Prey Director Reveals What Previous Predator Movies Got Wrong
Prey director Dan Trachtenberg explains one major flaw that many of the previous Predator films have exhibited. The franchise began with the 1987 film Predator, directed by Die Hard's John McTiernan and starring an ensemble that included future governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura, who play soldiers faced with an unknown, powerful enemy that turns out to be an alien menace uniquely suited to violent destruction. That film was quickly followed by Predator 2 in 1990, bringing in star Danny Glover and transporting the Predator from the jungle to the city. The franchise went dormant for over a decade before being brought into the orbit of the Alien franchise with the crossover film AvP: Alien vs. Predator in 2004 and its sequel, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, in 2007.
Those films renewed interest in the franchise, leading to the film Predators in 2010, starring Adrien Brody and taking place on the Predators' home planet. After another long break, Shane Black brought the more comic adventure film The Predator to the screen in 2018. Prey, which was helmed by 10 Cloverfield Lane director Trachtenberg, will be released on Hulu on August 5, 2022. Although the franchise has taken the Predators to many unique places over the years (including Antarctica and suburbia), this film stakes its claim as a period piece, set in Comanche Nation territory in 1719 as the warrior Naru (Amber Midthunder) defends her tribe against the onslaught of a Predator.
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While speaking with Digital Spy about Prey, Trachtenberg reveals the flaw with the previous Predator films he attempted to correct. He says that, when approaching this film, he "wanted to make this version of
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