Predator: Badlands Director Revealed How Much James Cameron’s Comments Influenced Him, Even If The Filmmaker Didn’t Necessarily Remember Saying Them

Director Dan Trachtenberg recalls a dinner with James Cameron while preparing for his film Badlands in New Zealand. Trachtenberg had just finished an eight-hour drive to visit Cameron on the set of the new Avatar: Fire and Ash. After explaining his idea for Badlands to the Terminator director, they shared a meal during which Cameron offered a piece of advice that stayed with Trachtenberg throughout the entire production, as he recently told The Hollywood Reporter.








