On April 8, twentieth Century Studios and Disney revealed the primary trailer for Predator: Killer of Killers, a brand new animated anthology movie directed by Prey helmer Dan Trachtenberg. And we gained’t have to attend lengthy to observe Predators kill completely different human warriors all through historical past as the brand new film will likely be accessible to stream in June.
Predator: Killer of Killers, in contrast to previous Predator motion pictures, doesn’t comply with one human survivor or alien hunter. As an alternative, the animated film options three separate tales about completely different Predator aliens looking down warriors and troopers in numerous time intervals. So for instance, we’ll see a Predator preventing troopers in World Struggle II and one other Predator looking a samurai in feudal Japan.
Right here’s the official synopsis for the film:
The anthology story follows three of the fiercest warriors in human historical past: a Viking raider guiding her younger son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns in opposition to his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession, and a WWII pilot who takes to the sky to research an otherworldly menace to the Allied trigger. However whereas all these warriors are killers in their very own proper, they’re merely prey for his or her new opponent – the last word killer of killers.
In October 2024, it was reported that an animated Predator film was within the works alongside a live-action Predator film. Each have been directed and led by Dan Trachtenberg, who has form of change into the person accountable for the Predator franchise ever since his 2022 film Prey turned an enormous hit with critics and followers. That film featured a Predator looking Native Individuals within the 1700s.
Talking to press after displaying off footage of Killer of Killers, Trachtenberg mentioned that the animated flick was impressed by Prey and the query of what sorts of tales may you inform for those who plopped a Predator in numerous time intervals. And he additionally needed to make a gory Predator film in a brand new medium.
“I like in Predator motion pictures, [the] hard-R, loopy carnage,” mentioned the director as reported by GamesRadar. “Wouldn’t or not it’s cool to see that in a unique medium? So we made this film, Killer of Killers, at the very same time— stupidly, however awesomely—and it’s an anthology film.”
Trachtenberg additionally confirmed that Killer of Killers was visually impressed by Netflix’s Arcane sequence and that some individuals who labored on that present helped out on the brand new film.
Predator: Killers of Killers arrives on Hulu and Disney+ on June 6.
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