Preed

Preed is the hidden true secondary antagonist in the 2000 Don Bluth film Titan A.E. Described in the Ben Edlund 12/15/97 Goldenrod Production draft of the screenplay as an Akrennian, a "fruit bat-faced alien" whose full name is Preedex Yoa.

He was voiced by Nathan Lane.

Preed appears to have some kind of thin wing membrane across his armpits, and a thick, prominent neck contrasting his abnormally long, thin limbs and fingers. His left ear is half-missing, shot off in a gunfight with slavers. The damage was patched up with a metal plate, now embedded in his skull.

He begins the film as Joseph Korso's first mate aboard the spaceship Valkyrie, but has secretly concocted a pact with the Drej: killing Cale and the entire Valkyrie crew in exchange for a large sum of money, and his life.

Preed is extremely sarcastic and delights in manipulation, antagonizing the rest of the crew, and making thinly-veiled sexual passes at Akima. When he betrays his closest comrades to the Drej, Korso apparently kills him via a snap of his neck.

"The particular alien race that Preed belongs to is very haughty, floating above it all," explains co-director Goldman. "[Nathan Lane] just seemed appropriate - he can really put on airs when he needs to."

An unexpectedly intelligent station guard reveals that Akrennian traders always insult the other party when initiating a trade - something Preed was apparently unaware of. This suggests he has been estranged from other Akrennians for quite some time. According to Preed, Akrennians do not dream - though given his track record for telling the truth, they very well might.