Browsing: Shane Black

In a world where William Shatner has a Christmas album featuring duets with Iggy Pop (on “Silent Night”) and Henry Rollins (on “Jingle Bells”), it was only a matter of time before a new holiday hero would arise- The Predator. This particular alien-holiday special pays homage to such classics as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Jack […]

If box office results are something you look at when choosing your movie for a weekend, perhaps Thursday’s The Predator take will whet your hunter’s appetite. It would appear the Shane Black written-and-directed 20th Century Fox The Predator took a Thursday night box office trophy of $2.5 million. Despite recent controversy surrounding a convicted sex offender being cast […]

It’s been 31 years since Shane Black was last involved in a Predator film; the last time he was in front of the camera as the relatively scrawny, eyeglasses-wearing Rick Hawkins, this time he returns at the helm as the writer and director. Between then and now there have been four other Predator films, all […]

Just fair warning- this WILL contain spoilers for the Shane Black written-and-directed new The Predator film. If you are planning to see it this weekend when it opens, you might want to find something else to read instead of this. If you’re still here, that probably means you’ve already figured out who SPOILER is, and maybe […]

Shane Black’s The Predator is nearing its theatrical release, and this morning 20th Century Fox dropped what they’re calling “the final trailer”.  It’s also a red band trailer, so be prepared. Directed by Shane Black, the film stars Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, […]

The Licensing Expo is happening right now in Las Vegas, and that means first appearances of posters, swag, and other goodies for upcoming releases. The first is the highly anticipated Shane Black film The Predator: Steven Weintraub the Editor-In-Chief for Collider who took these images points out these are specifically for merchandising, and not what we’ll see […]

I was pleasantly surprised by the buddy cop/odd couple less cerebral Pulp Fiction, if such a thing exists.  The Nice Guys takes place in 1970s Los Angeles, when down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Crowe) must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of […]

The Hollywood Reporter ran a story earlier today stating that Fox is planning a reboot of the classic sci-fi horror/action film Predator, with Iron Man‘s Shane Black at the helm. Black will write the treatment for the project,  and then Fred Dekker (Monster Squad) will take over the rest of the script writing duties. Shane is set to […]