PREDATOR 5 Reportedly Casts LEGION And ROSWELL Alum Amber Midthunder In Lead Role

PREDATOR 5 Reportedly Casts LEGION And ROSWELL Alum Amber Midthunder In Lead Role

We found out last year that 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg would take the helm of a new Predator movie, and it's now being reported that Legion actress Amber Midthunder will play the lead.

By MarkCassidy - May 21, 2021 03:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Predator

News broke late last year that a new Predator movie was in development at 20th Century Studios with 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg at the helm, and we now have word on a possible first cast addition.

The Ronin and Discussing Film are both reporting that Native American actress Amber Midthunder has signed on to lead the project. Leaked plot details suggest that the story will focus on "a Comanche woman who goes against gender norms and traditions to become a warrior," so we assume that's the character Midthunder will play.

Midthunder will probably be best known for her role as sword-wielding mutant Kerry Loudermilk in FX's Legion. She can be seen next in Jonathan Heinsleigh’s The Ice Road along with Liam Neeseon and Laurence Fishburne.

Shane Black's underwhelming 2018 effort, The Predator, seemed to put the sci-fi action film series to rest for a while, but it looks like the now Disney-owned studio is determined to breath new life into the franchise. The script is being written by Patrick Aison, whose producer/writer credits include Kingdom, Jack Ryan and Treadstone.

The first - and by far the best - Predator movie came out back in 1987 and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of a group of mercenaries who find themselves hunted by a merciless alien creature. Of the three movies that followed, only Nimród Antal's Predators (2010) came close to matching the visceral thrills of the original.

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ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 5/21/2021, 3:13 PM
Good for her. Legion is a damn good show.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/21/2021, 3:17 PM
Have they confirmed the time setting for this?

Really hope they kind of make the Predator tough and hard to beat.

Menks123
Menks123 - 5/21/2021, 3:17 PM
Man, I was so disappointed in The Predator. Loved the cast and director, but it was so mediocre.

I also had no idea they were this far into another one, so i'm cautiously optimistic
WackyBantha
WackyBantha - 5/21/2021, 3:18 PM
TheMapleSyrup
TheMapleSyrup - 5/21/2021, 3:53 PM
I feel it you're gonna do predator 5, you should go back in time or let the predator win. I feel like predator 2 was setting up Predators vs Pirates. Maybe a predator vs a samurai clan in feudal Japan? Idk seeing predators kill army dudes is a little boring
dracula
dracula - 5/21/2021, 3:53 PM
Next thing you know Disney reboots Alien and Predator into the MCU.

Joking aside, Predator VS Wolverine needs to happen, at least as a comic book.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/21/2021, 5:10 PM
@dracula - No need just add The Brood to the X-Men movie.
varoujane
varoujane - 5/21/2021, 10:18 PM
@dracula - Have you watched this fight by BatintheSun ? Their Superpower Beatdown was great.
tripttwe
tripttwe - 5/22/2021, 2:19 AM
@dracula -
Da,da,dah,da,dahhhhhh!
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 5/21/2021, 4:04 PM
Good god, The Predator was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 5/21/2021, 4:09 PM
Cool to see Amber Midthunder get a big role, she was my pick for Echo in the Hawkeye show. I hope we dont get a water downed version of the Comanche, historically they were one of if not the most brutal tribe around. Seeing a a Comanche warrior scalping a Yautja would be worth the price of admission alone.
NathanielX
NathanielX - 5/21/2021, 4:49 PM
@CurlyBill -
inkniron
inkniron - 5/21/2021, 4:23 PM
The first one was pretty good, the second one was ok for a sequel of its time and 2010 I enjoyed more than I thought I would.

All the rest are trash. I know you need humans but they really were a wet blanket to both AvP movies and the less said about the last one, the better.
NathanielX
NathanielX - 5/21/2021, 4:43 PM
Should let Capcom release a port of the arcade AVP Game, one of the best Beat'em Ups

Jimster
Jimster - 5/22/2021, 9:59 PM
@NathanielX - I loved that game! Every time I find an arcade cabinet in I always play a few rounds. Classic.
valmic
valmic - 5/21/2021, 4:46 PM
Who wants these movies?
SnideCut
SnideCut - 5/22/2021, 10:22 PM
@micvalpro - Me.
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