Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Jess Dunne, this week with special guest Richard Drumm, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung’s Predator: Killer of Killers.
Across centuries, if not millennia, of human history, an alien species has journeyed to earth in the hopes of hunting the most dangerous game of all. This is a collection of three stories about three human beings who found themselves facing an extraterrestrial monster, and discovered something about themselves in the ensuing conflict.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 9th June 2025.
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- Valerie Ettenhofer at /film looks back on the original design for the Predator, August 2022.
- Stan Winston School goes behind the scenes on the last-minute redesign of the Predator, September 2018.
- Nicholas Brooks at Comic Book Resources considers the role that James Cameron played in designing the Predator, August 2022.
- Drew Taylor at The Wrap discusses the announcement that Prey will go straight to streaming, November 2021.
- Pamela McClintock and Aaron Couch at The Hollywood Reporter cover the announcement that Alien: Romulus will, in fact, release in theatres, June 2023.
- Fede Álvarez talks to Variety about how Alien: Romulus went from a streaming release to a theatrical release, August 2024.
- Aaron Couch writes at The Hollywood Reporter about the announcement that Predator: Badlands would be getting a theatrical release, October 2024.
- Steve Asbell talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the decision to release two Predator movies this year, October 2024.
- Zack Sharf writes at Variety about Tony Gilroy’s statement that Disney had told him “streaming is dead”, June 2025.
- Ben Travers at IndieWire reports on how Disney told Tony Gilroy that “streaming is dead”, May 2025.
- Anna Nicolaou at The Financial Times reports on “the Great Netflix Correction”, July 2022.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist reflects on how everyone lost “the Streaming Wars”, November 2023.
- Erik Hayden at The Hollywood Reporter reports on Disney’s efforts to cut down on their content spending, February 2025.
- Jeff Spry at Space.com reports on the decision to push Star Wars back to theatres, January 2024.
- Zack Sharf at Variety reports on Bob Iger’s belief that the Star Wars and Marvel streaming content damaged the value of those brands, July 2023.
- Todd Spangler at Variety reports on Bob Iger’s admission that Disney “invested too much” on streaming content, May 2024.
- Dade Hayes at Deadline reports on Bob Iger’s plans to have Marvel “focus much more on their films”, May 2025.
- Peter Caranicas writes at Variety about the Third Floor, May 2011.
- Skytribe by the Third Floor, March 2022.
- Joshua Wassung talks to Cartoon Brew about the Third Floor converting from a special effects house into an animation studio, June 2025.
- Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung talk at The American Cinetheque about the decision to make Killer of Killers as an anthology film instead of a television show, June 2025.
- Tom Tapp at Deadline reports on the cost of Andor, December 2024.
- Devin Coldewey at TechCrunch reports on the use of “the Volume” in making The Mandalorian, February 2020.
- Christian Gainey at GameRant reports on the use of “the Volume” in making The Batman, March 2022.
- George and Josh Bate at The Holofiles report on the use of “the Volume” in shooting Andor, April 2025.
- Nicole Sperling at The New York Times reports on Apple’s decision to move away from theatrical releases, August 2024.
- Rebecca Rubin writes at Variety about the disappointment of Argyle for Apple, February 2024.
- David Canfield at Vanity Fair talks about the decision to send Wolfs straight to streaming, August 2024.
- Miles Surrey writes at The Ringer about how Amazon cornered the streaming “dad TV” market, December 2022.
- Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin at Variety consider Amazon’s purchase of the James Bond franchise, February 2025.
- Lucy Mangan reviews Doctor Odyssey for The Guardian, October 2024.
- Andrew R. Chow at Time considers the impact of the latest update to the Unreal Engine, August 2022.
- Jeff Farris writes at Unreal Engine about how the technology is used on The Mandalorian, February 2020.
- Dan Trachtenberg talks to Polygon about directing Killer of Killers, June 2025.
- Dan Trachtenberg talks to The Hollywood Reporter about where the idea for Prey originated, August 2022.
- Andrew Kleidon at The Peninsula Pulse considers the origin on ninjas wearing black, August 2022.
- The Onion reports on the ninja parade in Modesto, January 2008.
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