Why The Predator Reboot Not Following The 2018 Movie Is The Best Decision

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The Predator franchise may have made its smartest move in years by ridding itself of its baggage and starting over; Dan Trachtenberg's reboot has been announced as unattached to 2018's The Predator.

The Predator movies began as a fun hybrid of the horror and action genres, but steadily found a larger audience. Despite their relatively humble beginnings, the predators have become some of the most iconic monsters in cinema. Comic books and spin-offs have dug deeper into Predator’s Yautja mythology and, in more recent years, there’s been a concentrated effort to bring the movie franchise back with a vengeance.

The last few movies in the Predator franchise have featured creative takes on Predator and attempted to tackle the property from fresh angles. These sequels aren’t without their merits, but they’ve highlighted a larger problem, which is a misunderstanding of what should be done with the Predator franchise. Shane Black’s The Predator from 2018 seemed like it would course correct the series, but only bogged down the future of Predator with its brash decisions and how it handled the titular creature. Yet another entry in the Predator franchise was announced in November 2020. The reboot is being helmed by 10 Cloverfield Lane's Dan Trachtenberg, and it’s already off to a good start due to how it’s ignoring 2018’s The Predator.