The first Predator: Killer of Killers reactions have hit X, and it seems Prey director Dan Trachtenberg has done it again with his upcoming animated anthology.
Released in 2022, Prey was considered a return to form for the Predator franchise. After it proved a massive critical and viewership success for Hulu, the filmmaker's next movie, Predator: Badlands, is getting a theatrical release.
Killer of Killers, meanwhile, will once again debut on streaming, but if these social media verdicts are anything to go by, the movie is another win for Trachtenberg's take on the Yautja. Praised as a badass, bloody delight, it sounds like animation has allowed the director to unleash the Predator in a way rarely seen on screen before.
Crucially for fans, it sounds like there are plenty of Easter Eggs and world-building; however, those of you who just want to see what happens when the Yautja fights a Samurai, for example, will clearly walk away happy.
Does it address Prey's cliffhanger or set the stage for Predator: Badlands? We'll be bringing you a full spoiler breakdown later this week, so stay tuned.
The anthology story follows three of the fiercest warriors in human history: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession, and a WWII pilot who takes to the sky to investigate an otherworldly threat to the Allied cause.
However, while all these warriors are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
Predator: Killer of Killers is helmed by Prey and Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg, with Josh Wassung, from animation company The Third Floor, serving as co-director. The film was written by Micho Robert Rutare with a story by Trachtenberg and Rutare, based on characters created by Jim Thomas & John Thomas.
The producers are John Davis, Dan Trachtenberg, p.g.a., Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt, p.g.a., with Lawrence Gordon, James E. Thomas, John C. Thomas, and Stefan Grube as executive producers.
Predator: Killer of Killers premieres exclusively on Hulu on June 6.