transplanted from Earth to this alien jungle, to be hunted for sport.”
PREDATORS #3 (JUNE 23rd MSRP-$2.99)
WRITTEN BY: Marc Andreyko and David Lapham
ILLUSTRATED BY: Guilherme Balbi and Gabriel Guzman
INKS BY: Jose Verissimo and Mariano Talbo
COLORS BY: Garry Henderson and Michael Atiyeh
COVERS BY: Paul Lee.
“The human alliance strains under the threat of the vicious Predators, an elaborate system of traps, and the impossibility of escape, until the men are locked in their own game of cat and mouse against each other. David Lapham writes backups featuring Adrien Brody’s cold-blooded killer from the film!”
PREDATORS #4 (JUNE 30th MSRP-$2.99)
WRITTEN BY: Marc Andreyko and David Lapham
ILLUSTRATED BY: Guilherme Balbi and Gabriel Guzman
INKS BY: Jose Verissimo and Mariano Talbo
COLORS BY: Garry Henderson and Michael Atiyeh
COVERS BY: Paul Lee.
“Traps are set off and new Predators enter the fray in the blood-drenched conclusion: the set-up for Robert Rodriguez’s reboot of the Predator film series! Next month the story continues in the official movie adaptation written by Paul Tobin, and the film’s sequel, written by David Lapham!”
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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