Set to hit cinemas next summer, the revival of the standalone Predator franchise is gathering still more pace, with the confirmation of the main cast for the soon-to-shoot Predators.

There are some character spoilers coming up if you'd rather you knew nothing about the film in advance.

Adrien Brody (who last tackled a special effects blockbusters with King Kong) is one of the latest to sign on the dotted line, and he's set to take on the role of Royce, who's a mercenary in the script, and looks like the man who's ultimately going to be leading the team of Predator-meat to their potential slaughter. Joining Brody is likely to be Topher Grace, who has been earmarked for the part of Edwin, who's an accountant who doubles up as a serial killer. It's as if he's just walked in off the set of Dexter.

Alice Braga? She's on board too, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, she's going to be "the tough female killer". We suspect that means she's going to be a tough killer who happens to be female, rather than a woman who spends her life looking for, er, tough women to kill.

Danny Trejo, meanwhile, is - as you'd hope - the hardened warrior of the crowd, who never seems to go anywhere without a twin Uzi on his back. Then there's Walter Goggins as the unpredictable one, Oleg Taktarov as an ex-Russian special ops guy, and finally Mahershalalhashbaz Ali will be the fearless one who isn't afraid to meet his maker.

There's still, inevitably, no word on a cameo for Arnold Schwarzenegger, but we're not going to hold our breath.

All of these characters have been brought together under a script from Robert Rodriguez, and calling the shots behind the camera will be Nimrod Antal, whose new film Armored is arriving in cinemas soon. He also has Vacancy on his resume.

Filming is due to start very shortly, ahead of a release next July.

The Hollywood Reporter