Back in 2022, Dan Trachtenberg shocked us all with his Predator prequel film Prey . That's not to discredit Trachtenberg's skill as a filmmaker. After all, he made 10 Cloverfield Lane , but the franchise's reputation had gone down the drain after the divisive and critically panned 2018 film The Predator . Set in 1719 in the Great Plains, Prey follows Naru ( Amber Midthunder ), a young Comanche woman hoping to prove herself to her tribe, who ultimately has to face off against not just French fur traders, but an extraterrestrial killing machine known as a Predator. Despite releasing straight to Hulu, Prey was a big hit, so much so that Disney hired Trachtenberg to spearhead the Predator franchise. Trachtenberg already released his first of two Predator films this year,
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