News: Shane Black and Fred Dekker Hand In "Predator" Sequel Script

It was announced last year that Shane Black, writer of Lethal Weapon and writer/director of Iron Man 3, and his The Monster Squad co-writer Fred Dekker were working on an "inventive sequel" to the action classic Predator for 20th Century Fox.

Dekker recently announced on Facebook that the script for the film has been completed and turned in.

Producer John Davis commented:

 “Shane shot a movie and he’s doing a pilot now, but I’ve read a lot of his script and I think it’s genius. I think it’s genius and I think it’s entertaining, and what it did is recreate a famous franchise in a different, interesting way; looking at it from a different light. He’s just an amazing writer-director. He’s got a way of looking at this that makes you excited again. I love this franchise. It was the first movie I ever did. I remember in being in the jungle with Arnold[Schwarzenegger] as a 28-year-old and going, ‘This is a fun business!’…Shane’s amazing. He’s an amazing storyteller.”

Specific plot details are currently under wraps, but it's expected that Black will also helm the film, although no release date has been set.

“Shane’s got a writing partner, Fred Dekker. They’ve been doing it together and Fred’s great. The two of them together, they’ve been in the business for a long time, but the writing is so fresh, the perspective is so fresh. I’m telling you you’re going to get something you don’t expect and you’re going to say, ‘This is the most entertaining way to reinvent a franchise.'"

Shane Black is also developing the 1930s-set adventure pic Doc Savage, based on the comic, and the Remo Williams adaptation The Destroyer at Sony Pictures.

Source: Collider