Predator: The Killer of Killers Releases This June

After 2022's Prey, Dan Trachtenberg became an overnight success breathing life back into a seemingly dead franchise. Especially after the 2018 film The Predator failed so spectacularly. And whilst we wait for the highly anticipated Predator: Badlands, the first trailer and details for upcoming animated three-part anthology Predator: Killer of Killers have been released.

Predator: Killer of Killers is a three-part animated anthology, from director of Prey Dan Trachtenberg, that showcases Yautja warriors hunting human prey across global history. The cast includes Lindsay LaVanchy, Louis Ozawa, Rick Gonzalez, and Michael Biehn, and will premiere exclusively on Hulu June 6th. The official synopsis reveals three new stories within the Predator universe-

“Predator: Killer of Killers, an original animated action-adventure film set in the Predator universe, will premiere June 6th, 2025, exclusively on Hulu. The anthology story follows three of the fiercest warriors in human history: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession, and a WWII pilot who takes to the sky to investigate an otherworldly threat to the Allied cause. But while all these warriors are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent – the ultimate killer of killers.”

Predator: The Killer of Killers Releases This June

Speaking exclusively to Bloody Disgusting, Trachtenberg dished out a few extra details on how he brought the Predator to life with animation.

“I was so struck by how animation, on the one hand, you can do anything—but also, you become just as limited as you do in live action.” The number of sets costs money, the number of characters, the number of wardrobes, yadda yadda. That experience helped Trachtenberg “shoot it the way I would a live-action movie, and so that it felt cinematic from my voice. Most characters are dealing with generational [issues], trying to break a cycle. All the chapters are different genre-wise.”

Of course this series, if successful, could open up an endless possibilities for both the Predator character and the franchise. Trachtenberg did admit though Predator: KIller of Killers was created to stand alone, as an anthology feature.

“You don’t want to feel shortchanged by the experience, that it was incomplete. I won’t sleep at night if I don’t feel like I’ve communicated everything I wanted to with [Badlands and Killer of Killers]. There’s so much cool stuff in this movie. It might even go into more than Badlands or—or it might not. It’s different. You do not need to [rewatch] Predators. The movie is very much about the connection between the characters, as much as the stories themselves.”

You can check out the first trailer for Predator: Killer of Killers below. Predator: Badlands is still slated to release November 7th.