Marshall's Predators Doomsday imminent (?), but Antal has the Vacancy under Kontroll

Twelve days ago it looked like Neil Marshall, director of junk-food John Carpenter homage Doomsday and indie horrors The Descent and Dog Soldiers was in the lead to direct series reboot/sequel Predators for writer/producer Robert Rodriguez and 20th Century Fox, but now Latino Review is exclusively reporting that now Hungarian director Nimród Antal apparently has the job in his pocket.

Antal directed the American thriller Vacancy, which I wasn't a huge fan of but fellow, lazy TFP writer Matt Lingo liked, and he's responsible for the upcoming film Armored, which I thought looked like a glossy, direct-to-video potboiler awkwardly assigned a huge cast until I learned that Antal was behind it. That said, Antal also directed a really awesome film set in a Hungarian subway station called Kontroll.

Hmm...

Rob Marshall + Predators = Sure

Bloody-Disgusting says director Neil Marshall is in talks to pick up the reins of Robert Rodriguez's Predators. Sounds fine to me. I admit it, I really wasn't all that jazzed by The Descent, and I haven't seen Dog Soldiers, but even if Doomsday was warmed-over John Carpenter homage, Marshall's clearly got skills, and the idea of him working with Rodriguez seems like a solid collaboration.

Some people will ask why I've attached a picture of Rhona Mitra in Doomsday instead of a picture of a Predator or director Marshall. Those people are stupid.