But when handed the keys to continue expanding the ultimate alien-hunter saga, director Dan Trachtenberg had bigger ideas. Rather than deliver a direct sequel, he went the opposite direction – not only cooking up animated anthology movie Predator: Killer Of Killers under a shroud of secrecy, but pivoting to Predator: Badlands. We’ve never seen a Predator film like it – especially since its hero is… well, a Predator (or, ‘Yautja’, to give it its specific species name). “You immediately think: ‘Prey 2’,” he says. We wanted Dek to be relatable, but without turning him into Luke Skywalker.