First Clip: “Predator: Badlands” – Dark Horizons

20th Century Studios has released the first clip from director Dan Trachtenberg’s “Predator: Badlands,” the follow-up to his critically acclaimed “Prey”.

The clip follows the film’s Yautja protagonist, Dek, as he fights off an attack from some relentlessly vicious plant-like creatures.

IGN premiered the clip, and spoke with Trachtenberg about the tech that the character will get to used to survive the hostile environment he is in:

“He starts out with a number of really cool gadgets. I’ve always felt like there’s a link between the Predator franchise and James Bond. Part of what we enjoy about going to see it is like, what kind of gizmos does he have?

I’ve been stuck in the past with my entries into the franchise, with Prey set in the 1700s and Killer of Killers set in multiple different decades. But all in the past, so I’ve always had to think, what would his weaponry be if it was a little bit more pre what we’re used to seeing?

Now I’m well into the future. So he’s got laser bows, has an awesome laser sword that has multiple modes. His sword that he uses, he holds like a classic knight or samurai would, but then it switches it into a different mode and he can use it almost like a glaive.”

As previously indicated, the film will score a PG-13 rating – one it has been able to land because no humans are on the receiving end of any carnage.

“Predator: Badlands” opens in cinemas on November 7th.