Shane Black's directorial film "The Predator" is a franchise of the original blockbuster film "Predator" directed by John Mc Tiernan in 1987. Although, there are several flopped sequels released earlier, Twentieth Century Fox wants Predator reboot to resemble the original macho movie.   

Shot to fame as the Writer for "Lethal Weapon" in 1987, Shane Black, made directorial debut with "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in 2005, banging the box office. The critically acclaimed winning actor, writer & director, Shane Black, played as Rick Hawkins in the original movie. He has written and directed several great movies like "Iron Man 3", "Last Action Hero", "Lethal Weapon" 4 sequels. 

Benicio Del Toro's reputation has earned him the first choice to play the lead character in the sequel. Fox Studio has even postponed the production dates to February to make it easy for Del Toro's busy schedule but in vain. His busy schedule forced Fox studio to replace him with Boyd Holbrook, as reported in The Hollywood Reporter.

Black and Fred Dekker have co-written the script for "The Predator" and trying to make the movie as close to the original movie as possible but with a tinge of humor. Black added, "I think there's a tremendous mistake today in assuming that a movie has to choose one tone solely, consistently throughout, and just stick to that tone".

Though he doesn't have the stardom, Holbrook is a comfortable and safe bet for Fox's studios as he worked with the studios in three movies, the latest being "Logan, the X-Men Spinoff", in which he played a villain role. However, Fox Studio is planning to cover up the weakness in lead character with high profile supporting cast. Oliva Munn who starred in "X-Men: Apocalypse", will play a scientist opposite to Holbrook, as reported by Digital Spy.  

Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the swashbuckling film, "Predator" (1987) that brought star power to him with his muscle and visual effects on the celluloid may play a cameo in "The Predator".

The movie titled "The Predator" is scheduled to hit the US theatres on February 9, 2018 and the UK theatres on March 2, 2018.