Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg has teased Arnold Schwarzenegger is “excited to speak about what else we might do” together with his character Dutch within the Predator franchise.
The 78-year-old actor has solely portrayed the motion hero within the unique 1987 film, however after Dutch lately cameoed in Trachtenberg’s animated Hulu present Predator: Killer of Killers, the filmmaker has revealed Schwarzenegger is fascinated with seeing what’s in retailer for the character.
Talking with Empire journal, the 44-year-old director stated: “I met Arnold, and he stated, ‘You’d suppose I get, ‘l’ll be again,’ yelled at me most, but it surely’s really, ‘Get to the chopper!’
“So, he’s properly conscious of the franchise’s endurance. He was excited to speak about what else we might do.”
In Predator: Killer of Killers, Dutch’s frozen physique seems subsequent to Prey protagonist Naru’s – as performed by Amber Midthunder within the 2022 film.
Following this reveal, Trachtenberg stated “there’s a lot story to inform now” with Dutch and Naru.
He stated: “You may inform how [Dutch and Naru] have been captured, or what occurs once they’re de-iced. Many potentialities.”
Trachtenberg’s subsequent venture is Predator: Badlands, which can land in cinemas on November 7, 2025.
The upcoming film follows younger hunter Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) after he has been outcast from his clan and despatched to a distant planet, the place he kinds an unlikely alliance with Weyland-Yutani artificial Thia (Elle Fanning) because the pair seek for the final word adversary.
The director had stated he wished to make a film “that hadn’t existed earlier than” with Predator: Badlands.
Talking about creating the movie, he defined: “You instantly suppose: Prey 2.
“However with sequels, individuals typically get so caught up going, ‘This might occur subsequent,’ they by no means cease to suppose, ‘Ought to it occur subsequent?’
“Prey was particular as a result of it was this large concept that hadn’t existed earlier than. I wished the subsequent factor to be that, too.”
Trachtenberg described Predator: Badlands as a “form of buddy-comedy” between Dek and Thia – a biomechanical humanoid.
The director stated: “Generally, I’m at all times in search of: what might occur solely in this film?
“Prey was a solo survival story; it is a relationship story.”
Predator: Badlands would be the first film within the collection to have a Yautja as the primary protagonist as an alternative of the antagonist, and Trachtenberg hopes audiences will get behind Dek.
He stated: “This loopy journey towards monsters and the weather – solely this time it’s a bada** Predator towards these issues.
“We wished Dek to be relatable, however with out turning him into Luke Skywalker. He’s nonetheless a Predator – we needed to enable him to be a d***. However a d*** you’ll be able to root for.”
Just lately, Fanning, 27, opened up about her character Thia – calling her Dek’s “little companion”.
She informed Display Rant: “It was good to work with Dan to form of mould that persona, and nearly extra of a optimistic perspective.
“However I really like the friendship between the 2, as a result of as you see, Thia is damaged in some ways, and Dek is form of the runt of his clan. So, it is a bit bit of those two misfits coming collectively.”