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“Here, you’re not the predator,” Thia tells Dek in the footage, below. “You’re the prey.”
The new trailer showcases the teamwork between the sword-wielding hunter and the AP, the latest in a line of synthetics that includes the Weyland Corp-created David (Michael Fassbender in Prometheus), pun-loving android Andy (David Jonsson in Alien: Romulus), Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant in the upcoming Alien: Earth), and Ash (Ian Holm in the original Ridley Scott-directed Alien).
“As inspired as I am by movies, I’ve been very inspired by video games [like] Shadow of the Colossus, where you have a protagonist paired with someone else who provides color and connection,” Trachtenberg previously told Bloody Disgusting about the next entry in the Predator franchise. “There’s a thing with a horse in Shadow of the Colossus that’s devastating when you play the game. And so [Predator: Badlands] was a little bit inspired by that in terms of wanting to see the Predator with someone else, this character who’s the opposite of him. He’s very laconic, [Fanning] is not. She’s capable in ways that he is not. Physically, she’s got a real thing that I’m so excited for you guys to see. But I want to let eventually some of that speak for itself.”
In between shots of the preyed-on Predator battling living vines, dinosaur-like creatures, the fang-toothed apex predator, and another armored Yautja, Dek roars, “I am prey to none!”
The movie’s official synopsis reads: “Predator: Badlands is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.”
Trachtenberg serves as producer with John Davis (Prey), Marc Toberoff (Predator: Killer of Killers), Ben Rosenblatt (10 Cloverfield Lane), and Brent O’Connor (Alien: Romulus) for 20th Century Studios.
Predator: Badlands is only in theaters November 7.
