Jacob Tremblay summons The Predator in its first teaser trailer

The teaser trailer for Shake Black and Fred Dekker’s sort-of-reboot, sort-of-sequel The Predator—a press release from the studio calls it a “reinvention”—has crash-landed on YouTube. The first footage from the film was unveiled at this year’s CinemaCon in late April, confirming that The Predator takes place between the events of Predator 2 (1990) and Predators (2010).

The trailer opens with the always adorable Jacob Tremblay, innocently playing with some alien technology he finds in a mysterious cardboard box in his basement. How very Spielbergian. Except he’s not about to meet a best friend with a glowing index finger or a magical girl with a buzz cut—he’s accidentally summoned a race of alien super-predators, newly upgraded with the DNA of the various species they’ve been slaughtering across the galaxy. Nice work, kid.

Here’s the official description, via 20th Century Fox: “When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.” Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Yvonne Strahovski round out the cast. The Predator stalks theaters worldwide on September 14.

 
Join the discussion...