Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action movie directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. It’s the first installment within the Predator franchise. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger because the chief of an elite paramilitary rescue crew on a mission to save lots of hostages in guerrilla-held territory in a Central American rainforest, who encounter the lethal Predator (Kevin Peter Corridor), a technologically superior alien who stalks and hunts them down.
Predator was written in 1984 beneath the working title of Hunter. Filming ran from March to June 1986 with creature results devised by Stan Winston; the funds was round $15 million. twentieth Century Fox launched the movie on June 12, 1987, in the USA, the place it grossed $98.3 million. Preliminary critiques had been blended, however the movie has since been reappraised as a traditional of the action style.
The success of Predator spawned a media franchise of movies, novels, comedian books, video video games, and toys. It spawned three direct sequels: Predator 2 (1990), Predators (2010) and The Predator (2018), and an upcoming installment in preproduction.
A crossover with the Alien franchise produced the Alien vs. Predator movies, which embrace Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007).
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