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Raphael Adolini
''Prey'' is a 2022 American science fiction action horror film, directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison. It is the fifth installment, and seventh overall including the crossover movies, of the ''Predator'' franchise. The story takes place chronologically before the previous movies and serves as a prequel, as it is set in the Northern Great Plains in 1719. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Trachtenberg
Dan Trachtenberg (born May 11, 1981) is an American filmmaker and podcast host.Rachel Kurland, Scare Tactics Pay off for Cheltenham's Dan Trachtenberg'. The Jewish Exponent. March 14, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2017. He made his feature film debut with '' 10 Cloverfield Lane'' (2016), earning him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. He went on to direct and provide the story for three films in the ''Predator'' franchise, including ''Prey'' (2022) and '' Predator: Badlands'' (2025) as well as the animated film '' Predator: Killer of Killers'' (2025). For television, he directed the pilot episodes of '' The Boys'' (2019) and '' The Lost Symbol'' (2021), as well as episodes of ''Black Mirror'' (2016) and ''Stranger Things'' (2025) . Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of '' The Totally Rad Show'' podcast and a former co-host of the '' Geekdrome'' podcast. He also directed episodes for the '' Ctrl+Alt+Chicken'' podc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck (media Company)
''Puck'' is an American digital media company founded in 2021. ''Puck'''s coverage aims to cover the 'four centers of power' in the United States: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Washington, D.C. and Wall Street. Its journalists include Matthew Belloni, Peter Hamby, Dylan Byers and Baratunde Thurston. Etymology The company takes its name from the 19th century political satire and humor magazine of the same title, which was headquartered in the Puck Building in Manhattan. It is also a play on the name of the character in William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' ("puckish" means "playful, especially in a mischievous way"). Editorial tone and style In a 2022 profile, ''The New Yorker'' described ''Puck'''s editorial tone as being "deliberately clubby," with part of the appeal for readers being that "its writers move in the same elevated spaces as the people whom they cover." Bloomberg News described ''Puck'' as a company that "treats reporters like social medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comanche Language
Comanche (, endonym ) is a Uto-Aztecan languages, Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Comanche, who split from the Shoshone soon after the Comanche had acquired horses around 1705. The Comanche language and the Shoshoni language are quite similar, but certain consonant changes in Comanche have inhibited mutual intelligibility. The name ''Comanche'' comes from the Ute language, Ute word "enemy, stranger". Their own name for the language is , which means "language of the people". Use and revitalization efforts Although efforts are now being made to ensure its survival, most speakers of the language are elderly. In the late 19th century, Comanche children were placed in American Indian boarding schools, indigenous boarding schools where they were discouraged from speaking their native language, and even severely punished for doing so. The second generation then grew up speaking English, because of the belief that it was better for them not to know Comanche. The Comanche language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwest of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in many sectors: energy; financial services; film and television; transportation and logistics; technology; manufacturing; aerospace; health and wellness; retail; and tourism. The Calgary Metropolitan Region is home to Canada' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Predator (film)
''The Predator'' is a 2018 American Science fiction film, science fiction action film, action film directed by Shane Black, who co-wrote the script with Fred Dekker. It is the fourth installment in the Predator (franchise), ''Predator'' franchise, and sixth overall including the Crossover (fiction), crossover movies. Black had a supporting role in the Predator (film), original film, while John Davis (producer), John Davis returns as producer from the first three installments. The film stars Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski, and Sterling K. Brown. It follows a group of PTSD-afflicted soldiers and a scientist who must team up to fight off an invading pair of Predator (fictional species), Predators and discover their plans for mankind. Talks of a new ''Predator'' installment began in June 2014, with Black being confirmed as writer and director; much of the cast signed on between October 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bison Hunting
Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an lifeway, activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the Great bison belt, vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of North America, before the animal's near-extinction in the late 19th century following Territorial evolution of the United States, United States expansion into the West. Bison hunting was an important spiritual practice and source of material for these groups, especially after the European introduction of the horse in the 16th through 19th centuries enabled new hunting techniques. The species' dramatic decline was the result of habitat loss due to the expansion of ranching and farming in western North America, industrial-scale hunting practiced by settler colonialism, settler hunters increased Indigenous hunting pressure due to settler demand for bison hides and meat, and cases of a deliberate policy by settler government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predator (fictional Species)
The Predators are an enponymous extraterrestrial species characterized by their ritualistic trophy hunting of other lifeforms. Initially conceived by screenwriters Jim and John Thomas and designed by special effects artist Stan Winston, the species made its first appearance as the villain in the 1987 science fiction action film ''Predator'', directed by John McTiernan. Depicted as large, sapient and sentient humanoid beings equipped with advanced technology such as active camouflage, directed-energy weapons, and interstellar spacecraft, they became emblematic horror villains of the late 20th century, blending the tropes of slasher villains with elements of alien invasion and militaristic survival narratives. The success of ''Predator'' led to the establishment of the broader ''Predator'' franchise. This includes several direct sequels and prequels —''Predator 2'' (1990), '' Predators'' (2010), '' The Predator'' (2018), ''Prey'' (2022), '' Predator: Killer of Killers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
