We don’t know a whole lot about Shane Black’s Predator but what we do know is that some of the film takes place in the suburbs with the centerpiece being Jacob Tremblay‘s character, who is the key to defeating the alien bounty hunters.
Just two weeks ago, star Keegan-Michael Key told EW that “if people think they’re going to see a remake of the original movie, they’re in for a surprise,” further adding that it’s “not a sequel” and that it “lives in the universe of the five films that were made.”
Co-star Olivia Munn doubles down on this, calling it a standalone film that doesn’t have to even reference the aforementioned films.
“It’s really cool because it’s a standalone,” Munn told Yahoo!, “so we have the [same] inspiration and – we’re in the world of Predator so we have all the other movies that exist in it – but we don’t need to acknowledge them.”
She adds: “It’s a really cool movie because it feels very present day, and it’s a great ensemble of really amazing, funny comedic actors too.”
Boyd Holbrook, Edward James Olmos, Trevante Rhodes, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Alfie Allen, and Yvonne Strahovski also all star. Guess who else? It’s already been revealed that Jake Busey is playing the son of Gary Busey’s Predator 2 character in the film opening in theaters August 3, 2018. So, there is going to be some crossover and there won’t be any erasing of the former films, which Munn confirms: “No. No, we’re not erasing [the films]. We just kind of kick it up another level.”
If you were worried that the Predators would be CGI, Munn puts that to bed when talking about coming face-to-face with the animatronic puppet for the very first time: “It’s not animated or in CGI, it’s right there,” explained Munn who called her first encounter “jarring.”
The movie once again features a group of unsuspecting humans who slowly realize that fierce hunter-aliens are in their midst, this time in what could be a suburban setting.
