Following the success of his Predator prequel Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg is off on the hunt once again with yet another standalone installment in franchise titled Badlands.
10 Cloverfield Lane director Trachtenberg had dropped hints about returning to the world of Predator, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that not only is he going to helm Badlands, but he will be also be at the center of a number of Predator related projects that the studio is developing, including a direct sequel to Prey.
Plot details for Badlands are being kept under a cloak of invisibility, but it is reportedly set in the future with a female lead. Trachtenberg wrote the story along with Patrick Aison (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), who has also written the screenplay. Production is due to get underway in July.
After Shane Black’s disastrous The Predator (2018), Trachtenberg stripped the franchise back to its 1987 basics, and jump started the 20th Century Studios’ sci-fi series with Prey, which was a huge hit for Hulu (and Disney+ where it streamed outside of the U.S.), with the critics agreeing (read our ★★★★★ review here).
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