The direct-to-streaming Predator prequel, Prey, is now the #1 streaming premiere on Hulu ever.

Set hundreds of years before the original 1987 film, Prey follows a young Comanche warrior and her tribe as they battle an alien hunter. According to the Disney-owned streaming service, Prey is the most-watched debut of any film or television show on Hulu in the United States. The prequel is also setting records on the Latin American Star+ service and Disney+ under the Star umbrella in all other territories as it boasts the most hours watched during the first three days of release for any film premiere.

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Prey is the fifth installment in the Predator franchise and returns to the roots of the original 1987 film by pitting a small group of fighters against a single overpowered extraterrestrial entity focused on killing anything in its path. Amber Midthunder stars as Naru, a young Comanche warrior searching for her place within her tribe, which includes her brother Taabe played by newcomer Dakota Beavers. She must use her wits, her cunning and her dog Sarii to fight against the hunter from beyond the stars, fur trappers and the harsh but beautiful wilderness of the northern Great Plains.

Director Dan Trachtenberg wanted his earlier version of the Predator to inspire the same sort of fear as the first time audiences laid eyes on it in the 1987 film, while also taking into account that Prey is set centuries earlier. "I wanted it to be scarier than we've seen it before," he explained. "It's intelligent and it has advanced technology, and that makes it even more difficult to take on. But because the movie is set 300 years in the past, those things need to feel a little bit older than we've seen before, but also still far more advanced than what we think our earthlings would be able to handle."

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Directed by John McTiernan, the original 1987 Predator starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and inspired three sequels as well as a crossover with the Alien franchise. Stars of the original film have praised Prey, including wrestling icon and former governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura, who played heavy-gunner Blain Cooper in Predator, who offered high praise for Midthunder in particular. "Great, great, film," he tweeted. "[Midthunder] you definitely ain't got time to bleed. Welcome to the Predator family." His character Blain famously states, "I ain't got time to bleed." in the first film.

Prey has also become a hit with fans, with some calling it the "best Predator movie ever." It has already inspired fan art from artist Mike Scicluna, a former senior illustrator for Rockstar Games. His comic book cover tribute references a particularly bloody moment from Prey, and touts "The most feared Predator in the universe!!!"

Prey is streaming now on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ everywhere else.

Source: Hulu