Prey (2022 film)

Prey
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dan Trachtenberg
Screenplay by	Patrick Aison
Story by	Patrick Aison Dan Trachtenberg
Based on	Characters by Jim Thomas John Thomas
Produced by	John Davis Jhane Myers Marty P. Ewing
Starring	Amber Midthunder Dakota Beavers Dane DiLiegro Michelle Thrush Stormee Kipp Julian Black Antelope Bennett Taylor
Cinematography	Jeff Cutter
Edited by	Angela M. Catanzaro Claudia Castello
Music by	Sarah Schachner
Production companies	20th Century Studios Davis Entertainment Lawrence Gordon Productions
Distributed by	Hulu (United States) Star+ (Latin America) Disney+ (International)
Release dates	July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21) (San Diego Comic-Con) August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05) (United States)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Comanche[1]
Budget	$65 million[2][3]

Prey is a 2022 American science fiction film in the Predator franchise. It is the fifth film in the mainline series and seventh in the overall franchise. It is a prequel to the first four films, being set in the Northern Great Plains in 1719. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison. It stars Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Michelle Thrush, Stormee Kipp, Julian Black Antelope, and Bennett Taylor. The story revolves around a young Comanche woman, Naru, who is striving to prove herself as a hunter. She finds herself having to protect her people from a vicious, humanoid alien that hunts humans for sport, as well as from French fur traders who are destroying the buffalo they rely on for survival.

Development of the film began during the production of The Predator (2018), when producer John Davis was approached by Trachtenberg and Aison, with a concept that they had been developing since 2016. In late 2020, the film's title was revealed to be the codename for the fifth installment in the franchise. Filming took place around Calgary during the summer of 2021, with the entire film being filmed in English, with some sequences being shot in the Comanche language as well. A full Comanche language dub was provided for the film, with the cast reprising their roles, thus making it the first feature film to do so.

Prey premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2022, and was released by 20th Century Studios as a Hulu original film in the United States and on Disney+ Star internationally on August 5. The film was very well-received by critics, with praise for its action sequences, Midthunder's performance, cinematography, Trachtenberg's direction, and the Indigenous casting, with many critics calling it the best Predator installment since the first film.