The action-horror franchise is roaring back to life, as we’ve learned that 20th Century Studios has ordered up a brand new installment in the Predator film franchise!
Deadline reports that Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) has been hired to direct the new movie, which reportedly will not be connected to Shane Black’s The Predator.
Deadline notes, “They are keeping the plot line under wraps for the moment, but I’m told it won’t swing back to the developments in the most recent film.”
Patrick Aison (“Kingdom”) is writing the script.
We had been wondering if Disney, who owns 20th Century Studios, would have any interest in the rated “R” Predator franchise, and it looks like those fears were unwarranted.
This movie will be the fifth installment in the core franchise, following Predator, Predator 2, Predators and The Predator. That’s not counting the two Alien vs. Predator spinoffs.