Robert Rodriguez found a 'kindred spirit' in Nimrod Antal.
The filmmaker is serving as producer on new movie Predators, a screenplay which he wrote, and as looking for someone to direct the movies.
Enter Antal, who was behind Armored earlier this year, whom Rodriguez felt he was one the same level with.
Speaking to iesb.net Rodriguez said: "I looked around for writers to come in and rewrite my script because my original script was done in 1994.
"And looked for directors to- I think it was- I hadn't really produced before so I was looking for someone that felt like a kindred spirit that would bring their own take on it but we'd speak a similar language.
"And he was just- we just met him and he's a great guy and you could feel that he could be really great with crew and cast and I saw his first movie.
"I saw 'Armored' where he worked with a group of very singular actors and seemed to be able to bring them all together so I knew that was kind of- the kind of person I would need on this based on the script that I had where a lot of different actors and close-knit, with only seven or eight people, that were going to be stuck on this planet.
"And every scene together so, I knew he had the chops for that. And just personably he had a great vibe to him. You always have a leap of faith when you go into something like that but you could just tell that it wasn't going to go wrong.
"I felt very comfortable with him. And when we'd come to a stage where we're doing artwork, say different guys putting artwork, different takes on a creature or something, mentally I would look at it and go, 'That's the one I would pick in my mind.'
"And then I would see him walk and look and he would go, 'I like that one.' So I thought, 'Okay, we're kind of on the same- taste-wise we're very similar.' Yet he does his own thing.
"I go on the set and I see how he he's shooting something and I go, 'Wow, that's completely different from how I'd do it. I don't think I would have gotten that great shot. That looks much better than my things that I would have done.'
Predators is released 22nd July.
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