PreyiscomingtoHuluAugust5“Prey,”anall-newaction-thrillerfrom20thCenturyStudiosdirectedbyDanTrachtenberg(“TheBoys,”“10CloverfieldLane”)andthenewestentryinthe“Predator”franchise,willstreamAugust5,2022,exclusivelyonHulu.SetintheComancheNation300yearsago,“Prey”isthestoryofayoungwoman,Naru,afierceandhighlyskilledwarrior.ShehasbeenraisedintheshadowofsomeofthemostlegendaryhunterswhoroamtheGreatPlains,sowhendangerthreatenshercamp,shesetsouttoprotectherpeople.Thepreyshestalks,andultimatelyconfronts,turnsouttobeahighlyevolvedalienpredatorwithatechnicallyadvancedarsenal,resultinginaviciousandterrifyingshowdownbetweenthetwoadversaries.“Prey”isdirectedbyDanTrachtenberg,writtenbyPatrickAison(“JackRyan,”“Treadstone”),andproducedbyJohnDavis(“JungleCruise,”“ThePredator”)andJhaneMyers(“MonstersofGod”),withLawrenceGordon(“Watchmen”),MartyEwing(“It:ChapterTwo”),JamesE.Thomas,JohnC.ThomasandMarcToberoff(“FantasyIsland”)servingasexecutiveproducers.ThefilmmakerswerecommittedtocreatingafilmthatprovidesanaccurateportrayaloftheComancheandbringsalevelofauthenticitythatringstruetoitsIndigenouspeoples.Myers,anacclaimedfilmmaker,SundanceFellowandmemberoftheComanchenationherself,isknownforherattentionanddedicationtofilmssurroundingtheComancheandBlackfeetnationsandherpassionforhonoringthelegaciesoftheNativecommunities.Asaresult,thefilmfeaturesacastcomprisedalmostentirelyofNativeandFirstNation’stalent,includingAmberMidthunder(“TheIceRoad,”“Roswell,NewMexico”),newcomerDakotaBeavers,StormeeKipp(“Sooyii”),MichelleThrush(“TheJourneyHome”),JulianBlackAntelope(“Tribal”).
