Epic crossovers
Before cinematic shared universes, crossovers happened all the time in the comic world. We’ve had Robocop vs The Terminator and more famously, Aliens vs Predator, which would, in turn, get some film adaptations. IGN has revealed that Marvel is taking the once-upon-a-time Fox properties, which are now Disney properties at 20th Century Studios, and pitting them together in a Predator vs. Planet of the Apes comic series.
The comic series
The official logline for the comic series reads,
“Worlds collide when a deadly Yautja crash-lands on the legendary Planet of the Apes!
After a rescue mission gone wrong, astronaut Arch finds herself embedded in a hostile ape society where humans are subservient. But the hunters soon became the hunted when the apes find themselves being stalked by Predators! A three-way war is about to erupt between humans, apes and Yautja – who will reign supreme?!“
Check out the cover art below!
The series will be a limited, five-issue collection and will come from writer Greg Pak (Planet Hulk) and artist Alan Robinson (X-Men Infinity). The first issue features special cover designs by Stonehouse, Ben Oliver, Skottie Young, Chris Campana, Carlos Magno, and Tim Seeley. Park explained to Marvel.com, “I vividly remember watching the first Planet of the Apes movie on an old 13″ black and white television in the early 1980s and having my mind TOTALLY BLOWN. So I was thrilled when Marvel approached me to write Planet of the Apes comics — and then even MORE thrilled when they said it would be a Predator book as well!”
Park continues, “Planet of the Apes and Predator are two of the most iconic sci-fi series of all time—I’d be thrilled to work on EITHER of them. But both of them together? Just incredible. Both series do so much wild worldbuilding, grapple with a deeply organic and compelling kind of sci-fi, and take on massive and eternally relevant themes of violence and war. Both also absolutely GO THERE, taking huge risks and leaps all the time. I can’t wait to show what we’re cooking up with Alan Robinson and the rest of the creative team.”
Arnold returns to Predator
Recently, Arnold Schwarzenegger made some big announcements about his return to some of his notable film roles. One of the titles he name drops is Predator. He explains that he and Dan Tractenberg, who revitalized the series with Prey and Predator: Badlands, are in talks to give Dutch a triumphant reprisal. Schwarzenegger explained, “They did an additional Predator and the director (Dan Trachtenberg) has been doing a great job of that. Now, he wants me to be in the next Predator. We’ve talked about it. As a matter of fact, (20th Century Studios) has kind of rediscovered Arnold. They’ve come to me and said, ‘We want you to do Predator, we just got a script for you to do Commando 2’.“
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