Snapshot of the Day: Oleg Taktarov on the Set of "Predators"

by Nick Thomas on Jan 16, 2010 12:14 PM EST in MMA News

Along with Adrien Brody. Predators (aka Predator 3) is expected for a summer 2010 release.

HT: aintitcool.com

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by Nick Thomas on Jan 16, 2010 11:38 AM EST reply actions

holy shit!

Look out, Oleg! There’s a predator behind you!!

My motto,
As I live and learn,
is:
Dig and Be Dug
In Return.

-Langston Hughes (no relation to Matt)

by loboplata on Jan 16, 2010 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

Sokoudjou was just hanging out.

by BrandonC on Jan 16, 2010 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

oh shit son! oleg has the jesse ventura gun!

Oleg aint got time to bleed!

by willydynamite on Jan 16, 2010 11:49 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

He’s a sexual tyranna… sorry, I can’t actually type that.

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by AJB on Jan 16, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

Ain’t that Tim Sylvia in the back?.

"You hit too hard, too hard, too hard..."

by spectaa on Jan 16, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions

Is Chris Hansen in this movie?

He catches predators with only sweet tea and cookies.

"Talk all the shit you want now!

by Earl Montclair on Jan 16, 2010 7:46 PM EST up reply actions

Chris Hansen!?!?!?!?

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by Anthony Pace on Jan 16, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions

What are the chances Oleg gets to kneebar a Predator?

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Jan 16, 2010 11:45 AM EST reply actions

Predators + Zee Kneebar = WIN

I’ll be seeing this no matter what.

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by Damon O. on Jan 16, 2010 11:49 AM EST reply actions

After watching Dan severn smash him, I got Predator by brutal Ground n Pound unless Oleg has learned some good sweeps in the past 15 years

by yin hsiung on Jan 16, 2010 12:15 PM EST up reply actions

This is the most offensive thing I have ever seen

LEAVE PREDATOR (and to a lesser extent Predator 2) ALONE

BOOSH

by Farthammer on Jan 16, 2010 12:13 PM EST reply actions

I see where you are coming from. However, I read somewhere that the director of this movie is trying to create this movie while pretending that Predator 2 through AVP2 do not exist. He doesn’t view them as true sequels because they are such terrible movies. He’s trying to make this film as the only worthy sequel to Predator.

Perhaps that’s just a bunch of hot air, but it’s at least a step in the right direction.

"That muscle contraction, that core strength that kind of happens, that pulls together when you’re maybe smoking weed or whatever, you know, you’re coughing or whatever ... I’m not a doctor or a fucking scientist, but I’ve smoked plenty of weed. And, you know, I think in my opinion it’s pretty damn good for you."

by Ahhhoki on Jan 16, 2010 12:17 PM EST up reply actions

casting adrian brody it seems they’ve got somewhat of a serious budget. Not much for the sappy movies he’s usually in but he seems the type that doesn’t take a script unless he believes it will be good.

by YoungGun on Jan 16, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions

I’ll believe it when I see it. Honestly, AVP came out, which sucked, then AVP2 came out and the director was saying how it would be totally better, etc. etc. Then AVP2 sucked just as much, if not more than AVP.

I love me some Sexyama!

by pud333 on Jan 16, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions

I’ve heard the same thing as Ahhhoki, and I’ve ALSO heard that the script was supposed to be awesome: heavy on action, very gritty, lots of Preadtors killing people.

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by AJB on Jan 16, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions

WO

Predator 2 was awesome back in the day. Cool new weapons, Gary Busey being chopped in half and seeing the Alien skull on the Predator ship. AVP 1 and 2 were bad I couldn’t see who was fighting what in all that dark.

by darkside3744 on Jan 16, 2010 12:45 PM EST reply actions

I remember watching Predator 2 for the first time on TBS or some other channel that used to show it all the time when I was like nine, and I marked out so hard when I saw the Alien trophy. That was such a cool way to open up an entire universe and story opportunites, but AVP absolutely blew.

We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.

by Anthony Pace on Jan 16, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

Adrien Brody is going to be in a Predator movie?

That makes sense. The Pianist. The Darjeeling Limited. Predators. I see the career arc.

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by The Kittitas Kid on Jan 16, 2010 12:54 PM EST reply actions

Avatar was an amazing movie.

by Dooda on Jan 16, 2010 12:54 PM EST reply actions 2 recs

Rec'd for truth

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by Damon O. on Jan 16, 2010 1:00 PM EST up reply actions

You must not watch a lot of movies.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 16, 2010 2:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

You’re right I don’t watch a lot of movies. The reason for which is that a lot of movies are complete wastes of time.

by Dooda on Jan 18, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions

Avatar = Jurassic Park

It looks unbelievable, but its nowhere near a great movie

by IRodC on Jan 16, 2010 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

You shut your whore mouth!

Jurassic Park is amazing!

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by pdl on Jan 16, 2010 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Just as amazing as Avatar

by IRodC on Jan 16, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions

Jurassic Park isn't a pretentious load of crap - it just wants to bring scary dinosaurs alive, and it does.

Avatar tries to be OMG BEST MOVIE EVA!!! and fails. It’s closest analog is Titanic - another bloated Cameron epic that will be seen as overrated once the hype dies down and it’s out on home video. Completely vacuous and empty.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 16, 2010 7:13 PM EST up reply actions

No, they’re different. Titanic was nothing but a sentimental hollow experiment on catering to the emotional sensibilities of women. Avatar is simply a well-written sci-fi that is fairly cliche (cliche in plot but the script was all right) but it’s combined and utilizes CGI for the first time to enhance the spectacle, not be the spectacle.

And here’s a little newsflash for you, any movie that isn’t the formula dross that Hollywood cranks out is trying to be the best movie evah. Any filmaker with a little ambition tries to make it the best ever. The difference with Avatar is, he actually succeeds.

by Dooda on Jan 18, 2010 6:11 PM EST up reply actions

Apparently the storyline involves a group of humans getting stranded on the Predator home planet. If ONE Predator can take out an entire elite military unit (minus Arnold), how are Eric Foreman, The Pianist, Machete, Morpheus and Taktarov going to defeat and ENTIRE PLANET full of Predators???

Pretty cool casting though!

by PM23 on Jan 16, 2010 1:14 PM EST reply actions

I guess if they somehow made it to the Predator’s planet, this would be some sort of elite unit with advanced weaponry.

We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.

by Anthony Pace on Jan 16, 2010 2:47 PM EST up reply actions

MACHETE

You said it yourself.

by asa on Jan 16, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions

Indeed. You can’t kill Danny Trejo, the guy is a beast.

'Ello G'vnor!

by IHateMMA on Jan 16, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions

I could watch a movie with Machete and Oleg killing and entire planet full of predators and still find it extremely plausible.

by IRodC on Jan 16, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions

The T-800, Apollo Creed, Jesse “The Body” Ventura, Billy and Mac seemed like a far more formidable team than this group…unless of course the Predator Planet is part of The Matrix, in which case Morphues trumps them all!

Still can’t wait to see it though!

by PM23 on Jan 16, 2010 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

Wholy crap

The Predator series is awesome. Oleg is awesome. This movie sounds like it’s going to be godly.

I noticed that under Olegs military jacket, he’s wearing the standard striped vest of the Russian army.
I don’t see the pianist as a macho tough military guy, but his cast in the movie is also cool.

by ontite on Jan 16, 2010 1:44 PM EST reply actions