Last Updated on October 28, 2024 by Angel Melanson
Fresh off the news that Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands will be released in theaters, exciting news has emerged that a second, secret Trachtenberg Predator movie is coming out BEFORE Badlands – let's dissect this.
A new interview with 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell via The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Trachtenberg (whose Prey breathed new life into the sci-fi horror franchise) has another Predator movie on the way, one that we so far know nothing about. Here's the full quote:
You’re blowing my mind. Let’s tackle this one at time. One Predator movie is coming out theatrically?
It's titled Badlands and it is an absolutely bonkers idea. It is a sci-fi thing, but it’s not what everybody thinks it is. And I mean, it’s awesome. It is so nuts. But in Dan, we trust.Now you said there’s a second Predator movie.
There’s a second Predator movie that we have different plans for. Dan has actually directed both.So there’s a secret Predator movie—
There’s a secret Predator movie that will come out before the theatrical one but I can’t say anything about yet.
It's hardly surprising that Trachtenberg has been given the keys to the Predator franchise – despite being released straight to Hulu, Prey was a massive hit, nabbing six Emmy nominations and three FANGORIA Chainsaw Award wins for Best Costume Design, Best Creature FX and Best Streaming Premiere Film.
Furthermore, Asbell also teased that another Alien vs. Predator isn't entirely off the table…
Fine. Will we eventually see another Alien vs. Predator?
Probably.Not sure how I feel about that.
It wouldn’t be in the way you think. That’s the thing. Not in the way that it will just be called Alien vs. Predator or anything like the original movies. If we do this, they’ll be organically created out of these two franchises that we’ve continued with characters that we fall in love with and those characters will combine…perhaps. But we haven’t gotten to that point. And we’re not just going to bang it out.
Given that Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez is also down to unite the two horror icons once again, it's genuinely not beyond the realms of possibility that this could actually happen.
Now that the news has been confirmed, it's time to wildly speculate. Will the untitled Predator movie be a sequel to Prey, with star Amber Midthunder returning? Will it be another standalone movie in the vein of Badlands? Maybe it'll be another period piece – throwing the alien beast into samurai-era Japan or 1960s Woodstock could be an absolute riot.
Whatever the case, we'll bring you more updates on Trachtenberg's new Predator as they roll in.
