Tag: Dan Trachtenberg
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‘Prey’ Director Dan Trachtenberg Was So Excited To Show His Mom the Movie
It’s really difficult to make a prequel or sequel in a franchise stand out from other installments. Way more often than not, they feel like CGI-heavy derivatives of the many movies that preceded it. One of the most impressive exceptions to this Hollywood pattern is director Dan Trachtenberg’s 2022 movie Prey, a daring prequel to…
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Prey Director Ensured ‘New’ Predator Weapons Never Made Things Easier For Naru
Action franchises tend to go bigger with every new installment, and “Predator” is no exception. Where the original 1987 film pits a small group of sweat-soaked paramilitaries against a Predator (aka. Yautja) in a dense South American jungle, its first two sequels expand the setting to a dystopian version of Los Angeles circa 1997 and then…
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Prey Director Dan Trachtenberg Talks Predator Weapons, A Little Directing Trick & More [Exclusive Interview]
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.Last year, “Prey” delivered the best new installment of the “Predator” franchise since the 1987 original. Director Dan Trachtenberg took us back to the early 1700s to deliver a story of courage and survival as a young Comanche woman named Naru finds herself coming face-to-face with a…
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Dan Trachtenberg Will Direct on ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5
Stranger Things fans, buckle up: the fifth season of the series has enlisted another talent to contribute towards its final season. Prey director Dan Trachtenberg has joined the party to direct an episode in Season 5, Netflix has announced. The news comes shortly after it was announced at the recently concluded Tudum fan fest that…
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‘Cobra Kai’: How ‘Prey’s Director Helped Make Elisabeth Shue’s Return Happen
One of the best things about Cobra Kai is that the long-running series allowed die-hard fans of The Karate Kid franchise to see their beloved characters in a different light. One of those characters was Elisabeth Shue’s Ali, who was famously written off with barely any consideration to her storyline and importance. In an interview…