Predator: Badlands Director Reveals Why He Reversed the Franchise's Formula

Badlands Director Reveals Why He Reversed the Franchise’s Formula

The formula that has made the Predator franchise so successful is undergoing a major change in Predator: Badlands, according to director Dan Trachtenberg. Why did the Predator: Badlands director alter the franchise? The Predator movies before Badlands depicted the battle between humans and extraterrestrials. The predators are the hunters, and the humans are the prey. […] The post Badlands Director Reveals Why He Reversed the Franchise’s Formula …

Trachtenberg On Inverting Predator In "Badlands"

Hulu has released Dan Trachtenberg’s adult animated anthology feature “Predator: Killer of Killers” today, and so far the result has been pretty great. With 63 reviews counted, the film sits at a superb 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, while on Metacritic it’s at a quite strong 78/100. That project marks the second outing for Trachtenberg with the franchise following his acclaimed 2022 film “Prey”. Later this year though will come his next one – the live…

PREDATOR: BADLANDS Director Talks About The Hunter Becoming The Hunted in His New Film — GeekTyrant

Hot off the heels of Predator: Killer of Killers, the brutal animated anthology now streaming on Hulu and Disney+, director Dan Trachtenberg is talking about his next live action film in the franchise, Predator: Badlands, which is going to shake up the franchise in a fun way. Instead of following a new group of humans being stalked, this story centers on a Yautja named Dek, an outcast from his own kind who ends up being the one running for his l…

Predator: Badlands Director Reveals Why He Reversed the Franchise's Formula

Photo Credit: 20th Century Studios The formula that has made the Predator franchise so successful is undergoing a major change in Predator: Badlands, according to director Dan Trachtenberg. Why did the Predator: Badlands director alter the franchise? The Predator movies before Badlands depicted the battle between humans and extraterrestrials. The predators are the hunters, and the humans are the prey. In Badlands, the predator becomes the hunted…