Prey director Dan Trachtenberg has promised a more 'ferocious and feral' version of the Predator in the upcoming next instalment in the Predator franchise.
The 2022 movie is a prequel to the original Predator, set 300 years before Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) faced off against the alien creature in the forests of South America.
The official synopsis reads:
"In the Comanche Nation in 1719, a fierce and highly skilled warrior named Naru learns the prey she is stalking is a highly evolved alien with a technologically advanced arsenal."
Trachtenberg feels that some of the latter entries in the Predator franchise have seen the creature become less mysterious.
"Since we were going 300 years in the past, I felt like there was a little bit of license to change it up a little bit," Trachtenberg told Entertainment Weekly at Comic-Con.
"What was so special about the original 1987 movie was you were surprised by every step of the way. It was surprising to see it in its cloaked form. It was surprising to see it when it was decloaked and in its bio-mask, and yet again at the end of the film, there was still more surprises. And I really wanted to even have diehard fans of the franchise by watching this movie to be surprised.
Native American representation in Prey
Prey is noted for having a mostly Native American cast, and for star Amber Midthumber, it is the opportunity to represent her people which is the most rewarding aspect of the movie.
"The thing personally that I'm most proud of when it comes to the movie is the representation and the accuracy," she said.
"Because so rarely, especially in a period piece, do you get to see a variety of indigenous characters. Oftentimes if we get anything, it's usually one subhuman, overly spiritualized, or hyper-savage, violent, one-dimensional character — caricature almost.
"So rarely do you get to see a multitude of people with full personalities and intellect and relationships. And it also gets to show that — in this time of our history, we're not represented as being intelligent or innovative or even really well-kept in terms of hygiene, but that is the truth of history, is that we were."
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Predator
Action / Scifi
1987 • 107 minutes
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