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Laurence Fishburne -vs- PREDATORS!!
Merrick here...
Over at JoBLo, the lovely Jenna Busch has a scoop from the set of PREDATORS. Seems Laurence Fishburne will be joining the cast of the film.
We didn't get to see him, but the awesome Laurence Fishburne will be playing the role of Noland. Can't tell you a damn thing about the character, but I think it's safe to say that he's going to kick some serious ass. We'll tell you more the second they lift the embargo.
...says Jenna's report HERE.
In the same article, Mike Sampson...evidently not embargoed...shed a little more light on Fishburne's role, saying:
While Jenna might not be able to tell you much about Noland, I know from my own digging that the character has a little experience fighting Predators. While most of our characters are newbies, Noland's been at this game for a while. Obviously much more from the set coming soon so stay tuned!
Everyone who's been to the PREDATORS set so far have been blown away by what they've seen. I can't wait...
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Fishbourne fighting Predators? I'm there baby.
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aweosme
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if he fought them before in the Matrix? heheh
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second
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...and bring it full circle.
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By the time I signed in two other fuckers fucking talked back
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Dec. 18, 2009, 11:17 a.m. CST
So if this is sticking to Rodriguez' original script...
by Neddie Seagoon
...then I guess Noland is the guy who's been stranded on the Predator planet for years. Is that still the storyline?
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I just jizzed in my pants
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He is fat. <p> There, I said it.
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One cliche' after another followed by a direct PREDATOR 1 rip off followed by another cliche'.
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The chances of this being decent are slim.
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Old too. <P> He looks like he had all of the badass surgically removed and replaced with pillow batting.
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we all need a little loven
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Seriously, the dude has gotten FAT - how can he be like this survivor bad ass dude on the predator planet, when it looks like he's been hittin the local krispy kreme three or four times a day! Maybe he EATS the predators that he kills - you keep what you kill, it is the necromonger way!
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Ha, pillow batting. That's ridiculously accurate. <p> Still, can't begrudge a guy his body. If I made millions all of a sudden, can't exactly say I'd bother hitting the gym.
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With every year, Laurence Fishburne's face gets wider and wider! IMAX can't hold him!
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But Could be better.....I won't judge it till after I see this movie.
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Larry Fishburne is just ok.
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He's always a pleasure to watch. I hope he slims down for the role, though. Morpheus he ain't.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 11:32 a.m. CST
The RED sprinkled Twinkie or the BLUE berrylicious Twinkie
by theebluewolf
The man is FAT!!! If you're going to rag Shatner for his weight, gotta rag Mr. Fishburne too!
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His score from the first movie was epic. Would love to see the main theme and other themes revisited in Predators.
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I read somewhere that it was due in spring '10, but that can't be right. I know Rodriguez works quickly (probably too quickly), but still...
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I dunno. Lawrence Fishburne hasn't built a career out of self-parody. I think being a badass and a good actor buys him a little slack on that front.
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But at least he can act. I expect this to be just a *little* better than the abortion known the the AVP series.
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of predators!<p> cue dancing.
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...but have never been crazy about the Predator concept even (actually maybe because) I was involved with a project related to the property that went down in "ha, that was nine months of your life" flames. I'll watch it regardless, because of Fishburne and because really I watch it all.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 11:43 a.m. CST
Oh... I hope the Predators fight an Alien creature...
by jimmy rabbitte
that would be way cool and couldn't possibly come out bad, on screen...<p> Any way this project sounds like it has some promise; looking forward to it.
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It's as big as a house! It's as big as a house! Why'd you say that twice? I didn't!
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Absolutely loved it, but felt the ending needed a little work. Great to see some money going into this after the lacklustre avp movies. Laurence Fisburnes an interesting choice for the character...I kind of envisaged Noland as an older guy, like the actor who played Blades mentor.
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"Gee Laurence Fishburne's stomach is big! Gee Laurence Fishburne's stomach is big!"<p> "Why'd you say it twice?"<p> "Cos he's a fat cunt."
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Laurence Fishburne has been surviving in a cave on the Predator planet for years. Luckily he's been marooned along with 1000 crates of shrink-wrapped donuts?
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I know I shall miss him! Shame, aintitcool for not posting.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 12:01 p.m. CST
Well I guess that dsahes the hopes of Arnold or Danny Glover cam
by JediRob
...as it sounds like he's the guy stranded on the planet.
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It's about 8 articles below this one. Please try to pay attention.
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and he'll become the fat queen fishburne, laying eggs n what nots
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Dec. 18, 2009, 12:09 p.m. CST
...fuck this. CALVIN & HOBBES biography/making of book...
by FlickaPoo
...coming out!...AINC COMICS article below...
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Aliens vs Predator vs Fishburne<p> Fishburne's so fat it took 5 facehuggers to 'fill him up'.<p> Chest burster quintruplets!
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If you take the blue pill, you won't get to da choppa and you'll get nuked. If you take the red pill, you'll get to da choppa GOOOOO GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Flickapoo, I remember sitting out in the sunshine reading Calvin & Hobbes compendiums as a teenager. Back when Summers felt endless... sigh. Great comic strip, one of the classics.
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...although, if he's going to be the Robinson Crusoe of Predator Planet I suppose he better start sweating to some oldies...<P>Maybe the jungle on Predator Planet is thick with the legendary Grilled Cheese Palm.<P>That would explain how Predators can devote all their tome to perfecting their stalking skills...
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...was the only watchable thing in those miserable goddamn Matrix movies, and as we all should realize, he is the only correct choice to play George Washington in Spike Lee's upcoming alternate-reality version of United States history. Can't wait.
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...Watterson is a hero of mine, and he's very reclusive. This book is the biggest news I've read around here all year...tucked away in the comic book column...
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Oops, typo in that first post. Anyways, was going to say nice to see a bit of Silvestri love - the guy just doesn't do enough scores. His music for the BTTF series might be my favourite film music of all time :)
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I guess he must have passed on this gig.
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For not coming back to the role that made him. Cowboy Curtis.
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There is no role Sam cannot make his own.
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but no Arnold, no dice.
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...so this is Rodriguez doing his "Aliens" for the Predator franchise, and Fishburne is playing Newt. I really hope there's a scene where Trejo finds him catatonic and accidentally makes a "clean spot." Trejo can be sensitive too, dammit!
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Go Fox network. Keep up the good announcements.
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I guess Harry and Merrick and company DO GO TO MOVIES ANYMORE on a movie news site...
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Hope they come up with some great lines that include swear words, and not just mother%^&* imo fish's voice + good lines=awesomeness. I know mi3 gets crapped on, but fish saying lines like "I would bleed on the flag to make sure those stripes stay red" were pretty bada$$ imo.
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look down in the headlines my friend...look down..and you shall find what u claim does not exist...
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I thought that role was written for Arnie if he were to Cameo, But dissapointed to be honest as would love to see the governor even if it is for a cameo shame they could not get him, Fishburn is great and I`m sure the movie will be fine, Just wish it had Arnie as the cherrie on top. "GET TO THE CHOPPER!!!
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That would explain the late casting.
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Nuff Said
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just watched the original jesuss christ is that movie badass n this one seems like its gonna kick it up a notch lovin the cast
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One of the worst movies of all time. They could take Lawrance Fishburn, put him in a fat suit...hell, put him in the grandma fat suit from that shitty Martin Lawrence movie...and it still could not be worse than AVP: Requiem. Even the title didn't make any sense. You would think that would have killed all future potential for either franchise, but god bless fox, they won't let them die.
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Like he did in Apocalypse Now.
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not the buff one. 'King Kong's' Bruce Baxter said it best: "Real heroes don't look like me. They've got a bald spot, bad teeth and a beer gut."
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...up into his chest...making him the strongest man alive.<P>And if he sucks his entire belly up into his chest and lets out bellow I recommend you step aside.
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Fishburne wasn't killed by the spear, if that's what you're implying. It was Chief, the otha brotha on the boat.
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I'm just sayin...
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should be calling anyone old fat. bunch of fat immature overgrown rednecks who get pissy when someone other than stallone gets put in lead.
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Did anyone see the episode of CSI where Fishburne went to Miami and met David Caruso? SCENERY WAS CHEWED! It was fantastic!
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Ike by shoe KO
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Dec. 18, 2009, 2:06 p.m. CST
They should CGI Larry's head to Carl Weathers body...
by theycallmemrtibbs
from the first Predator.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 2:14 p.m. CST
Fish will graze Predators to death with his complexion.
by Damien Chowder
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..if it IS the same as the movie then I won't be paying to see it. I'll spend a Dollar at Red Box to see the Arnie cameo, which I do believe is coming cos the Governor is still in Expendables shape and slim, and even hitting the gym while at that climate conference ;) Cool hey.
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Now that would be some crazy stunt casting, wouldn't it?
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The kid was hiding on the island and learned to survive. sounds like... ...Noland is the guy who's been stranded on the Predator planet for years. Is that still the storyline?
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Well said. As far as I'm concerned the fact that Laurence Fishburne is involved has increased my excitement over this movie.
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I hope they can do a quality job on this movie, but these days that's asking alot. I'd like to see a Predator film with an oldschool gritty tone like Event Horizon or Alien Resurrection, Predator I or Predator II. CGI makes everything look too clean and perfect.
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....to Awardgiver and DuncanDisorderly. What a bunch of whiny meatheads on this site! Go Larry!
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Dec. 18, 2009, 3:45 p.m. CST
I betcha this was Arnold's part and they couldn't get him
by Tall_Boy66
He was supposed to be Dutch captured by the Predators and fighting in an arena of death and was an old hand at it, and they couldn't get him so, presto changeo, it's Fishburne.
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and as you have guessed he's the younger brother of Mike Harrigan, who was played by Danny Glover in the second film. I don't know if any other sites have broken this but i've read the script and he definetly is the brother of danny glover. <P>No major attention is drawn to the fact but there is a scene where several characters are discussing predator legends and Lawrence has several lines about the tales he heard from his older brother, this dialogue also expands on the fate of danny's character (Quoting from memory) "My brother became obsessed in figuring out why they let him live. He spent the rest of his years tracking down every rumoured appeareance of the creatures around the world... until one day he never came back home"<P>It's a small connection to P2 but its nice to know, they are not smashing us over the head with references to the first 2 films
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Whatever it was going to be . . . it's going to be better.
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Predators don't stand a chance.
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He continues to swell at an exponential rate. If we are to believe he can battle Predators, he better have cut the burritos and hit the damn gym.
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I like Fishburne but he was looking a little meaty in MI:3, and that was 3 years ago.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 5:07 p.m. CST
Article should have been titled: THE FISH vs. THE PREDATOR!
by youridol
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Noland's fairly badass to begin with in this scrip, but it's painfully written, with sub-TWILIGHT dialogue, and the only cool lines in this are straight from the first movie. Lame-ass "twist" at the end, and then there's the supremely fucking dumb SuperBlackPredators! This movie will be fucking lame on an epic scale.<P> Yes, even starring Laurence FatToBurn.
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Predators would just drown in those huge limpids azure pools that are the eyes of Zooey, and make with the loving. PREDATOR... this ain't.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 5:38 p.m. CST
This movie better be carnage filled, I mean blood everywhere!
by SoylentMean
That's what I want from a movie called Predators. Oh, and for it not to suck.
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FLOCKA!!!
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Now thats a joke!!!<p>That fat fuck looks even worse since his Matrix days!<p>All the Predators need is open a box of Krispy Kreme and Laurence will be their bitch!
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ever.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 7:08 p.m. CST
SPUD - ZOOEY WOULD SLAUGHTER PREDATORS, THEN BREAK OUT A TUNE
by BringingSexyBack
Being bloodthirsty is one thing. But Zooey maintains spiritual balance with a heaping dose of soothing melody.
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Seriously, old Larry's...um...'range' has been expanding quite considerably lately.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 7:11 p.m. CST
THEY SCREENTESTED ZOOEY FOR A PREDATOR ACTION SEQUENCE
by BringingSexyBack
but once in character, her rage was uncontainable. No camera could capture her movements. <P> They had to go with Larry instead.
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He'll need help from Pee=Wee and the rest of the gang from the Playhouse.
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so let me guess this straight. this is a predator movie where humans are on their planet so its obviously in the far future. but laurence is playing danny's little brother...the danny that was in predator 2, which takes place in the 90s? aaaaaaaaalrighty then. that jett dude doesn't even try anymore.
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I went from not interested to somewhat intrigued, it's just to me, RR is a bit of a hack.
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FIVE FINGERS was excellent
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at a resort on the beack. it's 82 degrees. the fan in my bedroom has a remote control.<p>this does not relate to Predators in any way, but I just thought you all should know.
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It's not set in the far future... <br> Spoiler <br> <br> <br> The main characters get kidnapped for sport, dumped on a jungle planet (not the predator homeworld) and are hunted for sport.
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... an awesome writer, associated with the Predator franchise, and doing nothing atm (that I know of)? Shane Black! Bring him back for rewrites and this movie could be better than the original.
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Sorry for how retarded I sound in the above post. It's 3am here and i'm a little drunk :D Good Times
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ah....thats new. last i heard it was about humans going to their world but alrighty, that sounds fun too.
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Dec. 18, 2009, 9:54 p.m. CST
Why is George W. Busch's daughter doing reporting on sci-fi?
by YackBacker
I thought she worked on the TOODAY show with Matt Lower. Heh, I guess I was rong.
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That would be a movie I would love to see made.
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I admit I could be completely wrong and read an early draft of the script but everything I've seen so far fits with the draft I read....feel free to stab me if I am chatting complete shit ha
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Laurence Fishburne is badass!
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The Defence Departments top secret Fishburne replication program attracts the attention of a rogue Alpha Predator who happens to be visiting the solar system. Now over 150 Lawrence Fishburnes must team up to kill the baddest Predator in the universe!
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Dec. 19, 2009, midnight CST
You're RIGHT RR is a bit of a hack, hadn't given it too much tho
by billybigbollocks
You're correct. Best of luck to him he's done well for himself, and he ain't no Ratner, but he's no artistic genius.
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We all need to just shut the fuck up. This could be a great film. They could even show Danny and Dutch in flashback cameos. That is a plausible end around.
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all about it. If I wanted some asshole to give me a book report I wouldn't have dropped out of the 5th grade.
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LOVE THEM!
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Did you guess the black guy? If he's the star role, then he lives till the end. If he's part of the ensemble, well, I guess he's got CSI to get back to.
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cuz he be big as a house. Seriously though, his acting is cringe worthy, he loves hamming it up with cheese, maybe dats why he so fat!
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If any of that was directed at me everything I said is established within the first 5 minutes of the film nothing important at all...If it's not directed at me then apologies and ignore this post
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Great casting choice!
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when he was single (Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, Gary Busey, Bill Paxton) And brought them all to life back from the dead. I know they'd never match My sweet imagination And everything looks worse in infra-red. Landham, Bill Paxton, Gary Busey.
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With a cast like that and Robert Rodriguez, I'm already standing in line waiting to buy my ticket. Seriously.
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Besides that 70's Show and Spiderman 3, has he done anything else?
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but only a real man can kill a predator
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Will he be eating a foot-long sandwich all through the movie or just in the first half? I just want to know.
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My god how many times can you people say the same joke and still be entertained. We get it Fishburne is fat and the first 20 or so comments were actually somewhat amusing. Now its just pathetic. I Guess everything is funny when your living in moms basement.
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Yes, actually. He did In Good Company and has had cameos in all three "Oceans" movies, in addition to "Traffic", "Mona Lisa Smile" and voice over work for Simpsons, Robot Chicken, etc. That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I think he did a writer/producer thing a year or two back also...
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Obviously, they're on the predators' turf now. I wonder what the humans are going to call them by. And what do you eat in predator land?
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WUAHT DU YU NEED AWS FUO
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DEY WUR SKINT ALAIF!
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Are we going to see a bulked-up Firshburne for this? I could go for that.
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They cooked up a story and they're dropping the audience into a meat grinder.
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If you haven't read the leaked script you can do so here: http://www.avpgalaxy.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1257989451&archive= No matter how much revising they've done since this draft all the info they release about the film implies they're sticking very closely to the basic premise. And that's unfortunate bc it sucks pretty hard. This is not going to redeem them for the AvP movies. It's just another nail in the coffin. And the Noland character doesn't seem like it was ever intended to be Dutch. And if it was there'd be a lot of fans crying fowl over the way he behaves. Dutch's cameo IS there though and is sufficiently disappointing.
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Well he did
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But everything I've heard about it sounds awful. Except for the choice of director, which is offset by the fact that Rodriquez is the producer.<br><br>(Once, Rodriquez as producer would have got me excited, but he seems to have become ever more sylised with every film he's done, whereas Predator requires a more down to earth tone.)<br><Br>Then again, anything Rodriquez does seems to get a free pass from Harry and co., so I'll be taking any AICN news regarding this one with a grain of salt.
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I'll admit that. Casting sounds good too. Which is why this film could well wind up breaking my poor nerd heart.
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Fishburne's badass, but the Preds? Have you SEEN those guys? Whole other level, man.
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An all-star slaughter extravaganza. Imagine- Christian Bale, Bruce Willis, Ron Pearlman, Edward Norton, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Viggo Mortensen (nah, he probably wouldn't do it), AND Will Smith bein' speared, skinned and decapitated by Predators.
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"I don't leave no witnesses!"
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that's just a natural part of the aging process. "I wouldn't go as far as to call the brotha fat, but he's half samoan, what's the nigga gonna do." But seriously folks, Fishburne is a great actor. Would we have kept watching CSI after Petersen's exit if not for him? I don't see how he'll fit in the predator franchise, but if he does I'm sure it will work somehow.
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Dec. 21, 2009, 11:38 a.m. CST
Then I gotta get me to the PREDATORS set! (See above)
by MrMysteryGuest
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...while yelling "FREE YOUR MIND!!!"
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I hope this is good.
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it would make his role more believable IF he is the character who's been stranded on the predator planet to look like he's malnourished. Unless the Predators purposefully feed their prey to make them stronger.
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this site would say a rodriguez movies isnt great???
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