Brad Curran of Screen Rant described the Comanche characters' clothing, village setting, and hunting lifestyle depicted in the film as historically accurate, along with the depiction of the French trappers as hostile towards the Comanche. [40] Curran added that the film makes traditional Comanche gender roles "central to its story", writing that, in Comanche culture, men took on more physical roles as hunters and warriors, while women served as caregivers who oversaw homes, children, and food preparation. [40] Release [ edit ] Dane DiLiegro at the premiere of Prey Prey premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2022, and was released by 20th Century Studios as a Hulu original film on August 5. [41] [42] It was also released on Disney+ Hotstar in Southeast Asian territories, on Star+ in Latin America and on Disney+ as part of the Star content hub in other international territories. [43] [42] The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 3, 2023. [44] Reception [ edit ] Audience viewership [ edit ]

Lee, Benjamin (August 4, 2022). "Prey review – Predator prequel gives a nifty spin to a bloated franchise". The Guardian . Retrieved October 25, 2022. Patel, Rohan (October 3, 2023). "PREY Director Dan Trachtenberg On The Film's Bloodiest Moments, Naru's Journey, Sequel(?) & More! (Exclusive)". Comic Book Movie . Retrieved October 4, 2023. a b Hewitt, Chris (August 8, 2022). "Prey's Amber Midthunder Talks MMA, Native American Culture, And Meeting The Predator Prey". Empire. Prange, Stephanie (August 9, 2022). "Hulu's 'Prey,' 'Only Murders in the Building' Top Weekly Whip Media Streaming Charts – Media Play News". Media Play News2 . Retrieved October 4, 2022. In a post-credits scene, the narrative is summarized in a series of ledger art paintings that ends with a depiction of three mysterious vessels descending towards the tribe.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 shot in English and some sequences shot in the Comanche language as well. The remaining sequences were dubbed into Comanche by the cast, reprising their roles. The film is the only feature film to have a full Comanche language dub. Much like prior films Predator and Predator 2 which took established film staples such as commando and cop movies and turned them on their head with the inclusion of an alien trophy hunter, Prey takes a set of characters in its Comanche natives who could've easily sustained their own movie independent of The Predator and make for an engaging mashup with the established monster much as they did with the characters in the first and second films. Amber Midthunder is our lead Naru and she's really good in the film as she's capable in the fight scenes but also is very green which helps sell the rougher edge to the fight scenes which include some of the clumsiness you'd expect from such skirmishes. The other actors are solid performers and lend themselves to some entertaining and very brutal sequences in the film, including a sequence in the third act which had a nice nod to the ending of Predator 2. The Predator design is really unique featuring a cruder version of the helmet that more resembles a skull than the one we're used to and it works in context. We also get a solid dog character in Sarii who's pretty much a co-lead in the film and they're every bit the character you'd expect from a human actor. Navarro, Meagan (August 15, 2022). " 'Prey': Meet Dane DiLiegro, the Latest Actor to Play the Iconic Predator [Interview]". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved October 24, 2022.

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a b c d Colangelo, BJ (June 7, 2022). "Prey Will Give Viewers The Option To Watch The Film In The Comanche Language, albeit as a dub over the footage of the English performance". /Film . Retrieved July 31, 2022. Neill, Jay (June 12, 2023). "Where Was Prey Filmed: The 1 Canadian Location Revealed". iFilmThings . Retrieved June 22, 2023. Young, Allie (August 4, 2022). "Prey's Amber Midthunder Is the Action Star We've Been Waiting For" . Retrieved August 7, 2022. https://www.slashfilm.com/886791/prey-will-give-viewers-the-option-to-watch-the-film-in-the-comanche-language/?utm_campaign=clip Perry, Spencer (October 2, 2023). "Prey Director Dan Trachtenberg Reveals Secrets of Predator 2 Connection, Filming an Action Scene in Smoke (Exclusive)". ComicBook.com . Retrieved October 4, 2023.Henderson, Odie. "Prey movie review & film summary (2022)". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved August 5, 2022. de Semlyen, Phil (June 28, 2022). " 'Prey': Everything you need to know about the new 'Predator' movie". TimeOut . Retrieved July 20, 2022. According to 20th Century Studios, Prey was the most-watched premiere across all films and television series on Hulu in the United States, as well as the most-watched film premiere on Star in international markets, and on Star+ in Latin America. [45] [46] [47] According to streaming aggregator Reelgood, Prey was the most watched program across all platforms during the week of August 12, 2022. [48] According to Whip Media, Prey was the most watched movie in the United States from August 5 to August 7, 2022. [49] Critical response [ edit ] Trachtenberg said they discussed whether they should start the film with characters speaking the Comanche language before switching to English for the benefit of the audience, similar to the Russian language in The Hunt for Red October (1990). They considered a similar approach at first but ultimately felt it did not work. The film was shot in English and later dubbed in Comanche, with the entire cast performing an alternate all-Comanche dub of the film. [29] The film is the only feature film to have a full Comanche language dub. [1] Both language versions, Comanche and English, are available on Hulu and Disney+. [1] Special effects [ edit ]

Cinematographer Jeff Cutter filmed in the anamorphic format to better depict the vast locations, using a relatively naturalistic approach without much artificial lighting, "to respect nature and to respect the landscapes", which in the night sequences relied mostly on torches along with "soft, low underexposed amounts of blue" to replicate moonlight. For added illumination in the actors' faces, the torches would also have LED strips on the end that faced away from the camera. The day scenes took advantage from how daylight lasts "close to 14 or 15 hours a day" in Calgary during the summer, along with how the magic hour lasted twice as long as in Los Angeles. Cutter considered the most difficult scene to film was the sequence where the Predator fights the French trapper expedition, which was shot across eight days in a 250 square feet (23m 2) area with a hundred scenographic trees and three smoke machines. The scenes depicting the Predator vision were filmed with a thermographic camera lying on top of the regular one. [27] [22] The scene with the skinned bison was added as a red herring to invoke how the Predators skinned the dead humans in the previous movies, only for it to turn out to be the French expeditionaries culling the buffalo to harm the Comanche. [9] A press release notes that “ Preywill be available on Hulu entirely in Comanche as a language option, or with Comanche subtitles, which is the first time a feature-length movie on a direct-to-consumer streaming platform has been available in the Comanche language in its entirety.” a b c Ingram, Simon (August 5, 2022). "Why sci-fi movie Prey moves the needle for Indigenous American visibility". National Geographic . Retrieved August 9, 2022. Squires, John (July 8, 2022). "Hulu Movie Prey Will World Premiere on the Big Screen at San Diego Comic-Con This Month". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved July 18, 2022. Vlessing, Etan (March 16, 2023). " Everything Everywhere All at Once Wins Big at 2023 Critics Choice Super Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023 . Retrieved March 16, 2023.

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a b Davids, Brian (August 8, 2022). "How a Karate Tournament Carpool Inspired the New 'Predator' Movie, 'Prey' ". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 5, 2023. John Davis produced Preywith Marty Ewing and Jhane Myers, who is a Native Comanche. Lawrence Gordon, Ben Rosenblatt, James E. Thomas, John C. Thomas, and Marc Toberoff served as executive producers. Chris Terhune, William Files, Jessie Anne Spence, James Miller, Diego Perez, Lee Gilmore, Christopher Bonis, Daniel DiPrima, Stephen Perone, Leslie Bloome, Shaun Brennan