THE PREDATOR Adds Jake Busey to the Cast

His father fought one of the galaxy's greatest hunters in Predator 2, and it now looks like Jake Busey could do the same, as the actor has reportedly joined the cast of Shane Black's The Predator.

Deadline reports that Jake Busey is now on board The Predator, which recently began filming in Canada. Busey's role is unknown at this time, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed.

Jake joins a cast that includes Alfie Allen, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Yvonne Strahovski, Sterling K. Brown, and Olivia Munn. Director Shane Black shared a photo of some of the core cast, following his initial cast image reveal on the first day of filming.

Horror fans have recently seen Jake Busey (Starship Troopers, Identity) portray Professor Aiden Tanner, aka Sex Machine (see above image), on El Rey Network's From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. In 1990's Predator 2, Jake's father, Gary, played Special Agent Peter Keyes, who wanted to capture the Predator and exploit its unique abilities.

The Predator is scheduled for a February 9th, 2018 theatrical release from 20th Century Fox. Black (who co-starred as the wisecracking Rick Hawkins in the original Predator) directs the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Fred Dekker (Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad—the latter being a film he also co-wrote with Black).

In an interview with We Got This Covered, Holbrook discussed how The Predator is not a sequel and that it's not likely that we'll see Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as Dutch.