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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