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‘Predator: Badlands’ Came From a Desire to Do Something New, With a Dash of ‘Star Wars’

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Director Dan Trachtenberg spoke about his upcoming ‘Predator’ film at San Diego Comic-Con 2025.
With Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg did something no one ever thought was possible. He took a beloved franchise, Predator, and flipped it on its head. By giving it a fresh perspective and a new timeline, he took something old and brought it into the now. For his follow-up, he wanted to do that again, but it was difficult. Everyone kind of just wanted Prey 2.
“Sometimes when you make a sequel, it’s just part two of the cool thing, not a cool thing in and of itself,” Trachtenberg said recently at San Diego Comic-Con. So, instead, he kept his imagination racing. “What would be another essential movie? What’s something that hasn’t been done in the Predator franchise?” he asked himself.
He came up with two answers. The first, Predator: Killer of Killers, is now on Hulu, complete with a new, canon-changing end credits scene. The second is Predator: Badlands, which comes to theaters November 7. For that, Trachtenberg took his grand franchise ambitions in another way.

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