According to Variety.com, Adrien Brody has been tapped to star in “Predators”, the reinvention of the “Predator” franchise that Robert Rodriguez is heading for 20th Century Fox.

Brody will be joining Danny Trejo, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Louiz Ozawa in the film about a band of mercenaries who must survive an encounter with the hunter-oriented alien culture known as the Predators who have come to Earth for ultimate trophies.

Nimrod Antal is directing, and production will be starting soon in both Hawaii and Troublemaker Studios, Rodriguez’s studios in Austin, Texas.

“Predators” has a release date on July 9th, 2010.

Stay tuned for more on “Predators” right here at Shockya.com.

By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)