Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Craig McKenzie, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, Shane Black’s The Predator.
These mysterious big game hunters have been coming to Earth for generations, hunting the most dangerous game of all. However, when an alien civil war finds its way to Earth, a band of decommissioned army officers find themselves serving as the last line of defense between the planet and a bigger threat than they would have ever dared imagine.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 18th November 2024.
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- Justin Kroll at Deadline reports on the casting of Elle Fanning in Badlands, June 2024.
- Germain Lussier at Gizmodo reports on plans for an animated Predator movie, October 2024.
- Drew Taylor at IndieWire looks back over Shane Black’s career, May 2013.
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- Clarisse Loughrey reports at The Independent about Shane Black’s comparisons between The Predator and Prometheus, June 2016.
- Shane Black talks to Thrillist about wanting to make a Predator sequel with the same freedom that Ridley Scott enjoyed on Prometheus, March 2016.
- Alex Leadbeater writes at ScreenRant about the significant changes made to The Predator in postproduction, September 2018.
- Edward James Olmos talks to /Film about being cut out of The Predator, August 2018.
- Amy Kaufman at The Los Angeles Times reports on the controversy over the casting of a sex offender in The Predator, September 2018.
- Olivia Munn talks to The Los Angeles Times about feeling “lonely” in calling out the casting of a sex offender in The Predator, September 2018.
- Caitlin McBride at The Irish Independent reports on how “isolated” Olivia Munn felt in calling out the casting of a sex offender in The Predator, September 2018.
- Adam Dileo at IGN considers the long history of Hollywood reshoots and postproduction, March 2017.
- Sean O’Connell at CinemaBlend argues that “real fans” should be “pissed” at how Iron Man 3 treated the Mandarin, May 2013.
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- Rob Cain at Forbes reports on how the theatrical cut of Justice League actually made a loss, November 2017.
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- Borys Kit at The Hollywood Reporter delivers casting news from Shane Black’s Parker reboot starring Mark Wahlberg, January 2024.
- Larry Fong talks to The British Cinematographer about shooting The Predator, September 2018.
- Nathan Rabin writes at Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place about the treatment of autism in The Predator, January 2024.
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- Amy Kaufman and Daniel Miller at The Los Angeles Times report on Olivia Munn putting her name to accusations against director Brett Ratner, November 2017.
- Olivia Munn talks to Variety about her relationship with Brett Ratner, February 2019.
- Fionnuala O’Leary reports for Evoke on rumours of Olivia Munn’s affair with Chris Pratt, January 2018.
- Jessica Booth at People offers a brief history of the relationship between Olivia Munn and John Mulaney, October 2024.
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