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-action “Predator: Badlands”.
Speaking with Games Radar recently, Trachtenberg’s goal with the new film is to invert the franchise and bring a new take on the character:
“I’ve always been interested in characters trying to prove themselves. The real special of Badlands is that it is not just another Predator movie, and we’re not just doing the thing where you cut to the Predator and it kills people one by one.
Every chapter [in the series] brings its own special engine to the franchise, and the fun of Badlands is really the inversion of it all – that this time, the Predator is the one being hunted, and he is the one needing to prove himself. Badlands is thematically linked to the entire franchise in that way.”
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi takes on the role of the young outcast Predator Dek. He allies himself with Thia (Elle Fanning), a Weyland-Yutani android, in his treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
“Predator: Badlands” opens in cinemas on November 7th 2025.
