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Schwarzenegger tells Kimmel he's still attached to Predator and Commando 2
Arnold Schwarzenegger told Jimmy Kimmel he is still attached to a new Predator movie and to Commando 2, and that he is waiting on scripts. He gave no shooting dates. King Conan remains in development with Christopher McQuarrie.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger told Jimmy Kimmel this week that he is still attached to a new Predator movie and to Commando 2, and that he is waiting on scripts. He did not give shooting dates for those films.
The comments were reported by Bloody Disgusting and Dread Central after the late-night appearance. This article is using those write-ups, not a separate transcript from the show.
Predator and Commando 2: attached, not scheduled
"I'm looking forward to seeing the scripts because that's where the action is. What's not on the page is not on the stage, so I'm just waiting for the scripts to get perfected and then we go and start shooting those things," Schwarzenegger said, in a quote carried by Bloody Disgusting.
Dread Central notes that he gave Kimmel no shooting date for either project. Bloody Disgusting is careful to say that, if he is still waiting on scripts, the size of his on-screen role is not yet known. A more substantial live-action Predator return would follow a voice appearance as Dutch in the game Predator: Hunting Grounds and an older Dutch in the 2025 animated Predator: Killer of Killers, which both outlets mention as context.
Commando 2 would be the first sequel to the 1985 film, Bloody Disgusting says.
King Conan, with McQuarrie
Schwarzenegger also discussed King Conan, which Christopher McQuarrie is attached to write and direct. That project has a slightly clearer path than the other two, in Dread Central's account: in May, Schwarzenegger told TheArnoldFans he expected to shoot in 2027. That remains an expectation he voiced earlier this year, not a studio start date announced this week.
On Kimmel, Dread Central reports, he described a Conan his own age who has spent 40 years on the throne and now faces someone who wants to overthrow him. He also said that the sword fighting and horseback riding "is not as easy anymore today than it was 40 years ago."
There are still no official release dates in this coverage for Predator, Commando 2, or King Conan.
The takeaway
Schwarzenegger says he is still on a new Predator and on Commando 2 and is waiting for scripts. King Conan, with McQuarrie, is the project he has previously tied to a possible 2027 shoot. None of the three has a public production calendar from this week's interview.
Cover image: The ornate interior of the United Palace theater in New York, photographed by Beyond My Ken. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The photo is a theater interior, not a still from Predator, Commando, or Conan.
Key facts
- Appearance
- Jimmy Kimmel Live, as reported this week by Bloody Disgusting and Dread Central
- Predator and Commando 2
- Still attached; waiting on scripts; no shooting dates given
- King Conan
- Christopher McQuarrie is attached to write and direct
- 2027 shoot
- An expectation Schwarzenegger voiced in May, not a new studio date