The Predator stands as one of cinema’s most iconic, most memorable, most fearsome monsters. Most who encounter one of those deadly beasts, both human and non-human alike, don’t live to tell the tale. But the franchise’s next installment will change everything we know about that infamous alien. Prey director Dan Trachtenberg is turning one of Hollywood’s best villains into a hero. And the first trailer for Predators: Badlands shows why it’s always better to be fighting with a Predator than against it.
Nearly three decades after our first encounter with a Predator the franchise is ready to show us a different side of its titular creature. After bringing us back to an earlier time period on Earth, Prey‘s Dan Trachtenberg is moving forward to another world for a very different type of installment in the series. Here’s the film’s official synopsis from 20th Century Studios:
Predator: Badlands, which stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator (Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Fanning will play more than just Thia in the film. She’ll play multiple roles, which we seem to get a glimpse of in this trailer. It’s hard to know for sure exactly what’s going on in this teaser. What we do know is Fanning is a big part of the story. Trachtenberg previously said the actress “faced intense challenges on this movie — dramatically, physically, logistically.”
That makes sense considering the studio says this movie takes place in a “world of hurt.” We’ll learn exactly why when Predator: Badlands turns one of cinema’s most dangerous villains into a hero this fall. The film debuts in theaters and on IMAX November 7, 2025.
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