A potential synopsis emerged for Predator 5, revealing the movie will revolve around a young Native American woman.
According to AvPGalaxy, the film will follow Kee, a member of the Comanche tribe "who goes against gender norms and traditions to become a warrior." Produced by David Entertainment, Predator 5 is slated to begin shooting in Calgary, Canada this May, with Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) directing from a script by Patrick Aison (Kingdom, Jack Ryan, Treadstone).
Trachtenberg has been working on Predator 5 for four years, admitting "This was meant to be a surprise" when news of the project broke in Nov. 2020. The film is not expected to connect to 2018's The Predator, which was directed by Shane Black and disappointed at the box office, despite becoming the highest-grossing Predator film to date. Predator 5 will also be the first installment produced under Disney, which acquired the rights to the Predator franchise when it bought 20th Century Fox's movie and TV assets in March 2019.
The Predator movies kicked off in 1987 with Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers as members of an elite special ops team who encounter a member of the titular alien race in the jungles of Central America. Other entries in the franchise include the sequels Predator 2 (1990), Predators (2010) and The Predator, in addition to a pair of crossover films with the Alien franchise released in 2004 and 2007.
The unofficial synopsis for Predator 5 reads,
The story will follow Kee, a Comanche woman who goes against gender norms and traditions to become a warrior. Many years ago -- in a time before any Europeans had ever encroached on their lands -- the Comanche people had a well defined society and gender norms. Kee is very close to her younger brother, Taabe, who is being groomed as a leader. As capable as any young man in the tribe, Kee has always been a teacher and source of inspiration for Taabe. In the Comanche way -- she is Patsi -- the elder sister that has helped to shape him. Kee is a truth teller and has insight that others do not. A tomboy, she wants to prove herself in the masculine world of the Comanche. When danger threatens them all -- Kee sets out to prove that she is as capable as any young warrior.
No release date has been set for Trachtenberg's untitled Predator movie.
Source: AvPGalaxy