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Edward James Olmos Talks ‘The Predator’; “So Crazy” and “Really Funny”
We’re thinking we’re in pretty damn good hands with director Shane Black (The Nice Guys) at the helm of next year’s The Predator, which is almost guaranteed to be an incredibly entertaining way to (hopefully) bring the franchise back proper. Based on everything we’re hearing so far, we couldn’t possibly be more on board.
Speaking with Cinema Blend this week, star Edward James Olmos revealed some more plot details, while teasing what he promises to be a wild and wacky ride.
“I haven’t seen any of it, but it’s gonna be funny,” Olmos told the site. “The kids in the thing. Yeah, the humor. Huge. Huge. I mean I was in shock, because, you know this is a really intense franchise, and it still is. Don’t get me wrong. You’re gonna be inside of it. But the characters are… what he did — Shane is an incredibly gifted writer, and he’s a great director, and so he ended up getting an incredible ensemble, and when I reached it they had already been filming for three months so they were a unit. So I jump in as the General and there were some moments where I just had to laugh in the scene and I couldn’t be laughing in the scene. ‘I’m sorry guys. Really, I’m sorry.’”
Olmos continued, “Keegan (Michael Key) and Thomas Jane… they’re paired off in groups of three groups. Six guys. The way they work, they were all post-traumatic stress disorder guys who were inside of an insane asylum. A mental hospital. Then they put the lead character in there to kind of make them disappear, because they want them kind of out of the picture. And so he gets involved and then boom, the world goes crazy and these kids are released. But out of a freaky incident with some of the Predators. It’s crazy. It’s so crazy. I’m excited for it, and I don’t know what’s gonna happen. I got a good feeling about it. I mean if it’s really funny, and yet deadly like Predator is.”
Olivia Munn, Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Augusto Aguilera, Alfie Allen and Yvonne Strahovski also star.
Jake Busey is playing the son of Gary Busey’s Predator 2 character.
The Predator arrives in theaters August 3, 2018.
Godzilla is headed back to the big screen in Toho’s Godzilla Minus Zero from director Takashi Yamazaki (Godzilla Minus One), the official sequel to his hit Godzilla Minus One.
The first Japanese movie to be filmed for IMAX, Godzilla Minus Zero will receive a wide theatrical release in North America on November 6, 2026 via GKIDS.
Can’t wait that long? You’re not alone…
Watch the brand new official teaser trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero below!
Godzilla Minus One stars Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe will both be reprising their roles in Godzilla Minus Zero, with Takashi Yamazaki back in the director’s chair.
The film is set in 1949 — two years after the events of its predecessor.
Godzilla Minus Zero marks Toho’s 34th Godzilla film since 1954.
Godzilla Minus One grossed $116 million worldwide, making it the most successful Japanese Godzilla film. It went on to win an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects along with eight Japan Academy Film Prize awards. Needless to say, the bar has been raised by Toho.
With Yamazaki back at the helm, Godzilla Minus Zero promises to be an epic EVENT.
Stay tuned for more real soon.
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