The cast of Robert Rodriguez's Predators sequel continues to expand its cast with top-name talent. Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins and Danny Trejo have already been announced, but now word comes today that Laurence Fishburne is joining the cast as "Noland, a character being compared to Yoda, who has used his Zen-like abilities to survive among the alien Predators on a deadly hunting planet."

The story of Predators centers on a group of eight humans who wake up to find themselves being hunted for sport in the jungles of a strange planet.

Imagine going about your business when you're suddenly abducted by an alien species, taken to their home planet, and then hunted for sport...that seems to be the premise of Robert Rodriguez's upcoming installment in the Predator franchise. Details of the main human characters, who will be the hunted, has also been revealed:

* Royce, a Steve McQueen type
* Cuchillo, a Mexican enforcer for a drug cartel who has twin uzis strapped to his back
* Nikolai, a bear of a Russian armed with a four-barrel gas-powered rotary machine gun
* Isabelle, a French woman armed with a sniper rifle
* Stans, a San Quentin prisoner with a shaved head, armed with a prison-made knife
* Mombasa, an African member of the Sierra Leone death squad
* Hanzo, a Yakuza enforcer
* Edwin, an unassuming man who was formerly on the FBI's most-wanted list.

Robert Rodriguez - who will be producing a new Predator film - has finally handpicked his director after many rumors: Nimrod Antal. So why did Rodriguez ultimately pick Antal to helm the film?

"First of all, on a personal level I found him to be an outstanding presence, a great communicator full of ideas, and upon meeting him you can immediately understand how he is able to wrangle cast and crew and get the best out of everyone. I always loved Kontroll, where he proved himself to be a very resourceful and original filmmaker. When I saw Armored, I could tell he's also great with action and has a keen eye for casting. He reminded me of Quentin with how he was able to work with a group of very strong, singular actor talents and make it look effortless. I know he'll be able to get the most out of what we want to be an outstanding cast. We really want to go with a character driven action movie, because that's what we all remember about the original Predator, and we want to take it even further with this."

Neil Marshall - whose directing credits include The Descent, Doomsday, and Dog Soldiers - is rumored to be close to signing with 20th Century Fox to helm the Robert Rodriguez produced remake/prequel Predator film.

I actually think that's a pretty good choice, as The Descent was a great horror film.

Director Robert Rodriguez has a nice line-up of sci-fi/genre films that he's going to be working on, which he revealed at a press conference concerning a Texas film program for people that film there. It turns out that Rodriguez is going to be doing a new Predator movie called Predators (note the plural), a sci-fi action film called Nervewrackers, and Sin City 2 and a live-action adaptation of The Jetsons cartoon.

The Predators have been in the movie business for a while now, but rarely have they been in a good movie. The first Predator was excellent and the first AvP movie was fun, but when it came to the sequels, I'm of the personal opinion they both blew. Collider.com now has up an interview with movie producer John Davis, who has the Predator listed as one of his first movies. Based on what he says in the interview, Arnold could be heading back to movies once his term is over if he decides not to go into politics further, and a return to the Predator franchise might be in the works for him.