It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for! 20th Century Studios have dropped the first teaser trailer for Dan Trachtenberg’s upcoming fifth Predator film, Prey!
Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, “Prey” is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks, and ultimately confronts, turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries.
“Prey” is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, written by Patrick Aison (“Jack Ryan,” “Treadstone”), and produced by John Davis (“Jungle Cruise,” “The Predator”) and Jhane Myers (“Monsters of God”), with Lawrence Gordon (“Watchmen”), Marty Ewing (“It: Chapter Two”), James E. Thomas, John C. Thomas and Marc Toberoff (“Fantasy Island”) serving as executive producers.
The filmmakers were committed to creating a film that provides an accurate portrayal of the Comanche and brings a level of authenticity that rings true to its Indigenous peoples. Myers, an acclaimed filmmaker, Sundance Fellow and member of the Comanche nation herself, is known for her attention and dedication to films surrounding the Comanche and Blackfeet nations and her passion for honoring the legacies of the Native communities. As a result, the film features a cast comprised almost entirely of Native and First Nation’s talent, including Amber Midthunder (“The Ice Road,” “Roswell, New Mexico”), newcomer Dakota Beavers, Stormee Kipp (“Sooyii”), Michelle Thrush (“The Journey Home”), Julian Black Antelope (“Tribal”).
The trailer also comes with the announcement of Prey’s official release date, the 5th of August, exclusively on Hulu in the United States! There is still no news on the international release, but we would expect it to be available via Star around the same time.
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Otherwise I'm pretty hyped to see what they do with this; I really like Trachtenberg's work so that's keeping me optimistic. I really want a gnarly looking predator design in this; as amazing as Jungle Hunter's look is I hope the craft one that is much more primal and menacing looking. I also want to see them play up on some Native American shamanism.
Then takes her on his ship to be trained in the yautja ways like AVP Prey. If it is greyback then we know that he does not due since he is in Predator 2 and it is likely that the Comanche main character lives too. Maybe he is impressed with the way she fought or some of their tactics used so he brings her oboard to learn more of their ways to make themselves better hunters since the Comanche were so good at tracking and stuff.
That way all sides get something positive out of the movie. It doesn't disrespect native Americans and fans of Predator finally get one that lives.
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Prefer a settler and Comanche alliance vs Predator if we had to go with the team up route. But yes, I think everyone doesn't want a Predator and human team up anymore, its been overdone in media for too long.
Please god no more of that.
The Comanche were know as fierce warriors so it is fitting that a predator would take interest.
As for people who are upset that it is a woman, I have confidence that they will do her justice. She will not become a Mary Sue or a disney Pocahontas. She will likely be a well fleshed out character. She will probably use her brains and find a way to win. Same kind thing that Dutch did. He was using a bow and arrow too and in the end outwitted it with a trap.
That or at least team up at the end vs a second foe, after earning each other's respect (if it is Greyback since he is alive as of Predator 2).
*cough* *cough* *cough* bad blood *cough* *cough*
Predators aren't just here to slaughter as many people as possible as quickly as possible. They want the hunting process.
Although sure I guess some want both.
Sure, a Predator could make mincemeat of a tribe of Comanches without breaking a sweat. But where's the challenge or fun in that?
I would never say luck killed the Jungle Hunter, but it was far more a factor than in any of the other films. Dutch lays his traps, tries to funnel the Predator a specific way, the Predator notices and goes around, and still ends up in the exact same place Dutch wanted him to be anyway. Had the film shown Dutch intending for that to happen, I'd say it was less of a factor.
And sure, Dutch still needed to be aware of the positioning and everything but it doesn't change the convivence of it. I think I'm always going to consider that luck played a far larger role there than the other films (and even the Alien films).
But it's all more to the point that there's many different factors that contribute towards the Predators defeat in the first three films, with a lot of it coming down to simply being a very back-to-basics approach. And I don't think anyone here is arguing against that? I think that's generally other areas of the interwebz.
Hell you can apply this to anything in the past really. What can a samurai do to a Predator that not only outclasses them physically but also technologically? Katana steel isn't that strong and would perhaps shatter in combat against alien alloy steel that the wristblades or its armor are made from, and despite being masters of the bow, nothing compared to a plasmacaster. Spartan brawn and bronze metal will still stand no chance for the same reasons, Zulu warriors, Knights Templar, or 19th century French Foreign Legion, all of them fall into the same argument when you think about it overall. But most people don't think that, and we all know why, hence why else would they point out the fact that the protag is a woman so much?
It all depends on execution as always, a predator being defeated in a credible manner by a comanche young woman is totally plausible. There are a lot of ways for that to happen.
Ruse, resilience, knowledge of the terrain, and a good dose of luck among things.
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You know what else damages a cloaking device? Water. Do we think Native Americans had water?
As for the Predator itself, neither explosive weapon seemed to do much damage beyond annoying it. They certainly didn't slow it down any.
As others have pointed out, Arnie ultimately finished it off with a piece of wood.
Dutch is pretty lucky with the log at the end, and is very lucky when discovering that mud does him a big favor against jungle hunter.
I think it was more than just the intelligence - Dutch had pure luck on his side, Jungle Hunter saw the trap and side-stepped it, but still ended up in the right spot. Harrigan had City Hunter's arrogance in leaving himself open like that. Royce had a bit of team work in place too, with Isabelle.
It's a big part of how the Predators get defeated, but it does always come down to the back-to-basics approach which is why I've always felt a historical setting would be ideal. It's not like the actual things that defeated the Predator are future warefare.
Ah, cool, we got a much different cut stateside where Dutch actually defeated the Predator.
Did the log fistfight the Predator? Or was it a duel with swords?
Defeated by a trap using a log, but you have to put that log up in the trees.
Same problem.Frankly it's better if the predator don't die this time in my opinion.
The spear and the arrow Dutch used had explosives attached to it, hence how the predator was wounded and his cloacking device damaged.So I don't get your point.
Shock, horror, setting a movie in America looks like a lot of other movies we've seen before. It has sometimes been a sign of a low budget, but it's also entirely appropriate here. As you're implying, it's a not entirely fair association.
There will possibly (probably ?) be only one big trailer after that considering we're close enough to the release date and I'm fine with that.
I'm also really hoping the predator looks great. Obviously I want the film to be good first and foremost, clearly that's the most important thing. But man, I'm personally really over ADI predators.
I'm sure Trachtenberg had specific ideas for the design, but after 3 previous films I just don't see ADI changing their approach to their mouth / mandibles.
The countryside setting can easily give a sensation of cheapness,I think that's why
so many people reacted by saying it looks like low budget.It will be all about the artistic direction, and the music or its absence.That I cannot judge on this teaser alone. Fingers crossed.
Also I think it's a crying shame that Trachtenberg's secret reveal was spoiled. Could you imagine watching the trailer for a film called Prey and seeing some young Native American girl sprining for her life? First thoughts would be some horrendous "Custer's gone Wild" type scenario. Then for the minor jump scare where she's "rescued" by a clan member. And then the dot sight reveal! It would've been so Left field and amazing.
I just hope they don't turn out to be Billy's ancestors and they focus on the supernatural "powers" he has in the novelisation of the original.
I'm aware that digital is primarily how movies are shot these days and it can be done well (the technology has come along way) and indeed, muted colours can be used effectively. It's a matter of personal taste. I wasn't speaking for anyone else when I said that I thought that the footage looked straight-to-streaming. It's just my own subjective opinion, as it's absolutely what the footage reminded me of.
Similarly Band of Brothers intentionally used a very muted colour palette to evoke a sense of time and place, and that show looked anything but cheap. Maybe they're just doing something similar here.
It's the cinematography, which lacks depth in my opinion. It looks kinda flat. That and the muted colours and possibly the fact that it looks to be shot on digital. It lacks the texture which I commonly associate with the theatrical Predator movies. It very much looks like a straight-to-streaming film (which it is) to my eyes, at least going by this brief snippet of footage.
And given that you don't really seem to have explained why you think this film looks cheap and unprofessional - I've definitely seen films, on TV or otherwise, where I get the impression the cameraman doesn't know how to set up an aesthetically pleasing shot to save his life.
I absolutely don't get that feeling from anything in this tester trailer. I'd love to know where you did. (And I'm not being patronising; I really would love to know what you're seeing that I'm not.)