After Dark Interview: How Dan Trachtenberg Made 'Predator: Badlands'
The Filmcast
The Filmcast
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
The Filmcast: After Dark is the bonus show where we talk about a variety of random topics that didn't make it into the main podcast.
In this episode, David, Devindra, and Jeff welcome Dan Trachtenberg back to the podcast to discuss Predator: Badlands, which is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu and available on Blu-Ray/4K. They discuss what it's like to tweak the movie studio logo at the beginning of the film, how they convinced the world Elle Fanning was a backpack, why the film is rated PG-13, and the tiny differences between a scene that works and a scene that doesn't. Please note this conversation has SPOILERS for Predator: Badlands.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the film cast after dark, the after show for the film cast |
| 0:03.9 | where we talk about a variety of random topics that didn't make it into the show. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm David Chen here with Divindro Hardware and Jeff Kanata. |
| 0:10.3 | This episode brought to you courtesy of the fine folks at patreon.com slash film podcast. |
| 0:15.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:16.3 | Thank you very much for your support, folks. |
| 0:18.2 | We really appreciate it. |
| 0:20.0 | And today we have a very special treat. We actually are going to just do an entire episode that is an interview slash conversation with a special guest. Our guest today has single-handedly revitalized the Predator franchise, directing the critically acclaimed films Prey and Predator Killer of Killers. His newest film, Predator Badlands, is available now on Disney Plus and Hulu, |
| 0:41.5 | but all of that is nothing compared to the hardest job he's ever had, |
| 0:45.6 | being Jeff Kanata's co-host. |
| 0:47.5 | Please welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:50.0 | Dan, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:52.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.7 | Great introduction. Except for to the podcast. Yeah. Great introduction. |
| 0:55.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:56.4 | Except for that last part. |
| 0:58.6 | I do want to say that we will be spoiling Predator Badlands, which is available right now on Hulu and Disney Plus. |
| 1:06.9 | Also, there's a 4K out there, if I'm not mistaken, right, Dan? |
| 1:09.8 | Yeah, there's a dope steel book, 4K I'm not mistaken, right, Dan? Yeah, there's a dope steelbook 4K. |
| 1:13.3 | Nice. |
| 1:13.9 | And there's, you know, PVOD as well if you don't subscribe to Disney Plus or Hulu. |
| 1:19.4 | So many ways to access it. |
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