Not every franchise can have a comeback as consistently strong as what Predator is having right now. Beginning with 2022’s Prey, the sci-fi horror series has found itself revitalized between that and this year’s Predator: Killer of Killers and Predator: Badlands, the latter of which hit theaters this past weekend. Directing all three is Dan Trachtenberg, whose feature film debut was […]
Dan Trachtenberg on Why He Wants to Continue Making ‘Predator’ Movies
When director Dan Trachtenberg made and released Prey, it was truly a game-changer. Here, finally, was a cool, new Predator movie that made us forget the crappy ones that had come before. One that was as exciting and original as the Arnold Schwarzenegger film that kicked off the franchise. It opened all sorts of other […]
‘The Predator’ Director Thanks ‘Prey’ and ‘Badlands’ Director for Saving the Franchise
Shane Black has brought a lot of entertainment to Hollywood over the years, sometimes as an actor (he played Hawkins in 1987’s Predator), but mostly as a filmmaker. He created the Lethal Weapon series, wrote The Monster Squad and The Long Kiss Good-Night, co-wrote and directed Iron Man 3, and more. But 2018’s The Predator, […]
‘Predator: Killer of Killers’ Just Rules
After two divisive and ultimately failed attempts to revitalize the Predator franchise in the 2010s, 20th Century Studios found its stride with 2022’s Prey. While sadly locked to Hulu as a result of the Disney-Fox merger, that film was met with such a strong reception that it gave the sci-fi horror franchise the boost it’d been […]
The First Predator: Badlands Teaser Promises a Hell of a Team Up
20th Century Studios has finally released a teaser trailer for Prey director Dan Trachtenberg’s next Predator film, Predator: Badlands, starring Elle Fanning. The trailer, which was first shown at Disney’s presentation at CinemaCon a couple of weeks ago, keeps much of its high-tech battles, brutal takedowns, and unexpectedly aggressive flora shrouded in mystery. While the […]