'Predator' Remake: Producer Claims Shane Black Will 'Reinvent' The Franchise With 'Soft-Reboot'

"Predator" is getting a reboot from one of its cast members.

Like "Jurassic World" and "Terminator: Genisys,"  writer/director Shane Black, (Iron Man 3)  who starred in the original film, plans on getting the franchise back on the big screen but with an "inventive sequel" rather than a "reboot."

Longtime "Predator" franchise producer John Davis updates on the project.

"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," Davis told Collider during the 2015 Television Critics Association press tour.

"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," he went on to explain. "I remember in being in the jungle with Arnold {Schwarzenneger] as a 28-year-old and going, 'This is a fun business!'...Shane's amazing. He's an amazing storyteller."

According to Screen Rant, Black is currently in post-production on his latest project "The Nice Guys," but it us still unclear if his next project will be the untitled "Predator" reboot or "Doc Savage," another movie he's long been working on.

"Shane's got a writing partner, Fred Dekker. They've been doing it together and Fred's great," Davis added.

"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.' I mean he's the guy who wrote 'Iron Man 3.'" 

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