Prey 2: Director Dan Trachtenberg teases sequel

Just days after its debut on Hulu, 20th Century Studios’ Prey is the #1 premiere on the streaming service, including all film and TV series debuts. The Predator prequel is also the most watched film premiere on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories, based on hours watched in the first three days of its release. Given all the success and rave reviews, it probably won’t be long before we start hearing about Prey 2.

While speaking with THR, Prey director Dan Trachtenberg spoke about how far ahead he is on figuring out the next chapter of the franchise.

The nerd in me looked that far ahead, as far as he could look, before we started writing this movie, but the adult in me said, “Don’t count your chickens and just be careful. Try and make the best movie possible, straight away.” End-credit sequence aside, there is something refreshing about seeing a movie that is not really intended to be just a part one to something else. There’s something nice about seeing a complete thought. On the complete other hand, I love that what would’ve been a post-credit scene in other movies, is an animated end-title sequence in our movie. Our end titles are still storytelling.

The end titles of Prey include a glimpse at three Predator ships arriving, perhaps wondering what became of their companion. Speaking of those end credits, Dan Trachtenberg said they worked with Native American artists on the piece. “We know this movie takes place 300 years ago, so it’s not rock art and we didn’t have paper yet to do the ledger art that you see today,” Trachtenberg said. “So we did hide art. We had top award-winning Native American fine artists that helped create this, and they worked with Filmograph to create that end-credit sequence, which was amazing to work on.“

The official synopsis for Prey:

Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, Prey is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks, and ultimately confronts, turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries.

Prey is now streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in Canada, the U.K., and other countries. You can check out a review of the film from our own Lance Vlcek right here, and be sure to let us know what you thought of the film as well! What would you like to see from Prey 2? Would you want to see the Naru’s (Amber Midthunder) next adventure or prefer the sequel focus on a new group of characters?