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After years of largely failed makes an attempt to reignite the franchise, the world of the Predator is increasing following the discharge of the critically acclaimed Prey again in 2022. With the likes of Predator: Killer of Killers and Predator: Badlands now on the horizon, followers have been left questioning whether or not we are going to see the return of Amber Midthunder’s Comanche warrior, Naru. Properly, Midthunder herself has now provided a hopeful replace…

Chatting with DiscussingFilm on the premiere of the animated anthology film Predator: Killer of Killers, Amber Midthunder declared that she “would like to” return for Prey 2…however solely beneath the course of Prey director Dan Trachtenberg. After so efficiently bringing the Predator again to screens with Prey, Trachtenberg has now been given the reins of the motion sci-fi franchise and, as Midthunder all however states, in Trachtenberg we belief.

“Dan [Trachtenberg] is such a fantastic director and, clearly, I believe with what he created with Prey the primary time, he can solely be the one to be trusted with that once more. I’d love to try this.”

Launched by twentieth Century Studios as a Hulu authentic movie again in 2022, Prey has reignited the struggling Predator franchise, dropping the alien hunter 1719 and pitting it in opposition to Amber Midthunder as Naru, a younger Comanche warrior. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison, Prey follows Amber Midthunder as a talented Comanche warrior who should shield her tribe from a extremely advanced alien predator that hunts people for sport, preventing in opposition to wilderness, harmful colonizers and this mysterious creature to maintain her individuals protected.

Dan Trachtenberg Has Now Taken the Reins of the ‘Predator’ Franchise

Prey was met with essential acclaim upon launch and now stands at a massively spectacular 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Whereas it was reported again in February final yr that Prey 2 was within the works, not a lot has been revealed since. Nonetheless, Dan Trachtenberg has provided some perception into his strategy to a doable follow-up, with the filmmaker decided to proceed his aspirations to make one thing “cool” as soon as once more.

“For everybody who’s been asking me about sequels, it is like, that’s the factor, is that oftentimes somebody does a cool factor and the sequel is simply….after which the subsequent half, after which it is like, oh, properly then that is simply following up the cool. That is not what that factor was. And so sure, in serious about what sequels could possibly be, the first dialog was and at all times shall be, what we will try this can also be particular, that hasn’t occurred but. Not only for the Predator franchise, however for this sort of style specifically. Can we nonetheless be doing one thing cool?”

Trachtenberg is presently moderately busy with a number of Predator tasks. The animated anthology film, Predator: Killer of Killers, finds the alien hunter going up in opposition to Vikings, Samurai, and a World Struggle II pilot, and is because of be launched on Hulu and Disney+ on June 6. Trachtenberg will even helm the live-action Predator: Badlands starring Elle Fanning, which is because of be launched in theaters on November 7, 2025.

Supply: DiscussingFilm