Nimrod Antal Talks About PREDATORS!! CGI or Practical Predators?? Arnold?? And More...

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ComingSoon talked to Nimrod Antal, who's directing the new PREDATOR movie under Robert Rodriguez's producership (is that even a word?) . The interview (which you can find HERE) touches on several points of interest to fans of the original PREDATOR film, and Geeks in general. As for the ever-troubling issue of whether practical effects or CGI will make the Predators real this time around, Antal says:

While Rodriguez has embraced doing things using CG animation, Antal has preferred the aesthetics of doing things practical and in-camera over the years, so we wondered whether they were able to find a happy balance there. "I think we both recognize that the original film was as good as it was because of the practical, because it was a guy in a suit, because it was the jungle, so we stay true to that. We were in Hawaii for a month in the jungle, so there's going to be some pretty impressive locations."

When asked whether or not an appearance by Arnold might somehow be shoehorned into the film's plotline:

Wisely, Antal remained coy, only saying, "Time will tell. We'll see, but we are trying to stay with the original as far as the monster and the atmosphere and the tone of the film, but we are trying to do something new and contemporary and feels fresh."

It should be noted that a variant of the PREDATORS script does leave room for a short Schwarzenegger cameo. By "variant" I mean that a sequence is scripted which would allow for Arnold's "Dutch" character to appear very briefly, although this isn't required to make the whole piece work. I'm not sure said sequence is actually incorporated into the body of the full script - it's an addendum, I believe. Gyula Pados, who did such a wicked/fine job as Director of Photography on KONTROLL, is DP on PREDATORS as well. If you've never seen KONTROLL, it's rather cool and interesting. You can rent a DVD of the film, or stream it, via Netflix HERE. Or, the it can be purchased HERE .
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