They make their way down to the pyramid and arrive just as the team unwittingly activates the structure and is trapped within it. Meanwhile, three Predators ⁠- Scar, Celtic, and Chopper ⁠- arrive and kill the remaining team members on the surface. The team descends the tunnel and begins to explore the pyramid, soon finding evidence of an ancient civilization and what appears to be a sacrificial chamber filled with human skeletons that all have ruptured rib cages. When the team arrives at the abandoned whaling station, they find a newly made tunnel running directly beneath the ice toward the pyramid. Terminally ill, Weyland desires to claim the discovery in his name. He assembles a team of experts to investigate, including archaeologists, linguists, mercenaries, and a mountaineering guide named Lex Woods. Wealthy industrialist Charles Weyland discovers through thermal imaging that there is a pyramid buried 2,000 ft (610 m) beneath the ice. Meanwhile, a satellite detects the heat bloom beneath Bouvetøya, an island about 1,000 mi (1,600 km) off the coast of Antarctica. In 2004, a Predator ship arrives on Earth and uses a heating device to melt a hole in Antarctic ice. Despite negative reviews, it grossed $177.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $60–70 million. Predator was theatrically released on 12 August 2004. In the film, scientists are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Aliens and Predators as they attempt to escape a bygone pyramid.Īlien vs. Their writing was influenced by Aztec mythology, the comic book series, and the writings of Erich von Däniken.

Anderson wrote the story, with the creators of the Alien franchise, Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett receiving additional story credit due to the incorporation of elements from the Alien series, and Anderson and Shane Salerno adapted the story into a screenplay. Predator franchise, adapting a crossover bringing together the eponymous creatures of the Alien and Predator series, a concept which originated in a 1989 comic book written by Randy Stradley and Chris Warner. It is the first film installment of the Alien vs. Anderson, and starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, and Tommy Flanagan. Predator) is a 2004 science fiction action film written and directed by Paul W.

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