Progress has been very quiet for Roert Rodriguez's Predators with Nimrod Antal set to direct. Although 20th Century has set a release date for July 7, 2010, there also hasn't been much casting news (until now) besides the ubiquitous Danny Trejo playing the role of a Rambo-like luchador named "Cuchillo".
ComingSoon.net has heard word that one of Rodriguez's cast will be none other than Walton Goggins, star of the FX series "The Shield." (Who is this guy? I have never even heard of the T.V. show).
Unfourtunatley thee hasn't been any information on his specific role. Either way we are to expect more casting news on the movie in the weeks to come.
There is also a rumor floating around that Michael Jay White who is famous for Spawn will also be in the movie.
JFYI: Royce is under the surveillance of a Predator. He is snatched up and taken to the jungles of the Predator’s home world along with seven others. These aren’t your ordinary people being abducted. These eight are the most highly noted killers on the face of the Earth.
Danny Trejo is said to be playing a drug cartel named Cuchillo with double Uzis he straps to his back. Other characters include a Russian named Nikolai with a rotary machine gun, a French woman named Isabelle with a sniper rifle, Stans, a prisoner from San Quentin, Mombasa, an African leader in the Sierra Leone squad, a Japanese yakuza enforcer named Hanzo and a FBI wanted criminal named Edwin. There is no world who Royce is – but from the description of him just killing someone and then being abducted.
Will this bunch be enough to get rid of the Predator Dogs, Predator Falcons and The Black Super Predator? Will this T.V. show actor have the skills to pull this one off? Will this movie live up to its name? only time will tell.
ROCK ON!!!