As Arnold Schwarzenegger's commando character Dutch discovered in 1987's Predator, it's tough to keep those elite warriors from outer space down. Now the Predator is making another push to the big screen, as Twentieth Century Fox is planning a reboot of the popular franchise, with a couple of recognizable names from 1987's The Monster Squad attached.
THR reports that Shane Black (Iron Man 3) will direct and write the treatment for the untitled Predator reboot, with Fred Dekker set to write the script. Friends from college, Black and Dekker co-wrote the 1987 horror comedy The Monster Squad, a movie that Dekker directed. It seems fitting that Black is directing and overseeing the writing on this Predator reboot, as he played the role of Hawkins in the 1987 original. John Davis, co-producer of the original Predator, is returning to produce the reboot.
Shane Black has an impressive list of writing credits, including Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and Iron Man 3. Dekker wrote and directed the cult horror hit Night of the Creeps (1986) and RoboCop 3 (1993). We'll keep Daily Dead readers posted on the Predator reboot as it develops.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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