Empire Magazine's latest issue highlights Shane Black's The Predator with a sweet exclusive cover and a full spread inside! The issue features various interviews with director Shane Black and a selection of the cast. You can browse scans below!
During one part of the interview, Black addresses his goal of making the Predators scary and mysterious again by introducing us to a new super breed of Upgraded Predator:
Bigger, meaner and nasty as hell. Ten feet tall and midnight black, bristling with spines, skin thickened with chitinous organic armour – the product of harvesting DNA From the deadliest creatures on every world it’s hunted. The ultimate expression of Predator dominance. It is, it’s fair to say, one giant, ugly motherfucker.
Thanks to AvPGalaxy for the scans!
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