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In an interview with The Direct, he explained that the original idea involved a Predator fighting Nazis during World War II.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe very first nugget of the idea was, what if the Predator wins,\u201d Trachtenberg said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want it to be a slasher movie where the slasher wins.\u201d He imagined the Predator in a WWII setting, \u201ckicking Nazi b****,\u201d before changing the story to focus on the Predator as the hero of his own journey with \u201chis own adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trachtenberg also discussed the creature\u2019s design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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