August
The Predator
Date: August 3rd
Director: Shane Black
Writers: Shane Black and Fred Dekker
Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Keegan-Michael Key, Jake Busey.
If a studio is going to revisit a story from the 1980s, it certainly helps if one of the cast of the original story has since become a respected writer and director in his own right. Such is the case for Shane Black’s The Predator, which is supposed to fit between 1990’s Predator 2, and 2010’s Predators. Black was a cast member in 1987’s Predator, which kicked off the entire iconic franchise, and here sets out to bring the story back to the suburban streets of Earth.
So far, we know three things about this movie. Firstly, the cast play characters ranging from Special Forces, to scientists, to government agents. Secondly, the heart of the tale is a father-son story. Thirdly, Shane Black is intent on using as much practical effects as possible, to retain the feel of the original movie. Everything else is being kept under wraps.
Barbie
Date: August 8th
Director: Alethea Jones
Writers: Lindsey Beer, Jenny Bicks, Kim Caramele, Diablo Cody, Bert V. Royal, and Hilary Winston
Cast: Anne Hathaway
Movie theatres are now regularly filled with properties derived from toy lines – from Transformers, to Lego, to My Little Pony. It’s unsurprising, then, that Mattel wishes to incorporate Barbie into that landscape. The production and release of this project has already been pushed back several times – with Amy Schumer attached to the lead role at one time – but it’s currently set for August 2018, with a live-action story that will see Barbie exiled from doll-world for being imperfect, and having to find her way in the real world.
