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The film and media portion of South by Southwest (SXSW) kicks off in Austin next week, and two films have just been added to the lineup. Austin’s own Robert Rodriguez will screen footage from Predators, and Gela Babluani’s 13, a remake of his own 13 Tzameti, will screen as part of the festival’s SX Fantastic midnight program.

Predators isn’t screening in its entirety; Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal will show a selection of footage then hold a Q&A session afterward. Rodriguez did this years ago, with Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and recently SXSW offered a similar sneak peek at Bruno. A show of confidence that the footage looks pretty good? Sounds very much so; if Predators didnt’ have something good happening then a sneak peek at footage being shown at the fest wouldn't be happening. Let’s hope that’s the way it goes down.

“My director, Nimrod Antal, and I are excited to bring this first look at ‘Predators’ to Austin’s SXSW Film Festival, an event that’s become vital to the filmmaking scene,” said Rodrigez. “Austin is my home and I’m proud that ‘Predators’ was conceived and filmed here.”

The film stars Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, and Laurence Fishburne. Co-stars are Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Oleg Taktarov and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali.

The film follows Brody as Royce, "a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've beenbrought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human "predators" that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators."

Translation: there's going to be a lot of killing in this movie.

The special presentation of Predators will take place on March 12 at the Alamo Ritz Theater in downtown Austin, at 10:15pm. Doors open at 9:45pm, and the special event is only open to SXSW Badge-holders on a first-come, first-served basis.

The screening will take place at Midnight on Saturday, March 13 at the Alamo South Lamar Theater.