First look–The Predator returns in new trailer from director Shane Black

The Predator is back. Today 20th Century Fox released the first full movie trailer for the autumn release of The Predator, the eagerly awaited sequel in the Predator franchise. And this first trailer looks pretty fun. Will this sequel finally approach the original Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi classic from 1987? The Alien franchise seems to have raked in the big box office bucks for decades while the Predator films haven’t moved past the original. All indications point to director Shane Black (who played the joking marine in the original Predator) leaving aside 2004’s Alien vs. Predator, 2007’s Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, and 2010’s Predators. The role of Jake Busey places the new film 30 years after the first sequel. He plays the son of the character played by his dad, actor Gary Busey, in Predator 2.

If you’re a fan of the next generation of character actors, The Predator may be what you’re looking for. Boyd Holbrook, who played the cyborg villain of last year’s Oscar-nominated film Logan, plays Quinn McKenna, a member of a military assassin squad. Sterling K. Brown, who played the king’s brother in Black Panther and the defendant in Marshall, plays a government agent. Lochlyn Munro, star of Riverdale and guest star in every genre TV series since 1989, plays a General. Chuck, Dexter, and The Handmaid’s Tale co-star Yvonne Strahovski plays a character named Emily. X-Men: Apocalypse and Iron Man 2’s Olivia Munn, featured heavily in the trailer, is Casey Bracket, a scientist researching the aliens. Comedian and actor Keegan-Michael Key and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Crow: City of Angels’ Thomas Jane co-star as members of the strike force. Westworld’s Trevante Rhodes plays a member of the team named Williams. Young Wonder star Jacob Tremblay is the kid that sets the story into motion, with a package in the mail. And for a dose of gravitas, look for Edward James Olmos as a general in the movie.

This is the plot description for the film:

From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. 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.

Now check out this trailer for The Predator:

Actors Brown, Rhodes, Holbrook, Munn, and Key in back, with *Wonder* star Jacob Tremblay and director Shane Black.

Along with the trailer, yesterday Fox released a teaser trailer consisting of the Predator’s alien text seen in previous films. If you had your anacrostic skills at the ready you may have seen the word it spells is “TOMORROW”. In addition, in advance of the trailer’s release, stars of the film posted images of their characters on Twitter along with a Predator’s eye view of their characters: