We Are Getting 2 Predator Films Subsequent 12 months From Prey’s Director

Shock! Based on Steve Asbell, the top of Disney-owned twentieth Century Studios, Predator Badlands isn’t the one Predator movie releasing in 2025. Oh, and we would get one other Alien Vs. Predator movie, too.

Again in August, it was reported that the subsequent Predator film was already filming. That film’s existence has been confirmed since and we now know that Predator Badlands will hit theaters subsequent yr. The movie is being directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who additionally directed 2022’s Prey, a unbelievable Hulu-exclusive Predator sequel. So we all know Trachtenberg is doing Badlands, however apparently earlier than that releases, he has a shock, totally different Predator movie that may be an animated anthology.

In an October 24 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Asbell answered a number of questions on upcoming twentieth Century tasks, like Avatar, Alien, and even Pace 3. However probably the most attention-grabbing bit of stories was the affirmation {that a} secret, beforehand unknown Predator film goes to reach someday subsequent yr earlier than Badlands.

“After Prey turned a hit, Dan [Trachtenberg] got here again and mentioned he didn’t wish to do Prey 2,” mentioned Asbell, “And we’re like, ‘What do you wish to do?’ And he rattled off a bunch of concepts that had been actually loopy however actually cool.”

“We’ve really executed two of them. Two are popping out subsequent yr. One I can’t discuss but, however the different one is the live-action Predator movie with Elle Fanning that simply wrapped in New Zealand. That’ll be out theatrically someday subsequent yr. It’s titled Badlands and it’s a completely bonkers concept. It’s a sci-fi factor, nevertheless it’s not what everyone thinks it’s. And I imply, it’s superior. It’s so nuts. However in Dan, we belief.”

Asbell didn’t say a lot concerning the different Predator film, however did counsel it gained’t be launched in theaters and confirmed Tractenberg additionally directed it.

An animated Predator film and extra AVP

On Friday, IO9 additional reported that they’d heard from sources that the shock Predator film is an animated anthology that includes three totally different tales involving totally different warriors all through historical past combating Predators. One is presumably about pirates, one is reportedly about samurai, and no particulars had been shared concerning the third story. Disney didn’t present a remark to the outlet earlier than publication.

Nonetheless, an animated Predator anthology about varied warriors from the previous taking over the intergalactic bounty hunter sounds just like Prey and would doubtless be one thing launched solely on Hulu and never in theaters, which strains up with what Asbell informed THR.

In the meantime, in that very same interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the twentieth Century Studios boss additionally mentioned it was doubtless we’d finally get one other Alien Vs Predator film, however “it wouldn’t be in the way in which you assume.”

“That’s the factor. Not in the way in which that it’s going to simply be known as Alien vs. Predator or something like the unique motion pictures,” defined Asbell. “If we do that, they’ll be organically created out of those two franchises that we’ve continued with characters that we fall in love with and people characters will mix…maybe. However we haven’t gotten to that time. And we’re not simply going to bang it out.”

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