This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as reshoots have sometimes been known to save movies at the last minute, but it’s arguably quite odd to see just how close these reshoots are cutting it to the actual release date.
This is far from the first time that The Predator has had to go back and tweak its story ahead of its release.
Shane Black has made no secret of the fact that the team behind the Predator sequel has had to go through retooling throughout its production, with some reports even noting that The Predator scrapped its entire original third act.