With The Nice Guys in theaters currently, director Shane Black is on a mega press tour that sees him being interviewed left and right by more outlets than I can even begin to fathom. And while The Nice Guys is getting its fair share of attention, it seems that people are far more interested in his future project, The Predator, which sees Black return 30 years later to the world he once starred in (as “Hawkins”).
A new interview has come out where Black talks about the inspirations that he’s looking at for how to make this movie an “event”, particularly taking influence from Ridley Scott and the Alien films.
Shane Black tells IGN:
How can I follow in the footsteps of someone who re-invents and brings that much event-ized quality to a pulp franchise. The worst thing you could hope for in one of these is a shot in bright sunlight of a field and the Predator just kind of walks on and ‘hello’ — you want to do… I keep going back to Ridley Scott, the way he captured the alien in that first movie. The sense of mystery and portent. If we could just cut into a little piece of that — that sort of vibe — and then I think there’s humor to be had too. And tonal shifting.
There have been tons of sound bites coming in over the past few weeks regarding the movie, so I’d recommend check our tag for The Predator to read all our stories!
The film has a release date of February 9th, 2018.
