New 'PREDATOR' Flick in The Works Starring Elle Fanning; 'PREY' Sequel Officially In Production
Amazon Studios/Broad Green Pictures - Elle Fanning
The Predator franchise had a major turn around with Hulu’s ‘PREY’. It made the alien hunter a threat again and truly brought the franchise back to its roots of survival horror. While a direct sequel to Prey is still happening, a new standalone Predator movie starring Elle Fanning is also in the works with Dan Trachtenberg set to direct...
Deadline reports that Trachtenberg is set to helm a standalone Predator movie titled Badlands, with Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon, Super 8) on board to play the lead role. Plot details are still under wraps, but the story is believed to be set "sometime in the future."
Trachtenberg is said to have wanted to land an "established star" for this movie, and began taking meetings with talent. Insiders close to the project say, "Fanning is a fan of the franchise and once execs got wind of her interest, moved to set a meeting with her and Trachtenberg."
As for Prey, a direct sequel to the 2022 film is also happening, though details are still few and far between. Deadline believes that the plan is to return to the movie's original setting, and star Amber Midthunder is expected to reprise her lead role as Naru.
Trachtenberg said the following about a potential sequel during an interview with ComicBook.com last year.
"For everyone who's been asking me about sequels, it's like, that is the thing, is that often times someone does a cool thing and the sequel is just....and then the next part, and then it's like, oh, well then that's just following up the cool. That isn't what that thing was. And so yes, in thinking about what sequels could be, the primary conversation was and always will be, what we can do that is also special, that hasn't happened yet. Not just for the Predator franchise, but for this kind of genre in particular. Can we still be doing something cool?"
We’ll bring you more news on Badlands as well as PREY 2 when we get them.
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