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Storage Containers in Predators

Posted by Natalie Peticca on July 15, 2010

Troublemaker Studios, located at the site of the old airport in Austin, TX, contacted Falcon Containers in hopes of helping them create their set for the up-in-coming film "Predators."  In order to create the horrific environment called the "Predator Hunting Camp set," they needed structures to block out sunlight and create their own hellish world.  To create the structures, they decided to use shipping containers.  They rented out 31 shipping containers from Falcon, 19 40' containers and 12 20' containers.  They used the containers as the main structure of the set throughout the filming of the movie, and built fake rock on the inside part of the containers to portray the jungle. 

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