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Predator (franchise)
''Predator'' is an American science fiction film, science fiction action film, action Anthology series#Film, anthology media franchise primarily centered on encounters between humans and a fictional species of Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial Trophy hunting, trophy hunters known as the Predator (fictional species), Predators. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the series was initially conceived by screenwriters Jim and John Thomas. The series began with the film ''Predator (film), Predator'' (1987), directed by John McTiernan, and was followed by several sequels—''Predator 2'' (1990), ''Predators (film), Predators'' (2010), ''The Predator (film), The Predator'' (2018), ''Prey (2022 film), Prey'' (2022), ''Predator: Killer of Killers'' (2025), and ''Predator: Badlands'' (2025)—as well as a range of expanded universe media, including comic books, novels, and video games, including ''Predator: Concrete Jungle'' (2005) and ''Predator: Hunting Grounds'' (202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Thomas (screenwriter)
Jim Thomas may refer to: In sport *Jim Thomas (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player *Jim Thomas (offensive lineman) (1917–1981), American football player *Jim Thomas (running back) (1938–2015), running back who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League *Jim Thomas (tennis) (born 1974), American politician and former tennis player *Jimmy Thomas (American football) (1947–2017), National Football League running back Other people *Jim Thomas (executive) (born 1959), American businessman *Jim Thomas (poet) (1930–2009), Romanian poet *Jim Thomas (screenwriter), American screenwriter *Jim Thomas (computer scientist) (1946–2010), American computer scientist *Jim Thomas (zoologist), Australian zoologist, co-founder of Tenkile Conservation Alliance, List of La Trobe University people#Medicine and science, alumnus of La Trobe University See also *James Thomas (other) {{hndis, Thomas, Jim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Predator Holiday Special
''The Predator Holiday Special'' is a 2018 stop-motion animated short comedy film based on the ''Predator'' franchise and the 1964 Christmas television special ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''. Starring the voices of Dave B. Mitchell, Xander Mobus, and Keith Silverstein, the film follows Santa Claus and his elves and reindeer as they have an encounter with a Yautja (Predator) at the North Pole. Plot At the North Pole, elf-worker Sprinkles and security guard reindeer Blitzen are talking about how excited they are for Christmas Eve when a tri-laser sight from a Yautja (Predator) appears on Blitzen's flank. Recognising its indication, Blitzen pushes Sprinkles aside, draws out his signature mini-gun, and opens fire on the treeline, before he is killed by a shot from the unseen Yautja. Fleeing into the surrounding woods, a panicked Sprinkles attempts to radio Prancer and the other reindeer for backup, only to find the skinned corpse of Dasher hanging from a tree, before Sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trophy Hunting
Trophy hunting is a form of hunting for field sports, sport in which parts of the hunted wild animals are kept and displayed as trophies. The animal being targeted, known as the "game (hunting), game", is typically a mature male specimen from a popular species of collectable interests, usually of large sizes, holding impressive horn (anatomy), horns, antlers, furs, or manes. Most trophies consist of only select parts of the animal, which are prepared for display by a taxidermy, taxidermist. The parts most commonly kept vary by species but often include the head, Hide (skin), hide, tusks, horns, or antlers. Trophies are often displayed in trophy rooms or game rooms, or in gun rooms along with the hunter's gun collection. Trophy hunting has strong supporters and opponents. The controversy focuses on the morality of hunting for pleasure rather than for practical use, as well as questions about the extent to which big-game hunting benefits Nature conservation, conservation efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraterrestrial Life
Extraterrestrial life, or alien life (colloquially, aliens), is life that originates from another world rather than on Earth. No extraterrestrial life has yet been scientifically conclusively detected. Such life might range from simple forms such as prokaryotes to Extraterrestrial intelligence, intelligent beings, possibly bringing forth civilizations that might be Kardashev scale, far more, or far less, advanced than humans. The Drake equation speculates about the existence of sapient life elsewhere in the universe. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as astrobiology. Speculation about the possibility of inhabited worlds beyond Earth dates back to antiquity. Early Christianity, Christian writers discussed the idea of a "plurality of worlds" as proposed by earlier thinkers such as Democritus; Augustine of Hippo, Augustine references Epicurus's idea of innumerable worlds "throughout the boundless immensity of space" in ''The City of God''. Pre-modern writers typicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Franchise
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game. Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, defined the word ''franchise'' as "something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time." Transmedia franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom, which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Series
An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as '' Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as '' Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek (, "flower-gathering"), from (, "I gather flowers"), from (, "flower") + (, "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60BCE, originally as ( (, "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedy film, comedies, science fiction films, and horror films. While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of antihero, anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films, crime films and Western (film), Westerns. These genres were followed by what is referred to as the "classical period" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Film
Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as Extraterrestrial life in fiction, extraterrestrial lifeforms, List of fictional spacecraft, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, Mutants in fiction, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on politics, political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. The genre has existed since the early years of silent cinema, when Georges Méliès' ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) employed Special effect, trick photography effects. The next major example (first in feature-length in the genre) was the film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' (1927). From the 1930s to the 1950s, the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies. After Stanley Kubrick's landmark ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Predator (franchise) Characters
This article lists characters and actors in the ''Predator'' franchise. The original series consists of five films, ''Predator'' (1987), ''Predator 2'' (1990), ''Predators'' (2010), '' The Predator'' (2018), and ''Prey'' (2022), as well as the video games '' Predator: Concrete Jungle'' (2005) and '' Predator: Hunting Grounds'' (2020). The series revolves around mankind's deadly encounters with the Predators (Yautja). Overview Introduced in ''Predator'' (1987) Dutch Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the leader of the team and the protagonist of the first movie. Dutch is depicted as a highly skilled and experienced special forces operator. Schaefer and Dillon served together in Vietnam during the Battle of Huế. Schaefer is sent on a mission in Val Verde, under the belief that presidential cabinet members of Guatemala were kidnapped by guerrilla forces. After attacking the guerrilla's post, they discover that the men were actually CIA agents. It is als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prey (soundtrack)
''Prey (Original Soundtrack)'' is the score album to the 2022 film of the same name directed by Dan Trachtenberg, which is the fifth instalment of the ''Predator'' franchise and a prequel to the first four films. The original score is composed by Sarah Schachner, the fourth composer to score for the franchise. Unlike the previous films, the score does not refer Alan Silvestri's themes from the first film, but featured new original themes created and curated for the film, focusing the principal character Naru (Amber Midthunder) and her emotional story and evolution. Several ancient string instruments have been used in the score, as the film is set during the 18th century America, while the score also featured Pueblo musician and flautist Robert Mirabal. The score album was released by Hollywood Records on August 5, 2022. It received generally positive reviews, praising the instrumentation, sound and tunes being set to the 18th century, and also the fresh themes, without being r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Predator (soundtrack)
''The Predator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the score album to the 2018 film of the same name directed by Shane Black, who wrote the script with Fred Dekker, and is the fourth installment in the ''Predator'' franchise. The film is scored by Henry Jackman, the third composer to score for the franchise. Jackman also incorporated original themes composed by Alan Silvestri from the 1987 film. The album was released by Lakeshore Records digitally on September 28, 2018 and through physical formats on October 5, 2018. Background and production In March 2018, Henry Jackman was announced to compose the musical score for the film. In an interview, Jackman recalled the connection with the 1987 film, after watching the bootleg version of the film in school and listened to the original score by Alan Silvestri, which was a combination of sophisticated harmony and "a very dangerous and scary sounding version of jazz". Compared to future instalments on not referencing the themes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predators (soundtrack)
''Predators: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack album of the 2010 science fiction film ''Predators''. It was composed by John Debney, conducted by Pete Anthony, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony and released on July 5, 2010 via La-La Land Records and Fox Music. The score is completely orchestral and makes use of several themes from the first two films by Alan Silvestri. The main "''Predator''"-theme plays for the first time in the film when the Predators first appear. Later it is used at several points throughout the film. Track listing # "Free Fall" – 3:06 # "Single Shooter" – 2:07 # "This Is Hell" – 4:09 # "Cages / Trip-Wire" – 3:51 # "Not of This Earth" – 2:50 # “Hound Attack" – 4:08 # "We Run We Die" – 4:39 # "Predator Attack" – 1:46 # "Meet Mr. Black" – 1:14 # "They See Our Traps" – 2:25 # "Over Here" – 2:23 # "Smoke" – 2:37 # "Nikolai Blows" – 2: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
