Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Emily Garbutt

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg's first idea for a Prey sequel involved a Yautja "kicking Nazi butt" in World War 2

Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek in Predator: Badlands.

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg has revealed that his first idea for the new movie involved a period setting – and Nazi hunting.

"The very first nugget of the idea was, what if the Predator wins?" Trachtenberg told The Direct. "And I just really didn't want it to be a slasher movie where the slasher wins, I really wanted you to root for the guy, and then in rooting for it, I was like, 'Well, I guess he could be, like, set in World War 2, and he's kicking Nazi butt or something.'

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.