Thanks to Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey in 2022, the Predator franchise is arguably extra in style now than ever. While we have earned follow-up movies Predator: Killer of Killers and Predator: Badlands, which have been largely contained tales, there continues to be a requirement to see that narrative collide with the Alien series, which has equally earned renewed curiosity in the wake of 2024’s Alien: Romulus and final 12 months’s Alien: Earth. While there isn’t any confirmed crossover between these two titles on the means, a brand new announcement has confirmed that Predator will as an alternative cross over with one other beloved sci-fi saga: The Planet of the Apes.
The final film in the Planet of the Apes franchise was 2024’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, with all three of these cinematic properties being owned by The Walt Disney Company. Disney additionally owns Marvel Comics, and reasonably than a live-action crossover being on the horizon, Marvel confirmed at the moment that we’ll be getting the five-issue Predator vs. Planet of the Apes beginning this summer time. The collection can be written by Greg Pak (X-Treme X-Men) and drawn by Alan Robinson (New Fantastic Four), with the first subject being launched on Jul. 29.
In the new collection, each a Yautja and a human find yourself touchdown on the Planet of the Apes, which sets up a three-way conflict the place everyone seems to be out to eradicate each other. Three totally different covers for Predator vs. Planet of the Apes #1 have been launched, which you’ll see beneath.
Pak additionally provided a press release on the upcoming venture the place he defined how, even when the sci-fi collection looks like an unlikely pairing, the crossover is extra natural than one would possibly assume:
“Planet of the Apes and Predator are two of the most iconic sci-fi collection of all time — I’d be thrilled to work on both of them. But each of them collectively? Just unbelievable.
“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.”
Another factor that each collection have in frequent is how well-regarded the preliminary installment is, just for subsequent entries to fail to dwell as much as what got here earlier than it. Predator 2, Predators, and The Predator all fell brief of expectations, as did the two Alien vs. Predator crossovers. Interestingly, the 1968 Planet of the Apes film earned 4 sequels by way of 1973, although its big-screen legacy stagnated for many years. Tim Burton tried to reinvigorate the collection along with his 2001 remake, and whereas it was a industrial success with $362.2 million worldwide, its 43% constructive evaluations on aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes prevented it from incomes a follow-up.
Luckily, 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which served as each a prequel and reboot of the collection, totally succeeded and resulted in a trilogy that earned essential acclaim. A Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes sequel is targeting a 2027 release.
This is barely the newest in a collection of unlikely Marvel Comics crossovers, as the writer has launched titles like Aliens vs. Avengers and Predator vs. Wolverine.
