Adrien Brody Ain't Got Time to Bleed

You can definitely label this under “Unexpected casting.”

Adrien Brody has been pegged to headline the Robert Rodriquez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed Predators according to Heat Vision. The Oscar winning Pianist actor will play “a man who ends up inheriting the mantle of leader and is known as a hunter of men.”  Of course, the first part of that description sounds similar to his Jack Driscoll character from King Kong and this is Brody’s most high-profile gig since the Peter Jackson remake.

Another actor joining the cast will be Topher Grace. That’s right, Venom himself will play “an accountant-type whose unassuming facade masks a dangerous serial killer.” I recall Latino Review describing that character during their video script review from a week or so back. In addition to Brody and Grace, others joining the production include Alice Braga (the “God sent me here” lady from I Am Legend), Walton Goggins (from The Shield) and the previously announced Danny Trejo.

I’m hoping the team of Antal and Rodriquez will make something worthwhile from the Predator series (which in the interest of full disclosure I’ve never been a fan of). But I can’t help but wonder if this will be another example of studios reviving an old franchise that people don’t care about anymore…and then they don’t show up. Terminator: Salvation, anyone?