Adrien Brody to star in 'Predators'; Topher Grace in negotiations to join him

By Borys Kit and Jay A. Fernandez

Hollywood’s lining up to be hunted!

Adrien Brody is boarding to star in "Robert Rodriguez's Predators," Fox’s reboot of the sci-fi franchise being directed by Nimrod Antal. Rodriguez is producing with Elizabeth Avellan.

Topher Grace is in negotiations to join the action-adventure movie, to which Alice Braga ("I Am Legend"), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali ("The 4400"), Walt Goggins ("The Shield"), Rodriguez mainstay Danny Trejo and UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov have also been cast.

Written by Rodriguez, Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, the script follows a group of elite warrior-types who are being hunted by members of a race of merciless alien trackers called Predators.

Brody is a man who ends up inheriting the mantle of leader and is known as a hunter of men. Grace would play an accountant-type whose unassuming facade masks a dangerous serial killer.

Braga is the tough female killer. Ali is a man not afraid to die, Goggins is the loose canon of the group and Taktarov is a former Russian special ops agent.

Trejo, already cast, is Cuchillo, a hardened warrior with twin uzis strapped to his back.

Shooting begins next month in Hawaii then moves to moves to Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin. The movie is slated for a July 9, 2010, release. 

Brody was last seen in Dario Argento’s “Giallo” and next voices the character of Rickity in Wes Anderson’s “The Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Grace will next be seen in New Line's ensemble romantic comedy "Valentine's Day."

Comments

[Jeff R]

Brody might be good for "Sexual Predator", but Arnold's part?

[Jamie]

I could see topher grace doing an okay job. This is an ensemble cast, he doesn't have to be Mr. Action. It could be more of a comic relief type part.

[Jordan]

at first I thought the idea was laughable but when they mentioned Topher as a serial killer it made me think of the role Elija Wood played in Sin City. If he was fighting predators I think that would be fun. As far as Adrien Brody the Hunter of men premise I think could work well and it is at least nice to have someone I am confident can actually act (other than Danny Trejo of course).

[vitamin a]

If Danny Trejo landing a role in "Predators" was the greatest movie news of last week, then here comes the weirdest movie news you're likely to hear this entire month -- words I'm sure to be eating within a few days -- and once again, it's all about " Predators ."

[valentines day]

“I certainly didn’t think Adrien Brody would ever be interested in a role like this, ”
SPLICE, GIALLO, THE JACKET, THE EXPERIMENT, DUMMY and KING KONG.
Nope Brody likes doing this sort of stuff. His PIANIST Oscar was more of the outlier for the types of projects he tends to hop aboard.

[boat fenders]

i think adrien brody would actually be quite a good lead in this, he was that kind of scrawny unlikely hero in king kong, and nobody really questioned it because he was so natural at it.
People are just surprised at the dramatic drop from muscled barrier to scrawny shrimp, but I think that would be true of anyone who took the role after Schwarzenegger.

[Cpl. Dwayne Hicks]

Ok every1 we all know aliens vs predator 2 the GAME for pc was the best avp thing to ever exsist. So until some1 can get that fact smashed into their heads and turn it into a movie, Our Aliens and our Predators will be forever... doomed..

[aion kinah]

Brody is a man who ends up inheriting the mantle of leader and is known as a hunter of men.