Brody and Grace are Possible Prey for PREDATORS

Who’s in the mood for some celebrity slaughter? With the buzz on full-throttle over Robert Rodriguez’s PREDATORS film, being directed by Nimrod Antal, the cast is already taking shape in the form of significant Hollywood names. Adrien Brody (THE JACKET) has signed on to play the man who ends up taking the leader role amidst the band of dangerous humans that get swooped up and transplanted onto the Predator jungle home planet. The humans from various countries and backgrounds must fight to survive as one seriously badass super predator hunts them down for sport.

Topher Grace (SPIDER-MAN 3) is also in talks to take a role in the film. If he signs on, Grace would play a seemingly harmless accountant type of character, a rouse to mislead his own prey and hide the dangerous serial killer that exists just beneath the surface. This role is becoming something of a staple in Rodriguez’s films, as Elijah Wood portrayed a similar role in SIN CITY.

Additional cast members already on board include Alice Braga (I AM LEGEND), Walt Goggins (THE SHIELD), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (THE 4400) and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov. Oh yeah, and of course the film will also star Rodriguez’s go-to badass Danny Trejo! Braga will portray the tough-as-nails, sexy female killer and Oleg Taktarov gets to play the massive Russian bear toting around a gas-powered multi-barrel machine gun.

The script, which has become a long-time legend amidst fanboys worldwide, was written by Robert Rodriguez, Alex Litvak and Michael Finch. Production is scheduled to begin in Hawaii next month and will continue in Austin at Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios. The film is slated for a July 9, 2010 release date. Next summer is already looking pretty sweet!

Source: Hollywood Reporter