Prey director Dan Trachtenberg recalls his first reaction to reading Shane Black's The Predator script, feeling it went for a 'kitchen sink' approach.
Audiences weren't the only ones baffled by Shane Black's The Predator as Prey director Dan Trachtenberg shares his candid thoughts on reading the script before making his movie. The 2018 sequel, led by Boyd Holbrook and Olivia Munn, followed a group of dishonorably discharged soldiers who work with a scientist to fight two of the eponymous alien hunters, only to discover they have a bigger plan for humanity.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While speaking with Collider for the movie's Emmy's consideration push, Prey's Dan Trachtenberg recalled his efforts to make his franchise prequel while production on Shane Black's The Predator was underway. The director shared his candid thoughts on the 2018 sequel, not explicitly dismissing the movie, but feeling it took a "bonkers" approach that was a risk.
The thing that we were relying on is, in success, Shane's movie was so — and really, we were working off of only having read the script for his movie, and there was a lot more going on. There's a lot. It was even more Shane Black-y than one could imagine. And [I] was like, ‘So if this works,’ it was just very kitchen sink. It's going very bonkers with it, so then it's still cool that we have this other back-to-basics stripped down take.
Where Shane Black's Predator Went Wrong When it was first announced Black would be at the helm for 2018's The Predator, response from fans of the franchise was largely positive, recalling his having starred in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led original movie and made a name for himself writing the likes of the original Lethal Weapon and Iron Man 3, among many others.
Despite these high expectations, the writing was on the wall when it was revealed the entire third act of The Predator was being rewritten after poor early test screenings. This ultimately resulted in the polarizing ending in which Holbrook's Quinn watches as a "Predator killer" suit was recovered from the alien's ship, putting him on the path to take the fight to the Predators should they return.
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