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Has A Frontrunner Emerged In The PREDATORS Directing Sweepstakes?

Beaks here...

According to Latino Review's El Mayimbe, we won't be getting Neil Marshall's PREDATORS after all. Damn.

Though Marshall would've been my first choice out of the likely possibilities, I can't say I have a huge problem with Nimrod Antal taking on the franchise reboot. Antal's best work to date is KONTROLL, an adrenaline-charged action flick about Budapest subway ticket inspectors which felt like an audition for the Hollywood big time. Within a year of that film's release, Antal was directing VACANCY for Screen Gems. Don't hold it against him. This year, he's got ARMORED, which looks to be an above-average heist flick powered by a collection of top-notch character actors. He's got chops.

Here's where Harry contacts PREDATORS producer Robert Rodriguez...

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FIRST
by Animus
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:51:43 AM
What, no Michael Bay?
by GunterMonkey
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:52:57 AM
Well, buy that loser Animus a drink.
by GunterMonkey
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:53:59 AM
Jonathan Frakes would have been a good choice too.
by GunterMonkey
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:54:37 AM
I guess the question is does anyone still care about Predator
by GunterMonkey
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:58:31 AM
is McTiernan dead?
by BMacSmith
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:00:33 AM
Herrmmm...
by D.Vader
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:09:34 AM
Antal
by Cobbio
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:16:26 AM
Not sure about this
by Super Rabbi
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:21:15 AM
Yeah people care.
by quamb
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:21:20 AM
get stallone to direct
by bilbo78
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:31:44 AM
they'll turn it into some epic largescale CGI crap
by BMacSmith
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:36:23 AM
He only directs movies with one word in the title
by lockesbrokenleg
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:41:11 AM
If the sights are aimed this low, i would have preferred The Rui
by irc-Hollywood
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:44:48 AM
The Ruins' Carter SMith
by irc-Hollywood
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:45:39 AM
Man, did Twitter turn into Shitter overnight?
by lockesbrokenleg
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:48:44 AM
KONTROLL was an action flick?
by Se Tscherrman
Jun 23rd, 2009
02:57:29 AM
the guy is (a) Nimrod, literally
by johnnylawless2
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:04:40 AM
PREDATOR vs EXPENDABLES
by Joker Gordon Levitt
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:06:50 AM
PREDATOR through time.
by Joker Gordon Levitt
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:09:06 AM
Norrington would have been a good choice...
by KillaKane
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:09:51 AM
And thus my interest diminishes...
by foxthebloodied
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:15:06 AM
GunterMonkey
by kwisatzhaderach
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:18:58 AM
I live in Budapest
by David Cloverfield
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:22:25 AM
And why not Pride and Predator,
by David Cloverfield
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:23:31 AM
Sounds like...
by SunTzu77
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:26:26 AM
Nope, should have been Marshall.
by Boba Fat
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:35:38 AM
David Cloverfield....
by InfiniteRegress
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:36:49 AM
not a bad choice
by TheExterminator
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:37:22 AM
i lied
by TheExterminator
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:38:39 AM
Can totally see....
by InfiniteRegress
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:41:42 AM
Best thing about this is...
by DC Films
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:43:23 AM
I read this on geektyrant over a week ago
by YackBacker
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:50:03 AM
Ya know what, I'm a fucking idiot
by YackBacker
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:51:38 AM
You mean its not JOHN WOO??
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:14:09 AM
I WANT TO SEE PREDATOR'S TESTICLES!
by EDGARWRIGHTS_TESTICLESOBSESSIO N
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:15:11 AM
If Neil Marshall was the best of the bunch
by tonguestubble
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:18:44 AM
This movie needs a "brand name" action director.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:28:50 AM
Oh yeah, and it should be rated R and take place during WWII.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:34:40 AM
if this is predator 3 I'm all for it. if its a remake
by ironic_name
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:45:45 AM
GibsonUSA Returns
by DC Films
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:48:08 AM
GunterMonkey > who the frak is Frakes?
by Gorgomel
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:54:47 AM
Alien hunter attacks soldiers during WWII (rated R style)......
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:58:06 AM
Oh yeah...
by GibsonUSA Returns
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:03:34 AM
InfiniteRegress
by David Cloverfield
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:04:21 AM
GibsonUSA
by Philo
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:10:41 AM
WWII
by DC Films
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:27:11 AM
YES! YES! FUCKING YES!
by JohnRyder
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:06:34 AM
Kontroll is where it's at
by Spandau Belly
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:13:42 AM
If you are not familiar with Nimrod's work
by JohnRyder
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:14:40 AM
This has 'TURD' written all over it, in excrement
by performingmonkey
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:29:01 AM
KONTROLL!
by Stuntcock Mike
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:32:20 AM
Mel Gibson should direct! PASSION OF THE PREDATOR!
by ZombieHeathLedger
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:35:13 AM
I don't want some Nimrod directing Predator!
by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:37:17 AM
RIDLEY FUCKING SCOTT!
by DanboJohnJ
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:58:58 AM
sorry but Neil Marshall is shit
by Bobman46
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:13:57 AM
RIP ED MCMAHON
by ZombieHeathLedger
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:20:56 AM
Apocalypto basically was Predator
by Toilet_Terror
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:26:31 AM
Vacancy was horrid
by I am_NOTREAL
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:43:19 AM
who the hell are thse guys anyway?
by Logan_1973
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:57:03 AM
The problem with movies about Predators & Transformers
by the new transported man
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:57:58 AM
Edit:
by the new transported man
Jun 23rd, 2009
08:00:52 AM
P - G - 13!!
by Series7
Jun 23rd, 2009
08:11:54 AM
Ed McMahon, thank you
by YackBacker
Jun 23rd, 2009
08:17:08 AM
RIP Ed McMahon
by BacardiRocky
Jun 23rd, 2009
08:30:03 AM
RIP Ed McMahon
by kafka07
Jun 23rd, 2009
08:35:17 AM
I agree with the Mel Gibson nomination.
by rbatty024
Jun 23rd, 2009
08:55:01 AM
"adrenaline-charged" = SHIT
by HoboCode
Jun 23rd, 2009
08:58:08 AM
"should be Arnold or at least Glover"
by kolchak
Jun 23rd, 2009
09:06:43 AM
Damnit, it shoulda been Marshall!
by Judge Briggs
Jun 23rd, 2009
09:18:45 AM
Somebody named their kid "Nimrod Antal"?
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Jun 23rd, 2009
09:19:30 AM
And yeah, Marshall would have been perfect...
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Jun 23rd, 2009
09:20:08 AM
Yeah it is a real name U ignorant: Fa_Tass
by Frye777
Jun 23rd, 2009
09:43:16 AM
Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
by thedoctor28
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:05:21 AM
Here's my idea for a Predator movie...
by heks
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:31:50 AM
The trailer for "Armored" is painfully bad.
by Kid Idioteque
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:39:49 AM
Dammit you guys are fuckin stupid
by Frye777
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:47:33 AM
HoboCode, con air
by ironic_name
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:48:09 AM
We'll never recapture the magic that was McT's
by BillyMayesHere
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:49:17 AM
there was a predator comic in london 1888
by ironic_name
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:49:46 AM
This guy's first name is actually NIMROD?
by ShabbyBlue
Jun 23rd, 2009
10:57:52 AM
Highlander VS Predator..
by SlickyVonBoner
Jun 23rd, 2009
11:20:05 AM
ironic_name
by HoboCode
Jun 23rd, 2009
11:28:13 AM
I didn't realise that was a perogative
by ironic_name
Jun 23rd, 2009
11:47:20 AM
ShabbyBlue, I agree...
by Kenshiro_187
Jun 23rd, 2009
12:06:45 PM
Another vote here for Riggs as director!
by Kenshiro_187
Jun 23rd, 2009
12:08:03 PM
STOP IT! JUST STOP. IT. NOW!
by uberman
Jun 23rd, 2009
12:23:38 PM
the name NIMRÓD
by JohnRyder
Jun 23rd, 2009
12:24:29 PM
ANYONE WHO'S SEEN "KONTROLL" KNOWS THIS IS GREAT!!!!
by halsolo
Jun 23rd, 2009
12:42:32 PM
Wow Mark A.Z. Dippé was in...
by Series7
Jun 23rd, 2009
12:50:42 PM
Actually
by abdulkholiq
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:02:28 PM
RIdley Scott no good then?
by omega_786
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:15:43 PM
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE....VERHOVEN
by omega_786
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:16:48 PM
I get it...
by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:19:45 PM
500 years later
by Samuel Fulmer
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:48:32 PM
Some of you guys have thought up a movie I want to see!
by spectrebeeyatch
Jun 23rd, 2009
01:48:47 PM
and now Mark A.Z. Dippé...
by Bouncy X
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:00:48 PM
The guy who did VACANCY?
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:02:25 PM
As Long As There Is A Bicep Close-Up....
by snaps_provolone
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:21:59 PM
LOL
by thedoctor28
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:43:37 PM
Predators vs Zombies
by thedoctor28
Jun 23rd, 2009
03:46:07 PM
Predator Vs Carl Weathers
by pokadoo
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:12:08 PM
My Predator idea:
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
04:20:10 PM
PREDATOR/S vs nazis
by frank cotton
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:05:24 PM
Predators in WWII is a good idea...
by otm shank
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:15:27 PM
I'm sure...
by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:26:56 PM
I wanna see:
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:37:43 PM
Blue Beetle & Booster Gold
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:40:31 PM
Blue v. Gold!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:42:03 PM
Buckaroo Bonzai v. Doc Brown!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:42:33 PM
Ghostbusters v. Bustghosters!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
05:45:17 PM
Ultimate Throwdown:
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:09:50 PM
V vs. V
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:26:03 PM
Dr.Doom v Black Panther
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:27:08 PM
Bale v. Beals!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:31:19 PM
Bale v. Seals
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:31:56 PM
Graboids v. Cloverfield!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:35:49 PM
Jason X v. Racer X!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:42:07 PM
Whatta Nimrod!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:42:39 PM
Thanos v. Manos:
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
06:48:26 PM
Vacancy was crap. Armourerd looks crap.
by OutlawsDelejos
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:14:04 PM
Finally!
by TedKordLives
Jun 23rd, 2009
07:38:19 PM
If you haven't seen Kontroll
by Tin Snoman
Jun 23rd, 2009
09:41:08 PM
Trek fans be damned,
by half vader
Jun 23rd, 2009
11:57:37 PM
SHOULD rot
by half vader
Jun 24th, 2009
12:01:43 AM
Disappointing
by Kammich
Jun 25th, 2009
03:25:22 PM

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