“Predator” is back. The iconic action and science fiction saga is about to release its fifth film. The seventh if we consider the two intersections with the ‘Alien’ saga. In this case, the film “Predator: The Prey” travels for the first time into the past, particularly at the end of the 18th century in the Great Plains of North America. There, a young Comanche named Naru, whose dream is to prove she can be a huntress, will have a bloody confrontation with a Predator who has come to Earth to hunt down the tribe.
“The Comanches were the best hunters on Earth”tells us its director Dan Trachtenberg in an exclusive interview with eCartelera, “‘Predator: The Prey’ is the most natural union you will see between two opponents”. In fact, when her lead actress, Amber Midthunder, began preparing auditions for the role of Naru, she didn’t even know that what she would have in front of her would be one of the deadliest aliens in film history. . “When I found out it gave me a lot of anxiety”now ensures between laughter.
“Predator: La Presa” remains very faithful to the original spirit of that 1987 “Predator”. Trachtenberg even suggests that “the way he chases the Predator is even more suffocating and ferocious than in the previous ones”. But another of the most striking aspects of the film is its authenticity and its commitment to indigenous cultures. Midthunder, who belongs to the Assiniboine Sioux tribe of Fort Peck, explains that although Comanche is not his culture, “Having an indigenous action heroine, with all that that means, makes me very happy, fills me with pride.”. For his part, producer Jhane Myers, half Comanche and half Blackfoot, adds it “It was amazing to see how important this culture could be in the film” because in the movies “natives and our cultures have always been parodied or charged”.
A film to make history
Both Midthunder and Myers tell numerous anecdotes and elements to which they paid particular attention, such as a moment in which Naru whistles at night, a gesture forbidden in Native American cultures because it attracted evil spirits (symbolized in the Predator). And both are very proud because “Predator: La Presa” is the first film in history to be released with the option of dubbing in a native language, in this case Comanche. “The preservation of languages, especially for indigenous cultures, is very important”explains the actress, “this makes me feel very, very, very proud”. A great event that serves to do justice to their people.
Preview “Predator: Prey”. August 5 on Disney +.
Source: E Cartelera
