When Does "Predator" (1987) Take Place?
"Predator" is a horror science fiction film written by Jim Thomas with John Thomas and David Peoples and released June 12th, 1987.
When does "Predator" (1987) take place? It takes place on the fictional Alien vs. Predator timeline in the year:
We know this because in the next film, "Predator 2" (1990), which takes place in 1997 AD, Special Agent Peter Keyes refers to the events of this film as "10 years ago, one of his kind"... "an elite Special Forces crew in Central America".
1987 AD
We know this because in the next film, "Predator 2" (1990), which takes place in 1997 AD, Special Agent Peter Keyes refers to the events of this film as "10 years ago, one of his kind"... "an elite Special Forces crew in Central America".
1997 - 10 = 1987.
It is an early chronological film in the Alien vs. Predator timeline (the chronologically second film to feature a Yautja predator) and can be watched either at its timeline point or entirely separately.
