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‘Skull’ Is an Origin Story About the First Time a Predator Comes to Earth; Filming Almost Completed!
A new Predator film is on the way from 20th Century Studios and Collider learned today that filming is nearly completed on the prequel that’s currently titled Skull.
The site connected with Jungle Cruise producers John Davis and John Fox who confirmed the film’s title, Skull, while also revealing that Dan Trachtenberg‘s upcoming Predator movie will be “an origin story about the Predator’s first journey to this planet.”
In the film, Amber Midthunder (“Legion”) stars as a Comanche woman who goes against gender norms and traditions to become a warrior.
The plan was for Skull to emulate what was so great about the first Predator, only with a strong female hero.
“It goes back to what made the original Predator movie work,” Davis explained. “It’s the ingenuity of a human being who won’t give up, who’s able to observe and interpret, basically being able to beat a stronger, more powerful, well-armed force.”
Predator was a true underdog story with Arnold Schwarzenegger having to outsmart a superior technologically advanced being. This time, Midthunder gets to best the alien hunter.
As for tone, Davis reveals that “[Skull] has more akin to The Revenant than it does any film in the Predator canon,” further adding: “You’ll know what I mean once you see it.”
“I think this is a worthy complement to the first one,” he adds. “It’s going to be as good.”
Skull is rumored to be heading straight to Hulu, similar to that of the forthcoming Hellraiser reimagining.
You can read details about the Comanche Warriors here.
It’s now been five years since the release of sequel Happy Death Day 2U, Christopher Landon’s sequel to the Groundhog Day-style slasher movie from 2017. Both films star Jessica Rothe as final girl Tree Gelbman, and director Christopher Landon had been planning on bringing the character – and the actor – back for a third installment. So… where is it?!
We’ve been talking about a potential Happy Death Day 3 for several years now, with the ball in producer Jason Blum’s court. Happy Death Day 2U scared up $64 million at the worldwide box office, a far cry from the first film’s $125 million. But with a reported production budget of just $9 million, that first sequel was profitable for Blumhouse. So again… where is it?!
Chatting with Screen Geek this week while promoting her new action-thriller Boy Kills World, franchise star Jessica Rothe provided a hopeful update on Happy Death Day 3.
“Well, I can say Chris Landon has the whole thing figured out,” Rothe explains. “We just need to wait for Blumhouse and Universal to get their ducks in a row.
Rothe continues in her comments to Screen Geek, “But my fingers are so crossed. I think Tree [Gelbman] deserves her third and final chapter to bring that incredible character and franchise to a close or a new beginning.”
Back in 2020, Christopher Landon had revealed that the working title for the third installment was Happy Death Day to Us, said to be “different than the other two films.”
In the meantime, Christopher Landon is directing a mysterious thriller titled Drop for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes, along with a werewolf movie titled Big Bad for Lionsgate.
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