Robert Rodriguez has confirmed the rumors: Nimrod Antal (“Kontroll,” “Vacancy”) will be the director of “Predators.” Hey, chalk one up for Latino Review, their source on this one was right. Only about 10 more correct reports and they’re even in our books. 😉
Tell that to Variety though who are still reporting that Rodriguze is directing. Tsk, Tsk, trade paper. Get it right.
Why doesn’t he direct it himself? Simple, his dance card is way overbooked (as if you hadn’t noticed already), but Fox did want to use his original script from more than a decade ago as the jumping off point, so we ran with it. “I was already booked up as a director when this came back to me, but I still wanted to have a hand in making it. So I lobbied to have the movie done through my studios so I could oversee it in a stronger position than a producer usually takes on.”
Acting as the producer, he also promises this film will wash the bad taste of “Alien Vs. Predator” from everyone’s mouths. “No one is ever going to talk about AVP again after this film, I will stake my life on it.” Big claim, but we hope he’s right, simply because ‘AVP’ unquestionably ruined both franchise for us.
Rodriguez will still be involved with the film’s production though noting that his role, “doesn’t feel very different than [his] collaboration on ‘Sin City,’ working with Frank Miller and Quentin Tarantino.” [AICN]