DES MOINES, Iowa —

Have you ever kicked yourself about a decision you made? Of course, we all have at one time or another. After releasing the Predator franchise entry Prey straight to Hulu, I’m betting the execs at Disney/20 th Century Studios were kicking themselves for not putting it in theaters.

In case you’re unfamiliar, Prey is set in the pre-colonized Great Plains region, where a young Native woman finds herself battling a Predator. It was directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who also co-wrote it with Patrick Aison, and it was a huge success, both in viewership and in the film overall.

Prey was the shot in the arm the Predator franchise needed, and could easily have been a money maker at the box office. My guess, not based on anything empirical, is that the studio execs reali

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