Dan Trachtenberg returns to direct 'Predator: Badlands'

Well, Predator: Badlands, the latest in the sci-fi horror franchise hits theaters on Friday. And for the third time, a Montgomery County native and Temple alum is at the helm. Dan Tractenberg calls it a ginormous action film where this time you will be rooting for the Predator. >> Awesome. Awesome. I was in third grade in a car poolool on the way to a karate tournament with all the sixth grade boys and they had all just seen Predator and described the entire thing to me word for word and it blew my mind. >> That's Willow Grove native Dan Tractenberg's first memory of Predator. >> I was particularly blown away by the movie when I eventually saw it and now I'm like literally making, you know, a giant Predator movie. This is Trackctenberg's third film in the Predator franchise, and he says he went big with Badlands. >> I get chills thinking about this for you. >> Yeah, there are action sequences, suspense Hitchcock and taught thrill sequences, awesome handtohand fight scenes >> as a creature named Deck is exiled on the most deadly planet in the galaxy. >> You're the prey multiest >> with Philly running through the Temple University alums veins. Tractenburgg is drawn to the underdog. >> You're hunting something that can't be killed. >> Demetrius Schustster Kaloa Matangi is deck. >> It's pretty much the first of its kind. You know, where the protagonist is the predator. >> A classic movie monster tract says you can root for >> now. Everyone is kind of on his side through his journey, understanding where he's come from and where he's going. And yeah, just having his unlikely ally by his side. That's a robot named Thea played by L. Fanning. >> I could help you. It's such a new take on this franchise and I think Dan is pushing it in such a, you know, bold, exciting new direction. >> I need a hand. >> Amongst the thrill ride is a giant heaping dose of heart and hopefully you will be so exhausted coming out the movie because your heart was pounding and you had an incredible emotional experience and some laughs. and some laughs because they say it's like also a buddy comedy which is really a funny way to think about the Predator franchise but that's what Dan Tractenberg wants to bring to it. It comes out on Friday. He's joining us tomorrow here on Action News at 10 because he's going to his alma mater Temple to hang out with the film students. Uh, go back to where it all started for