After the success of Prey, Predator is not getting 1 but 3 upcoming films! Including Predator Badlands, a scifi futuristic-setting Predator film by Prey director Dan Trachtenberg and an untitled Prey sequel from someone else. But we also getting an anthology animated film Killer of Killers! It's a good time to be a Pred fan!
The trailer for Predator 5/the Predator prequel is here! And like I anticipated it's not even titled Predator, it's simply called Prey. More on my previous Predator/Alien naming scheme theory after the trailer.*
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The new Pred looks a bit low tech, but I dig it. The bone-mask and it has a kickass shield. Sweet.
People complaining a Native American with no access to modern tech will defeat a Predator is unbelievable.. have probably not seen the previous Predator films. Because Arnie didn't defeat the Predator with grenades and bazookas.. but by going low tech as well, with traps and all.
*As for the naming scheme theory: I like how, coincidence or not, the Predator franchises as pretty much completely followed up on the Alien series. Same similar titles, same similar films. Even the reception's of each film's basically the same and we can predict a lot of things with the numbering system alone - keeping the AVP series aside.
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Alien - Predator: the original films, a scifi/war film that takes a straight turn into a horror/slasher film. The original films are still referenced to this day, the better well received titles in both franchises, and quality films from all-time renowned film directors.
Aliens - Predator 2: the sequel takes more focus into action. Still a very good film. Lots of debates among fans that rank it as good or better than the first film. A classic all in all. Also more lore. More creatures this time around, the fans would love collecting figures of said variant creatures for years to come.
Alien 3 - Predators: a return to the simpler, more down-to-earth concept of the original. Basically a retreat back to the tone and style of the original. Lots of fans loved it even though the critics didn't. But still a success for the series, even if a bit down-graded compared to the first two classic films.
Alien Resurrection - The Predator: now this is the point of no-return in the series, despite some success on release, the series kind of ended here. Too much humor, silly jokes. Too much focus on a gang of zany humans. The new added lore gets too convulsed, going into DNA modification, cloning... It's a strange scifi comedy film that has its fans, the film isn't ugly to look at, but very little of horror anymore. Also the new CGi creature looks just plain bad. The ending is a whole story, with reshoots, different endings.. I never expected to see the studios following on this one with a sequel.
And what do we have here? Well, aside from AVP like I wrote above, with the Alien series we got...
Prometheus: another return back to basics. With a prequel, with a weird different title. Much more successful with the critics and fans, at the time. Which would grant it a sequel, under the Alien moniker again. But fans have kind of dismissed it over the years. Still, the film kinda brought back the series, even if it never was the same, now exploring prequel-themes and other elements the director wanted.
So not going into Alien Covenant here, I always expected a Predator prequel to be announced. Not only to confirm my theory, but because from a studio and critical point of view it was the easier route to follow. So all in all.. wait and see!
