Tag: Prey
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The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: Prey, Insidious: The Red Door, And More
Some folks like to talk about physical media as if it’s on its deathbed. To be fair, it can often seem that way. But I’ve been hearing about the death of physical media for what feels like over a decade now, and yet, it continues on! Case in point: “Prey,” a movie that got dumped…
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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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‘Prey’: The Deleted Scene That Defined the Movie for Amber Midthunder
Amber Midthunder is a movie star. She’s already made a big impression in a number of projects, but an especially significant amount of Prey rests on her shoulders. She’s the beating heart of a powerful character arc, the focus of a number of very challenging set pieces, and is tasked with headlining a brand new…
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‘Prey 2’: Is Naru Preparing for More Predators? Here’s Amber Midthunder’s Take
Prey brought us Amber Midthunder as Naru, a young woman from the Comanche Nation who very quickly had to learn how to fight off the Predator. You know, that giant alien man who even Arnold Schwarzenegger struggled with? Naru used her talent and skill to take him on and it breathed a new life into…
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‘Prey’: How They Made a Predator Movie for Fans, Newcomers & Awards Season
Prey is a huge win for the Predator franchise for a multitude of reasons. It’s an excellent new addition to a beloved long-running series that appealed to hardcore fans. It’s also the perfect on-ramp for Predator newcomers, one that respects Predator lore but doesn’t require viewers to know all the details before jumping in. And…
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The 12 Best Amber Midthunder Movies & TV Shows, Ranked
Born in New Mexico in 1997, Amber Midthunder was raised in and around the entertainment industry, as the daughter of an actor and a stuntwoman-turned-casting director. She made her first on-screen performance at the tender age of four in “The Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud,” and has been acting ever since, with a number of film…