A selectively small SXSW 2010 audience already got a first look at clips from Predators, and now Austin nabs the July 7 world premiere.

No surprise there – it was, after all, produced by Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellán’s Troublemaker Studios and shot in Austin – but why look a gift horse in the mouth? Nimród Antal’s reboot of the Predator franchise has been generating good buzz; from what we can piece together from the squirming trailer (see below), it’s rocking a The Most Dangerous Game vibe, with a group of mercenaries, convicts, and thugs (including Adrien Brody and Danny Trejo) set down on another planet as human game for hunter-aliens, the Predators. (Curiously, there’s no sign of Topher Grace in the preview, even though he’s second-billed.)

Tickets go on sale for the July 7 Paramount Theater premiere on Thursday, June 24 through 866-9PROTIX, protixonline.com or the Paramount Theatre box office. Options range from $30 for screening-only upper-balcony seats to a $500 VIP package including premium seating and admittance to an afterparty at the Belmont.

Proceeds from this event benefit the Austin Film Society‘s Texas Filmmakers Production Fund and the Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA).

Predators opens in theatres nationally on July 9.

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This article appears in June 18 • 2010.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...