Prey: Great Historical Periods For The Sequel

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The Predator franchise has been hard at work trying to find an angle that works. Every sequel tried something a little bit different, but none of them appeared to find purchase. The first great film in the franchise since its beginning in 1987 finally dropped, and it has a suggestion for the future of the series.

Prey works for a lot of reasons, but the idea of a prequel that depicts the first encounter between humans and Yautja was an inspired premise. Since the original film, the franchise has only moved forward in time, so the idea of doing period Predator movies opens a lot of interesting possibilities.

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So far, only a handful of Yautja has made their way to Earth in canon. There have been hints that their interaction with mankind dated back to the distant past, but Prey offers a definitive answer to the species' first landing on Earth. Fans now know that the first encounter occurred in the Great Plains area of what would later become the United States in the year 1719. As far as fans know, their next appearance was in the 80s, in Guatemala. A few years later, one popped up in Los Angeles. Gary Busey's character has an unhinged rant in which he mentions Iwo Jima, Beirut, and Cambodia, but it's never clear if Yautja actually landed there. Finally, in 2018, one Predator made landfall in Mexico and a second pursued it to Earth to hunt it down. There's plenty of great human history between 1719 and 1987 for these monsters to make their mark on.

Fans may have noticed the payoff for the unusual ending of Predator2 in the conclusion of Prey. Naru's pistol, given to her by a dying translator after the Yautja's violent rampage, is engraved with the name Raphael Adolini. Danny Glover's