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The news outlet TimeOut has published a new production still from Prey as well as an interview with director Dan Trachtenberg. There is a few interesting bits of information in there that I don’t think we’ve heard before. Trachtenberg mentions that Amber Midthunder and her co-stars went through a tough training regime before filming.

Midthunder went through a gruelling pre-movie training regimen with her First Nations co-stars. 'it was a month or two of physical training, not just to learn the choreography of the fight sequences but learning to work as a unit with the other Comanche hunters,' says Trachtenberg, who calls the Comanche warriors 'the SEAL Team Six of their time'.

The new Prey production still shows Amber Midthunder as Naru hiding behind a tree with the Predator in the background.

Trachtenberg mentions about the Predator being 300 years older than we’ve seen and is slimmer and less armoured.

'I wanted [the Predator] to be scarier than we’ve seen it before,' he tells Time Out. 'It’s intelligent and it has advanced technology, and that makes it even more difficult to take on. But because the movie is set 300 years in the past, those things need to feel a little bit older than we’ve seen before, but also still far more advanced than what we think our earthlings would be able to handle.' The remorseless hunter-killer from space also has a new look. 'I wanted to make sure the head was more proportional to the body,' says the director. 'This predator is much slimmer and less armoured than it’s ever been. It's more 'creature'. It’s still hulking and ferocious.'

Trachtenberg also reveals the name of Naru’s dog we saw in the trailer which I don’t think has been revealed before. The dog’s name is Sarii and Naru’s relationship with it is similar to Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. The 10 Cloverfield Lane director also says that Prey was inspired by Sonny Landham’s character in the first Predator – Billy Sole, who was part Sioux himself.

Prey was filmed in Alberta, Canada and the weather and terrain there helped give the film The Revenant-like authenticity. When asked if there will be further Predator sequels after this one, Trachtenberg hints there might be.

Very possibly. ‘There are a lot of exciting ideas for what could be next for the franchise,' says Trachtenberg. 'The things that most excite me are the boldest swings and I think there’s scope to do other things that haven’t been done before.’

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ok i think its fair to give that predator the name Wendigo.

Quote from: Darkness on Jun 29, 2022, 05:07:46 PM'This predator is much slimmer and less armoured than it's ever been. It's more 'creature'.

Sounds cool. Hopefully the execution is just as cool.

QuoteI wanted to make sure the head was more proportional to the body,

That's the most interesting quote to me. Can't say I ever really thought the head was out of proportion to the body

I like that they're making the tech a bit older. I mean by Predator terms given how long lived they are it's like a generation behind the "modern" films but I like that. I don't want them to say something like the plasmacaster wasn't invented yet but I like the idea of making things a bit older.

Liking the head proportions comment. Thought the heads have been a little oversized in a few of the most recent films. Especially Fugitive. He looked great, but his head is a little big and bobbly, especially unmasked in the lab scene.

That's a really cool image. Definitely sells the "more creature" idea very well.

Quote from: SuperiorIronman on Jun 29, 2022, 05:26:04 PMI like that they're making the tech a bit older. I mean by Predator terms given how long lived they are it's like a generation behind the "modern" films but I like that. I don't want them to say something like the plasmacaster wasn't invented yet but I like the idea of making things a bit older.

Yeah it's a balancing act for sure. 300 years for us is several generations, but for Predators it can well be a single lifetime. So you want to see something that's maybe a little less advanced than what we've seen before, but not to the same extent that human technology has changed in that same period of time.

I like what they've shown so far just with the cloaking tech having a red shimmer as opposed to blue, because even a small thing like that implies the technology is different than what we've seen before, but without going too over the top (and potentially limiting in terms of future movies) and saying stuff like "they just didn't even have cloaking tech yet."

Quote from: Doomofman on Jun 29, 2022, 05:17:30 PM

QuoteI wanted to make sure the head was more proportional to the body,

That's the most interesting quote to me. Can't say I ever really thought the head was out of proportion to the body

Hopefully this means multiple heads for different stuff, not just a catch all that needs to compromise features, good to hear this.

Yeah I like the head comment, a bit of a bobblehead effect on the Fugitive IMO. And that picture looks actually a bit scary ! Last time I associated Predator and scary was a very long time ago...

I like his comment about making the Predator scarier. I feel like that's when the creature is at it's best, when it's genuinely terrifying.

I have a real soft spot for "character hiding from monster in the forest in broad daylight with the monster in-shot but out of focus" stuff so this tickles me just right.

Quote from: Doomofman on Jun 29, 2022, 05:17:30 PM

QuoteI wanted to make sure the head was more proportional to the body,

That's the most interesting quote to me. Can't say I ever really thought the head was out of proportion to the body

Then all of Voodoo's efforts have gone to waste

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Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jun 29, 2022, 06:24:23 PMYeah I like the head comment, a bit of a bobblehead effect on the Fugitive IMO. And that picture looks actually a bit scary ! Last time I associated Predator and scary was a very long time ago...

I don't remember ever being scared by Alien. Sure, there were chestbursting moments I used to turn my head away at but it was more of feeling uncomfortable rather than genuunely scared.

But there was a moment, one and only moment when I was actually scared by Predator. It was the first time I saw original 1987 movie. When JH started laughing at Dutch - man, little Kradan sure ran to the other room

Quote from: Kradan on Jun 29, 2022, 06:57:17 PM

Quote from: Doomofman on Jun 29, 2022, 05:17:30 PM

QuoteI wanted to make sure the head was more proportional to the body,

That's the most interesting quote to me. Can't say I ever really thought the head was out of proportion to the body

Then all of Voodoo's efforts have gone to waste

To be fair, when I say that I'm talking about Jungle Hunter and City Hunter.

As someone else mentioned Fugitive looks like a bobblehead and Berserker has that gigantic mound of mandibles that sticks out so far birds probably land them to rest. The masks certainly sometimes feel a bit big, Falconer being the biggest offender there. I guess the AVP boys heads couldn't possibly be out of proportion due to their chonky bodies.

Basically what I'm saying is, thinking of the good predator designs, the head proportions are fine  :P

Old Feral better not lay an alien finger on Sarii.

Quote from: Master Chief on Jun 29, 2022, 07:24:55 PMOld Feral better not lay an alien finger on Sarii.

Seriously.  :'(

Quote from: Master Chief on Jun 29, 2022, 07:24:55 PMOld Feral better not lay an alien finger on Sarii.

Too late  ;D

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I want Feral to kill the dog. Would probably change people's minds very quickly about wanting to see the Predator live.

Quote from: [cancerblack] on Jun 29, 2022, 06:49:48 PMI have a real soft spot for "character hiding from monster in the forest in broad daylight with the monster in-shot but out of focus" stuff so this tickles me just right.

Aye. I really love Predator 2, but the first Predator is the only one that really made the Predator feel like a cryptid of sorts, an unknowable creature just barely out of reach right here on Earth. From the look of things, Prey seems like it is going to be going back and doing exactly that again.

Quote from: SiL on Jun 29, 2022, 09:36:55 PMI want Feral to kill the dog. Would probably change people's minds very quickly about wanting to see the Predator live.

I have a feeling it may be the trappers doing it if it happens. Can't see the Predator doing anything to the dog unless he attacks. I can see the trappers doing it so the audience can hate them when things start to go down with them.

Quote from: SiL on Jun 29, 2022, 09:36:55 PMI want Feral to kill the dog. Would probably change people's minds very quickly about wanting to see the Predator live.

He's already killed a cuddly bear, and most likely the mountain lion, and the wolf, too.  I already want Feral dead.

Quote from: 426Buddy on Jun 29, 2022, 09:08:32 PM

Quote from: Master Chief on Jun 29, 2022, 07:24:55 PMOld Feral better not lay an alien finger on Sarii.

Too late  ;D

Gonna have to add a dislike button because of you. haha :P

Quote from: SiL on Jun 29, 2022, 09:36:55 PMI want Feral to kill the dog. Would probably change people's minds very quickly about wanting to see the Predator live.

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I think odds are against the cute doggo. Wild fauna, french trappers, predator... But it's not over until it's over. I do see the dog trying to protect Naru and attacking Feral though, thus resulting in his demise.

Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jun 29, 2022, 10:26:55 PMI think odds are against the cute doggo. Wild fauna, french trappers, predator... But it's not over until it's over. I do see the dog trying to protect Naru and attacking Feral though, thus resulting in his demise.

The Mad Max 2 comparison doesn't exactly bode well for it either. :'(

On the other hand, it's so cool to see a predator fighting animals and not only humans !

I hope they don't generalize that their tech is "older" since that doesn't make any damn sense and contradicts what we've seen before not just in AvP 2004 but a TON of other installments showing the Yautja using the same tech for hundreds of years in the past, games, comics, novels.

I hope the Director isn't a newb on Yautja lore how Shane Black and Fred Dekker were...still the movie does look good.

I just hope that bear isn't the only bear that Feral will fight, as that was simply a good stealth kill. Need to see a real wristblade vs tooth n claw action!

You really get the vibe that this guy loves the predator franchise. I love that they are taking some bold strokes with this franchise. Hopefully enough people watch.

Looks creepy. Glad this movie is out soon.

 I'm going to be complying honest, I'm a Fan of the Predator Franchise, I want It to succeed and I don't want it to be "woke" like many others have said, When I saw the teaser trailer I thought it was really cool, had a more creepy/ horror vibe. When I saw the entire trailer I got a huge smile on my face, cause THIS is the Predator I know and love, finally it looks scary again, an

Continued.... And no matter what anyone complains about, I think the real Predator fans are actually excited cause we are getting a cool film, Rated R, great director and actors, and some people complain about it a girl going up against a Predator, Hmmm it's an entire tribe of the most dangerous warriors ever known, plus the French  fur hunters w guns, plus wildlife , and what makes you believe the Predator wants the Comanche or the fur trappers, or a wild animal, remember Predator always goes after a big trophy one that can fight back, get ready cause it's going to be one hell of a surprise

Quote from: Tommy John on Jun 30, 2022, 04:13:01 AMI'm going to be complying honest, I'm a Fan of the Predator Franchise, I want It to succeed and I don't want it to be "woke" like many others have said, When I saw the teaser trailer I thought it was really cool, had a more creepy/ horror vibe. When I saw the entire trailer I got a huge smile on my face, cause THIS is the Predator I know and love, finally it looks scary again, an

I think the grey area where people who go on about woke shit feel vindicated is when there's cheap tokenism, and this seems to wink at that but subvert it, even just in the trailer. I'm pretty confident this is going to satisfy, and even some of those screechers will give it a "this one's okay 'cause it's good" pass.

The more I hear about what trachtenberg has to say about the predator creature and the mood of the film the more I like. The first movie was an action packed tense film. But, I've never found the films/creature scary. That is definitely the direction I want. Not some spoof parody like the last one.

Totally agreed.

sounds cool. I hope Amber's performance lives up to the hype.

She seem to have worked hard for the part. I'm really keen on seeing the rest of the cast also.

The more I see and hear, the more excited I get for this movie. I think a lot will hang on the character Naru being likable.

Getting more and more keen on this film, I really like what I've seen and read so far, I really hope they pull it off!

I'm pretty sure they'll make Taabe, the brother, kinda harsh and unlikable at the beginning. They'll go on to develop him to become more understanding and appreciative of what Naru brings to the table progressively.

And then they'll probably kill him, making his death impactful to us who were beginning to like him. He'll possibly sacrifice himself to buy her time or some like that.

Quote from: [cancerblack] on Jun 30, 2022, 08:02:14 AM

Quote from: Tommy John on Jun 30, 2022, 04:13:01 AMI'm going to be complying honest, I'm a Fan of the Predator Franchise, I want It to succeed and I don't want it to be "woke" like many others have said, When I saw the teaser trailer I thought it was really cool, had a more creepy/ horror vibe. When I saw the entire trailer I got a huge smile on my face, cause THIS is the Predator I know and love, finally it looks scary again, an

I think the grey area where people who go on about woke shit feel vindicated is when there's cheap tokenism, and this seems to wink at that but subvert it, even just in the trailer. I'm pretty confident this is going to satisfy, and even some of those screechers will give it a "this one's okay 'cause it's good" pass.

Only, it's not looking good at all, and not because of the blatant wokism.The wokism will
just aggravate the problem, with a cool looking predator,or pratical effects for the bear,etc
a lot of people would've rolled their eyes but still find something to enjoy.I think this movie will be quickly forgotten.For now, the fact that The Predator was crazy in its own stupidity is helping Prey,
it's easy to be pleased by something normal after watching The Predator wich felt like a parody/comedy.
But it's not gonna last long.

 ::)

Quote from: Yautja888 on Jul 02, 2022, 04:23:49 PMOnly, it's not looking good at all, and not because of the blatant wokism.

What else doesn't look good at all ?

Quote from: 426Buddy on Jul 02, 2022, 04:31:31 PM::)

Agreed, just f**king shut it Yautja.

Quote from: Yautja888 on Jul 02, 2022, 04:23:49 PMOnly, it's not looking good at all, and not because of the blatant wokism.

And yet you can't seem to explain why, at all.

QuoteThe wokism will just aggravate the problem

If anything the cut from her being laughed at by the men, directly to her f**king up stalking the bear is the opposite of woke. The trailer sets up that vibe and subverts it immediately. Some people (you) just desperately want to get their panties in a bunch about this movie for some reason.

Can we stop with this "woke" shit ffs? It's the kind of thing you expect from a 10 year old. If the film fails, it certainly won't be because the lead character is a woman.

Quote from: Rankles75 on Jul 02, 2022, 07:52:57 PMCan we stop with this "woke" shit ffs?

It'll stop when it's no longer profitable for the talking heads to push, which will be when The Right is no longer in a moral panic about "degeneracy" "ruining society". So never, basically.

Nailed it.

Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jul 02, 2022, 05:06:34 PM

Quote from: Yautja888 on Jul 02, 2022, 04:23:49 PMOnly, it's not looking good at all, and not because of the blatant wokism.

What else doesn't look good at all ?

Amber can't act, seen her in other movies,she can't. We need a credible main character.

Good directors get good performances from their actors. Arnold did it in the original and Dwayne Johnson might even do it someday :P

Can't wait to see how Trachtenberg has the main characters process what they're encountering with Feral stirring up their spiritual beliefs.

That's exactly what I want to see also. How the natives will perceive the predator.

Quote from: Yautja888 on Jul 03, 2022, 07:23:22 PM

Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Jul 02, 2022, 05:06:34 PM

Quote from: Yautja888 on Jul 02, 2022, 04:23:49 PMOnly, it's not looking good at all, and not because of the blatant wokism.

What else doesn't look good at all ?

Amber can't act, seen her in other movies,she can't. We need a credible main character.

Quote from: Hollywood on Jul 03, 2022, 11:25:35 PMArnold did it in the original and Dwayne Johnson might even do it someday :P

Southland Tales.

Hi everybody. Why to argue or loose time to talk about this movie now  I cannot talk about it   I have not seen it. Please just wait. Be calm. Patient and then you will be able to give your opinion.   Perhaps it will be good. I think they tried , this time, to do something interesting. Last one was a big piece of bantha poodoo   We will see for this one   As a huge fan , I have hope   Right now we cannot say
Regards.

I think he did a great job in pain and gain, and in another movie where here tries to save his son and has to infiltrate the mob or some like that.

The Predator is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. Wow. That's a bit of a come down for what was once a great movie monster.

Quote from: Rudiger on Jul 06, 2022, 12:52:30 PMThe Predator is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. Wow. That's a bit of a come down for what was once a great movie monster.

have you seen the movie yet ?

Quote from: PredatorvsAliens on Jul 06, 2022, 12:58:49 PM

Quote from: Rudiger on Jul 06, 2022, 12:52:30 PMThe Predator is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. Wow. That's a bit of a come down for what was once a great movie monster.

have you seen the movie yet ?

To be fair, it probably is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. I'm fine with that if it feels like she earned it though, and this movie gives off strong vibes that that's the story it's telling.

Personally I want the end fight to be her using her light weight to her advantage, and baiting it into a pursuit across flimsy improvised wooden structures that immediately collapse under it, dunking it into either tar or quicksand, then being set alight with flaming arrows. But I'll probably have to keep dreaming on that one.

Quote from: Rudiger on Jul 06, 2022, 12:52:30 PMThe Predator is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. Wow. That's a bit of a come down for what was once a great movie monster.

She will kill it by being clever. ;)

I think most everyone thought it was cool when Arnold was shooting pointing sticks (with a gun powder chaser) at a Predator. 8)

She's wielding a tomahawk with a rope tied to it like she's Kratos.  That's a trained little girl.  It won't take much force for that thing to penetrate Feral's skull or any part of its body. She'll definitely outsmart Feral, heck we may have already seen the beginning of the end of the Pred, with her hiding in the mud and launching her tomahawk.  I'm guessing once its incapacitated, a good scalping would be in order.

Plus wildlife, Naru's brother and other tribe members, french trappers with guns... There's many things that can wear out Feral throughout the movie.

Rudiger complains about absolutely everything lol.

Quote from: [cancerblack] on Jul 06, 2022, 01:11:18 PMTo be fair, it probably is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. I'm fine with that if it feels like she earned it though, and this movie gives off strong vibes that that's the story it's telling.

Personally I want the end fight to be her using her light weight to her advantage, and baiting it into a pursuit across flimsy improvised wooden structures that immediately collapse under it, dunking it into either tar or quicksand, then being set alight with flaming arrows. But I'll probably have to keep dreaming on that one.

If Vietnam showed us what some well many placed pointy sticks can do to the strongest and technologically advanced nation during that time, I think this young woman has the capacity to do that and more.

I hope that one sequel has the predator winning, to be honest. You wouldn't really stand a chance.

Quote from: [cancerblack] on Jul 06, 2022, 01:11:18 PM

Quote from: PredatorvsAliens on Jul 06, 2022, 12:58:49 PM

Quote from: Rudiger on Jul 06, 2022, 12:52:30 PMThe Predator is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. Wow. That's a bit of a come down for what was once a great movie monster.

have you seen the movie yet ?

To be fair, it probably is going to get killed by a little girl armed with a few pointy sticks. I'm fine with that if it feels like she earned it though, and this movie gives off strong vibes that that's the story it's telling.

Personally I want the end fight to be her using her light weight to her advantage, and baiting it into a pursuit across flimsy improvised wooden structures that immediately collapse under it, dunking it into either tar or quicksand, then being set alight with flaming arrows. But I'll probably have to keep dreaming on that one.

This came pretty close.

Hey, it did.

That was a good guess.

Someone should create a "how do you think it's going to end" thread.  Love the way all of you think.

I really like how this film turns the previous Predator films inclusion of a female ethnically non-white side-character into the protagonist this time around, how that ethos pervades throughout the whole film, of doing the same thing but another way around right down to the title.

I much prefer the mystery and just having stories set within different time periods. For me personally, this is the correct direction to go in.

Side note, and I know this will never happen due to marketing and money, but I would love to have the movies revealed to us as surprises, for example, market a movie as a period piece based on a certain event in history, only for it to slowly reveal itself as a predator movie. Its way too risky but would love it.

Quote from: Space_Dementia on Dec 14, 2023, 04:33:59 PMI much prefer the mystery and just having stories set within different time periods. For me personally, this is the correct direction to go in.

Side note, and I know this will never happen due to marketing and money, but I would love to have the movies revealed to us as surprises, for example, market a movie as a period piece based on a certain event in history, only for it to slowly reveal itself as a predator movie. Its way too risky but would love it.

100% support this idea. The best time I saw this done was going to the cinema and seeing the trailer for 'The Woods' - thinking "this looks cool" and being gripped to know more... only to later find out that The Woods was actually really 'Blair Witch' ( as a fan of the Blair Witch franchise it was an additional sweet deal that it happened to be released on my Birthday) 😃 Sure, it wasn't as good as previous entires, but the marketing was on point!

I think they could do something similar with Alien; release a series of shorter mini trailers similar to the 1979 trailer that doesn't show the monster, get everyone discussing what they think it's about etc... on the final teaser trailer introduce a single 'wailing scream' sound effect from the original trailer, to start building hype for those who'd recognise it (that sort of thing).

I love that we have access to so much information collectively online, but I do miss the days when I could be surprised by a trailer;

'Alien Resurrection' teaser came out of the blue, and got me majorly excited during an advance screening of 'An American Werewolf in Paris' back in the day - there had been no magazine coverage up until the teaser started showing. Same with Halloween H20; II recall seeing a poster at the cinema with just the mask, Jamie Lee Curtis' name above it and the tagline "20 years later" - it'd been close to that since the original movie released so I went in and purchased a ticket thinking it was a re-release of the original for its anniversary and a chance to see it on the big screen... to be greeted with a brand new movie!

We don't have any surprises anymore. The internet is both wonderful and at the same time ruins us. 😅

Quote from: Acid_Reign161 on Dec 14, 2023, 06:10:08 PM

Quote from: Space_Dementia on Dec 14, 2023, 04:33:59 PMI much prefer the mystery and just having stories set within different time periods. For me personally, this is the correct direction to go in.

Side note, and I know this will never happen due to marketing and money, but I would love to have the movies revealed to us as surprises, for example, market a movie as a period piece based on a certain event in history, only for it to slowly reveal itself as a predator movie. Its way too risky but would love it.

100% support this idea. The best time I saw this done was going to the cinema and seeing the trailer for 'The Woods' - thinking "this looks cool" and being gripped to know more... only to later find out that The Woods was actually really 'Blair Witch' ( as a fan of the Blair Witch franchise it was an additional sweet deal that it happened to be released on my Birthday) 😃 Sure, it wasn't as good as previous entires, but the marketing was on point!

I think they could do something similar with Alien; release a series of shorter mini trailers similar to the 1979 trailer that doesn't show the monster, get everyone discussing what they think it's about etc... on the final teaser trailer introduce a single 'wailing scream' sound effect from the original trailer, to start building hype for those who'd recognise it (that sort of thing).

I love that we have access to so much information collectively online, but I do miss the days when I could be surprised by a trailer;

'Alien Resurrection' teaser came out of the blue, and got me majorly excited during an advance screening of 'An American Werewolf in Paris' back in the day - there had been no magazine coverage up until the teaser started showing. Same with Halloween H20; II recall seeing a poster at the cinema with just the mask, Jamie Lee Curtis' name above it and the tagline "20 years later" - it'd been close to that since the original movie released so I went in and purchased a ticket thinking it was a re-release of the original for its anniversary and a chance to see it on the big screen... to be greeted with a brand new movie!

We don't have any surprises anymore. The internet is both wonderful and at the same time ruins us. 😅

To make matters worse, many studios put literal spoilers in trailers, which feeds this weird feedback loop that it put's people in seats in theatre, while this confirmation bias stems from spoilers being put in trailers of films that masses of people will see anyway...

Quote from: Space_Dementia on Dec 14, 2023, 04:33:59 PMI much prefer the mystery and just having stories set within different time periods. For me personally, this is the correct direction to go in.

Side note, and I know this will never happen due to marketing and money, but I would love to have the movies revealed to us as surprises, for example, market a movie as a period piece based on a certain event in history, only for it to slowly reveal itself as a predator movie. Its way too risky but would love it.

Pride and Predator could have been potentially something like that.