'The Predator' Star Explains How Reboot Fits in Franchise Timeline

Kofi Outlaw

08/31/2017 04:09 pm EDT

Next summer we will get the latest installment of The Predator, which will see Iron Man 3 director (and original Predator actor) Shane Black taking over the franchise.

A very solid cast has been assembled to bring The Predator to screens, including Moonlight's Trevante Rhodes, Logan's Boyd Holbrook, comedian Keegan-Michael Key, and X-Men's Olivia Munn. The latter was recently doing an interview with Yahoo Movies at San Diego Comic-Con, where she opened up about how exactly The Predator fits into the franchise timeline.

According to Munn:

"It's really cool because it's a standalone. We have the inspiration; we're in the world of the Predator so we have all the other movies that exist, but we don't need to acknowledge them. And it's a really cool movie because it feels very present day, and it's a great ensemble of really amazing fun comedic actors, too... We're not erasing [the other films], we just kick it up to another level."

While that's a better explanation than some of the vague descriptions we've heard (such as, it's not a sequel or reboot), fans will still be wondering and speculating about possible connections and cameoes with the other films - even though that's something that Black and Co. have been downplaying all along.

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The Predator will be in theaters on August 3, 2018.

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