One of the most interesting aspects of the Shane Black-directed The Predator is that the Ultimate Predator was an amalgamation of DNA from all of the universe’s greatest warriors. It sounds stupid on paper, but what ended up on screen was pretty badass. While it’s easy to sit back and declare it a success, it’s an awfully difficult process to find a look that’s as perfect as peanut butter and jelly. As fans, we’re lucky to have the internet, which offers us so many behind-the-scenes looks at the making of films that we aren’t supposed to see.
The Predator is the perfect example as we’ve seen (now removed) photos from alternate endings, one of which included Alien franchise star, Ellen Ripley. Now, thanks to concept artist Jared Krichevsky, we have a look at one of the very early concepts for the Ultimate Predator that would have been a Human-Predator hybrid with “human eyes”. It’s as cringeworthy as the dinosaur-human hybrids toyed with for Jurassic Park, although it’s the concept and direction of the filmmakers, not the work of Krichevsky. Thankfully, we ended up with the ass-kicking behemoth we all saw in The Predator. What do you think?
Updated: Amended headline.