Given Hollywood’s penchant for milking franchises for all they’re worth, it’s somewhat surprising that Shane Black’s The Predator is actually only the fourth installment in the solo Predator franchise. Of course, there are also two Alien vs. Predator films, but the solo franchise to date only includes Predator, Predator 2 and Predators. Is it perhaps time for three more?
Speaking with Variety, Predator and The Predator producer John Davis indicated that The Predator will kick open the door for, potentially and hopefully, a new trilogy.
The site reports, “The producer says that The Predator will set up two sequels that he hopes Black will return to direct. But Black doesn’t want to get ahead of himself.”
“I would love to say we’ve been planning a trilogy, but I take one day at a time,” Black himself told Variety. “In motion-picture terms that’s one movie at a time.”
Of course, the future all depends on The Predator‘s box office performance.