The Past

Predator (1987)

1) An attempt was made to get shots of the Predator swinging from tree to tree using a monkey in a red special-effects suit. However, the monkey kept removing the suit and the idea was abandoned.

2) The mandibles of the predator were the idea of James Cameron.

3) Most of film was shot under the original title “Hunter”, it was only later when the creature design was changed that the movie became “Predator”. The clapperboards showing the original title can be seen in the outtakes on the special edition DVD.

Predator 2 (1990)

1) This was the first film to be given the newly instituted NC-17 rating in the US for its graphic violence before it was re-cut to its final theatrical length.

2) The film was re-cut over 20 times, according to director Stephen Hopkins, because of more graphic shots of mutilated bodies and decapitations by the Predator.

3) The gunfight in East LA was shot in three long days with the exception of the interiors of the building which was shot on the Fox lot.

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

1) Was rumored to be in development ever since a skull from the title characters in the Alien film series appeared in the spaceship trophy room in Predator 2 (1990).

2) Except for scenes with stand-ins, Ian Whyte played all of the Predators. He was the first Predator actor since Kevin Peter Hall who died in 1991.

3) The theatrical trailer includes soundbite samples from the original trailer for Alien (1979) and Bret (Harry Dean Stanton) screaming.

AVPR: Aliens vs Predator – Requiem (2007)

1) This is the first movie in both the Predator and the AVP-based movies that actually feature scenes of the Predators’ home planet.

2) Sound effects from previous films in both franchises were used in this film.

3) It was decided at an early stage that this movie would be R-rated as “it is what the fans want from the series”.

Predators (2010)

1) While often erroneously referred to as being a remake of the Predator series, the film is instead meant to be a sequel to Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990) while ignoring the events of the Alien vs Predator films.

2) The film was shot in 53 days.

3) Neil Marshall, Michael J. Bassett, Bill Duke, Marcus Nispel, Peter Berg and Darren Lynn Bousman were considered to direct the film. In the end, Nimród Antal was hired because Robert Rodriguez enjoyed Antal’s earlier films Control (2003) and Vacancy (2007).

Source : IMDB