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When you think of a man of brawn who can outwit the ruthless Predator, you think of two men: Arnold Schwarzenegger andAdrien Brody. What, you didn’t picture that last one? Well, Robert Rodriguezand Nimrod Antal did. According toThe Hollywood Reporter,](Heat Vision)Brody and Topher Grace are both set to join Alice Braga, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Walt Goggins, Danny Trejo and Oleg Taktarov in Predators](Predators (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), a franchise reboot of sorts that will follow several of earth’s “killers” who are kidnapped and dropped on the Predator’s home planet for a game of hide, seek and be brutally murdered.
All joking aside, Brody and Grace’s unassuming demeanors will be a big part of their characters. Brody will play a soldier forced to become a leader (presumably because the Predator killed the old one), but is fit for the job because he’s “a hunter of men.” Grace will play a nerdy, accountant type whose very ordinariness hides the fact that he’s a serial killer.
The rest of the cast is a little better suited for the lethal jungle. Braga will play a tough female killer, while Ali is a man who is unafraid to die. Goggins is a loose cannon (there’s always one!) and Takatarov will be a former Russian operative. But baddest of them all is Trejo’s Cuchillo, “a hardened warrior with two uzis strapped to his back.” I don’t know about you, but my leader would be the one with the twin uzis. That’s just me though.
Shooting begins next month in Hawaii, and then moves to Austin. * Variety *](http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/10/brody-leads-predators-team-for-fox.html)notes that Brody lobbied very hard for the role, and has already signed on for future installments. So, I guess we know which operative makes it out of the jungle …