Alternate Ending for THE PREDATOR Included “Ripley”
SFX artist Yuri Everson was one of many who worked on Shane Black’s recent reboot of The Predator, released earlier this year. We had previously reported that the original screenplay called for a cameo from Dutch from 1987’s Predator, but Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t interested in a small role (and the presumably small paycheck it would net him).
Today Everson revealed another alternate ending (via Instagram) that might have come to fruition; it’s a concept that’s both titillating and absurd, and included “Ripley” from the Alien franchise! I put “Ripley” in quotation marks since a connection between the Predator and Alien franchise has already been established, but time travel isn’t an element of either franchise.
That’s why I’m hypothesizing that the “Ripley” in Black’s The Predator isn’t Sigourney Weaver’s character from Alien (Ellen Ripley), rather it’s one of her relatives; her great-great-great-great grandmother, perhaps. The scene utilized the “Facehugger” mask prop we also told you about recently.
Related Article: Unused Prop from THE PREDATOR Reveals ALIEN-Inspired Facehugger Mask
Here’s the picture and context from Everson:
“We shot 3 different endings for The Predator, all variations of a “Predator Killer”. This unused ending was Predator Killer Ripley wearing the breather mask we created for the film. You can see her name tag there on her costume. Breanna Watkins played Ripley under the mask instead of Sigourney Weaver. The moving “fingers” and “tail” were deemed too facehugger-like on the day and were cut and removed by someone. Sorry… but they made me do it! Michael Diner and his amazing Vancouver crew made the pod. All in no time flat.”
If you missed The Predator in theaters, it’s now available on Blu-ray/DVD and VOD. Peep the synopsis and trailer below. Black directed The Predator from a screenplay penned by Fred Dekker; the film’s sizable ensemble cast includes Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, and Olivia Munn.
Synopsis:
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of
suburbia, the hunt comes home. The universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger,
smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves
with DNA from other species. When a boy accidentally triggers their return to
Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and an evolutionary biologist can
prevent the end of the human race.
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