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‘Predators’ vs Yakuza, First Details on Laurence Fishburne’s Character
My buddy Bill ust sent me the first ever interview with Louis Ozawa Changchien, one of the many stars of 20th Century Fox’s Predators that arrives in theaters July 9, 2010. Beyond the break you’ll find some of the highlights of the massive interview that reveal some major plot points including details on Laurence Fishburne’s character. The new incarnation is directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy).
Louis Ozawa Changchien chatted with Gigazine where he talked a bit about shooting on Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios set, among other juicy morsels of info.
“The studio’s located at the former site of an airport, and it is also where Sin City was shot,” he tells Gigazine. “They propped up 40 or so stowages and filled the place with real rocks and stones and trees to build a jungle set full of real plants, the most elaborate set I’ve seen in my career. Of course it must be expensive, but it really did look like a Hawaiian jungle. That was the “Hunting Camp” where most of the story takes place.”
It was revealed last week that Laurence Fishburne would be joining the massive cast including Topher Grace, Adrien Brody, Walton Goggins, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walt Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Louiz Ozawa and Derek Mears. This is the first time anything has been revealed about his character.
“He must have seen the aforementioned jungle set, and there are also indoor set of the residence of Fishburne’s character, so I guess he’s seen it too,” says Changchien. “His character managed to survive 10 years on the alien’s planet living in a cave…He’s definitely a good fighter but also good at escaping.”
Another piece of information that it kinda obvious from the synopsis is that the Predators have been abducting humans. Changchien talks a bit about his charcter and why they’re abducted.
“He’s basically a mean yakuza,” Changchien says of his character. “A yakuza abducted by the Predators.” He continues, “He’s not the boss in the yakuza family but obviously not a no-one. He’s probably a right-hand man sort of guy, very much feared and very skilled. Excellent gun man and also competent with a sword.”
His fighting skill attracted the attention of Predators…
“I guess so. That part is not explained in the movie, everyone is suddenly abducted and dropped on the Hunting Camp, so they’re not aware of where they are or why they were dropped there. They all gradually become aware of the situation and surroundings.”
Visit Gigazine for the entire interview.
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’28 Years Later’ – Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Join Long Awaited Sequel
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland (Annihilation, Men), the director and writer behind 2002’s hit horror film 28 Days Later, are reteaming for the long-awaited sequel, 28 Years Later. THR reports that the sequel has cast Jodie Comer (Alone in the Dark, “Killing Eve”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter), and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu).
The plan is for Garland to write 28 Years Later and Boyle to direct, with Garland also planning on writing at least one more sequel to the franchise – director Nia DaCosta is currently in talks to helm the second installment.
No word on plot details as of this time, or who Comer, Taylor-Johnson, and Fiennes may play.
28 Days Later received a follow up in 2007 with 28 Weeks Later, which was executive produced by Boyle and Garland but directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Now, the pair hope to launch a new trilogy with 28 Years Later. The plan is for Garland to write all three entries, with Boyle helming the first installment.
Boyle and Garland will also produce alongside original producer Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice, the former head of Fox Searchlight Pictures, the division of one-time studio Twentieth Century Fox that originally backed the British-made movie and its sequel.
The original film starred Cillian Murphy “as a man who wakes up from a coma after a bicycle accident to find England now a desolate, post-apocalyptic collapse, thanks to a virus that turned its victims into raging killers. The man then navigates the landscape, meeting a survivor played by Naomie Harris and a maniacal army major, played by Christopher Eccleston.”
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) is on board as executive producer, though the actor isn’t set to appear in the film…yet.
Talks of a third installment in the franchise have been coming and going for the last several years now – at one point, it was going to be titled 28 Months Later – but it looks like this one is finally getting off the ground here in 2024 thanks to this casting news. Stay tuned for more updates soon!
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