Predator Movie 2018: Here’s Why Jean-Claude Van Damme Left the Original Predator Movie Predator Movie 2018: Here’s Why Jean-Claude Van Damme Left the Original Predator Movie…. With the impending theatrical release of The Predator franchise installment from writer/director Shane Black, the latest word has confirmation as to why Jean-Claude Van Damme didn’t appear in the John McTiernan-directed 1987 original as the titular movie monster. For those in the […]