20th Century Studios has dropped the first teaser for Prey director Dan Trachtenberg’s world-building follow-up, Predator: Badlands. The standalone sequel follows a young Predator, played by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi (The Panthers), an outcast from his clan, who teams up with Elle Fanning’s mysterious Thia and embarks on a journey across a dangerous planet in order to […]
The hunt begins in trailer for Predator: Killer of Killers
20th Century Studios has released the first look trailer for their animated anthology movie Predator: Killer of Killers, which is directed by Prey’s and the upcoming Predator: Badlands‘ Dan Trachtenberg. Chronicling the centuries spanning showdowns between the iconic beast and some of history’s most fearsome warriors, Trachtenberg along with co-director Josh Wassung, bring the predator […]
Elle Fanning to face off against the Predator in Dan Trachtenberg’s Badlands
Elle Fanning has faced off against extra-terrestrials in Super 8, murderous models in The Neon Demon, and Disney’s most evil villain in Maleficent, but now she’s set to take on one of cinema’s greatest monsters in the shape of the Predator. According to Deadline Fanning is set to star in 20th Century and Dan Trachtenberg’s […]
Prey’s Dan Trachtenberg to direct futuristic standalone Predator movie Badlands
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 […]
Prey director Dan Trachtenberg on the prospect of a sequel
One of 2022’s biggest surprises could be found on the small-screen in the shape of Predator-prequel Prey, and now director Dan Trachtenberg has been speaking about the potential of exploring that world once again. Following Shane Black’s disastrous The Predator (2018), 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Boys director Trachtenberg stripped the franchise back to its […]
Prey director Dan Trachtenberg attached to Stranger Things Season 5
Production for Stranger Things 5 is currently on hiatus, but that hasn’t stopped from landing a fresh new filmmaker for the series. Netflix revealed that Dan Trachtenberg had joined Stranger Things as a director. He’ll join a small but impactful list of filmmakers who have ventured into the wild world of the Upside Down. For […]
Movie Review – Prey (2022)
Prey, 2022. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Starring Amber Midthunder, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Dane DiLiegro, Dakota Beavers, Nelson Leis, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, Julian Black Antelope, and Stefany Mathias. SYNOPSIS: Naru, a skilled female warrior, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth. Director Dan Trachtenberg understands creature […]
Does Prey prove that more franchises should embrace the streaming premiere?
In the wake of Prey, Anghus Houvouras wants to see more franchises embracing streaming premieres… The latest entry to the Predator franchise, Prey, was released on streaming platforms this weekend and the response has been exuberant. This is the kind of critical and audience reception that every filmmaker and studio strives for. The only points […]
Prey hunts down the record for the most-watched streaming premiere on Hulu
When Shane Black’s The Predator completely missed the target back in 2018, it seemed as though the franchise was destined to programme the self-destruct button, but over the weekend Dan Trachtenberg’s prequel Prey has become the number one streaming premiere to date across all of the streamer’s films and television series. We called it “a […]
Movie Review – Prey (2022)
Prey, 2022. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Starring Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stefany Mathias, and Michelle Thrush. SYNOPSIS: A skilled Comanche warrior must protect her tribe from a technologically advanced alien entity, that hunts humans for sport. Shane Black’s The Predator was the proverbial nail on the coffin of the Predator franchise. There I’ve […]
