
The super wide shots were very wide Sergio Leone Western standoff shots. They had a couple of LF minis, and then they shot some scenes with the Cooke 1.8 anamorphics. Filming ended on Prey on September 11, 2021. It began filming on the Jin Calgary, Canada. Productionįilming on Prey was supposed to begin filming in May 2021 but was delayed. Midthunder and Dakota Beavers took part in a 4 week bootcamp before shooting which involved weapons training, Comanche-style archery, spears and tomahawks. The Feral Predator features a new shield weapon and Naru also makes a Tomahawk on a rope which is used throughout Prey.Īmber Midthunder originally read for the role over video conferencing. Trachtenberg was inspired by 2018’s God of War video game where Kratos uses a shield and wields an axe. Trachtenberg opted to remove the Predator’s signature shoulder cannon as he felt it would make the fight against the Comanche too easy though the Feral Predator does have a lot of new weapons. Feral Predator had been refined with a more proportional head to body ratio and it is one of the slimmest, less armoured Predators to date. Trachtenberg remarked that the original Predator was very top-heavy and had a large head to accommodate the actor inside. The film’s special effects and Predator design were handled by Amalgamated Dynamics who worked on many previous Alien and Predator films. The Predator was nicknamed Feral Predator on set due to his animalistic behaviour in the film. You can listen to the Comanche version on Hulu and Disney+. The film was also dubbed in Comanche, with the original actors reprising their roles. They couldn’t quite make it work so the film was shot in English though some Comanche dialogue is spoken sporadically in the English version. Trachtenberg did consider having the characters speak Comanche before switching to English, similar to how the characters in Hunt For Red October switch from Russian to English. Naru faces off against the Feral Predator.

When Trachtenberg spoke to Jhane, he realised she had a lot in common with the main character Naru. They then found producer Jhane Myers, another Comanche woman to produce the film. Prey was inspired by Sonny Landham’s character in the first Predator – Billy Sole, who was part Sioux himself. After they had written a couple of drafts, they met a Comanche woman called Juanita Pahdopony who helped figure out the film and improve the script. Trachtenberg and Aison continued to work on the story and Fox agreed to let them write it. They couldn’t start production on a new film until they’d finished the previous one so there was a lot of secrecy.

Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, “Prey” is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. The film was released on the streaming platform Hulu in North America and Disney+ in the UK on August 5, 2022. The director was Dan Trachtenberg and the film was written by Patrick Aison. It was originally shot under the name Skulls before Prey became the final title. Prey is the name of newest film in the Predator series.
