Dan Trachtenberg Developing Sleeping Beauty-Inspired Movie at Disney — So Where Does That Leave Predator?

Predator fans were left wondering what’s next from the franchise after director Dan Trachtenberg was confirmed to be taking on a new movie inspired by Sleeping Beauty.

Trachtenberg, who is credited with successfully reviving the Predator franchise with the superb Prey in 2022, the well-received animated movie Predator: Killer of Killers, and last year’s Predator: Badlands, is in early development on a Sleeping Beauty-inspired movie for Disney that will take the classic story in a new direction, Deadline said. He’s also reportedly in pre-production on a secret new movie for Paramount. Neither movie has a timeline for release.

Where does this leave Predator? Killer of Killers and Badlands both left the door open to sequels. Indeed, Badlands set up a follow-up with a cliffhanger that got fans speculating about what might happen next. …