Really, they could pretty much hire any director to helm Predators and it would be a step up from the “Brothers Strause” who directed AVP: Requiem (if you can call that nonsense directing). But as one of the few who enjoyed Vacancy (until that copout ending) and also his older, non-horror film Kontroll, I am pretty happy with the confirmation of Nimrod Antal as the man to take charge of this re-whatever. Of course, I was just as happy with Neil Marshall, and also some of the other names I heard, but at least they are solid directors, not VFX guys who learned how to yell “action” and “cut” and nothing else. Read on for a few tidbits straight from Robert Rodriguez’s mouth; head over to AICN for the full article (confirming Latino Review‘s early report) complete with Harry’s take on the matter!Rodriguez, on Antal:

First of all, on a personal level I found him to be an outstanding presence, a great communicator full of ideas, and upon meeting him you can immediately understand how he is able to wrangle cast and crew and get the best out of everyone. I always loved Kontroll, where he proved himself to be a very resourceful and original filmmaker. When I saw Armored, I could tell he’s also great with action and has a keen eye for casting. He reminded me of Quentin with how he was able to work with a group of very strong, singular actor talents and make it look effortless. I know he’ll be able to get the most out of what we want to be an outstanding cast. We really want to go with a character driven action movie, because that’s what we all remember about the original Predator, and we want to take it even further with this.

Full interview HERE.