Shane Black used the the Los Angeles premiere of his new film The Predator on Wednesday to continue apologizing for casting a registered sex offender in a bit part in the film. 20th Century Fox cut the scene from the movie soon after co-star Olivia Munn learned about the male actor’s status and notified the studio…

Like the ragtag group of ex-soldiers they were playing, the stars of The Predator didn’t know what they were in for, signing up for Shane Black’s 2018 reboot of the franchise—but they were satisfied with where they ended up, and the rapport that developed between them over time. Approached for the project, actor and…

UPDATED with new Shane Black statement: A scene has been cut from 20th Century Fox’s upcoming reboot of The Predator after it was discovered a registered sex offender was among the actors in it. The studio confirmed the decision after a report surfaced in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday morning that the film’s…

20th Century Fox has dropped the red-band trailer for franchise reset The Predator ahead of the genre film’s premiere at the start of the Midnight Madness section Thursday at the Toronto Film Festival. Connoisseurs of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger original will see some familiar DNA. But director and co-writer Shane B…

20th Century Fox kicked off Comic-Con’s Hall H festivities today with director/co-writer Shane Black and the cast of The Predator including Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Keegan-Michael Key, Trevante Rhodes, Jake Busey, Yvonne Strahovski, Thomas Jane and Augusto Aguilera. The panel started with a reel and cast…

Before Shane Black directed big blockbuster pics like Iron Man 3 and churning out cinephile fare like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Nice Guys, there was one little film he is known for in culty fanboy/fangirl circles: the 1987 horror pic The Monster Squad. The documentary Wolfman’s Got Nards explores how the box office…

“Tell me about the mission – did you see anything unusual?” Hmm, there’s a loaded question, and a nice set-up for this first teaser trailer for Shane Black’s The Predator.  Here’s what we know from the logline for what’s being called a “reinvention” of the series (based on characters created by Jim Thomas & John…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Walter Hill and comedian/filmmaker Keenen Ivory Wayans are both being honored this year in Austin at the annual Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference. Hill, whose film career goes back decades with such films as The Warriors and 48 Hrs. and HBO’s Deadwood will be honored with the Extraordinary…

EXCLUSIVE: Augusto Aguilera has landed the final main role in 20th Century Fox’s reboot The Predator, which Shane Black is directing from a script he co-wrote with Fred Dekker. Production began last month and Fox has already staked out a February 9, 2018 release date. Aguilera (Chasing Life) is the final piece of the…

The Predator director/co-writer Shane Black took to Twitter early Monday to offer the first look at the film’s cast. The photo features the team of new alien hunters, which includes Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Olivia Munn and Keegan-Michael Key. "Partial cast… beautiful human…

How did Dwayne Johnson spend this Memorial Day weekend? In a huddle with Shane Black and his writing team and producers “to chop up creative and break story on this very cool project.” The project is Doc Savage, a big-screen adaptation of the 1930s and 40s pulp novel hero aka The Man of Bronze. Johnson confirmed his…

Last week, even as the broadcast networks were rolling out their schedules of reboots and remakes during the upfronts, the creative team at HBO, always proud of its bold programming, seemed to roll over in exhaustion. Jimmy Kimmel's conclusion: Broadcast television was staying current by offering "fresh new shows like…