Predator marks the first studio role for Epps since her acclaimed onscreen debut opposite Ryan Gosling in the Sundance Film Festival favorite Half Nelson, in which she co-starred as a student in a rundown inner-city school. Lewis, a featured player on "The O.C.," will play Ricky, a troubled kid. Written by Shane Salerno ("Armageddon") and helmed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause in their feature directing debut, "Survival" is the follow-up to the 2004 iconic monster movie in which young Predator warriors were tested by fighting Alien offspring.

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