The world will get its first look at Predators, a reboot of the sci-fi franchise about a badass alien that hunts humans, during the The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas.
Austin-based filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Planet Terror) and director Nimród Antal (Kontroll) will be on hand for the "first look" presentation and a subsequent Q&A session.
"My director Nimród Antal and I are excited to bring this first look at Predators to Austin's SXSW Film Festival, an event that's become vital to the filmmaking scene," said Rodriguez, producer and co-writer of the film, in a SXSW press release. "Austin is my home and I’m proud that Predators was conceived and filmed here."
A synopsis from the release:
"A bold new chapter in the Predator universe, Predators was shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and is directed by Nimród Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet ... as prey.
"With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators. In addition to Adrien Brody, the film stars Topher Grace, Alice Braga and Laurence Fishburne. Co-starring are Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Oleg Taktarov and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali."
The SXSW first look will take place at the Alamo Ritz Theater in downtown Austin at 10:15 p.m. on March 12. Doors open at 9:45 p.m. The special event is only open to SXSW badge-holders on a first-come, first-served basis. Predators hits theaters July 9.
Also announced Wednesday: SXSW will present the world premiere of Géla Babluani’s 13, a remake of Babluani's 2005 French film 13 Tzameti. Part of the film festival's SX Fantastic midnight section – which is programmed by Tim League, founder of Austin's annual genre-film blowout Fantastic Fest – 13 will screen at midnight March 13 at the Alamo South Lamar Theater.
From the 13 synopsis: "The thriller follows the story of Vince, who unwittingly becomes involved in a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors." The new movie stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Ben Gazzara and Alexander Skarsgard.
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