{"id":461117,"date":"2026-02-11T00:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/461117\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:18:07","slug":"dan-trachtenbergs-paramount-deal-doesnt-kill-his-predator-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/461117\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Trachtenberg\u2019s Paramount Deal Doesn\u2019t Kill His ‘Predator’ Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

After three<\/a>\u00a0awesome<\/a> Predator movies in a row<\/a>, fans of the franchise are obviously excited about what director Dan Trachtenberg might have in store<\/a> for the future. A crossover with Alien? The return of classic characters? We don\u2019t know. But last week\u2019s news of Trachtenberg signing a new, first-look deal with Paramount<\/a> seemed like it could be the end of those plans. Disney owns the rights to Predator, not Paramount. Are those future Predator plans dead?<\/p>\n

io9 spoke with Trachtenberg this week about the upcoming home release of<\/a> Predator: Badlands and asked him straight up, does his Paramount deal mean he\u2019ll never direct another Predator movie? \u201cIt does not mean that,\u201d Trachtenberg said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am simultaneously figuring out all of the next steps for the Predator franchise,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m in this moment that I was in when Prey came out, where I was like, \u2018What do I do next?\u2019 and got very excited about a Predator protagonist and got very excited about an animated movie with multiple time periods, and then they just happened to go at the same time. And so that\u2019s where I\u2019m at with Predator now, is, \u2018Oh my God, there are so many exciting things we can do.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut also now I have this deal at Paramount where I\u2019m thrilled, and they are thrilled to make some of the original movies that I\u2019ve always had in my head and heart,\u201d Trachtenberg added. \u201cAnd of course, they also have very cool IP and all that. You know, timing may affect certain things, but both things are in my heart\u2026 Anything\u2019s on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

So breathe a little bit easier, Predator fans. Just because Trachtenberg now hangs his hat at the home of Transformers, G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Cloverfield\u00a0does not mean<\/a> the Predator is dead. It just might mean it takes a little bit longer to return.<\/p>\n

Predator: Badlands is now on demand and comes to Disney+ and Hulu on February 12. It then lands on physical media on February 17. We\u2019ll have more on that soon.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After three\u00a0awesome Predator movies in a row, fans of the franchise are obviously excited about what director Dan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[138941,88,206,30544],"class_list":{"0":"post-461117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dan-trachtenberg","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-predator-badlands"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}