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Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film and the seventh installment in the Predator franchise. The film was directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi star in leading roles. In the film, Dek, a young Yautja exiled from his clan, crash-lands on a hostile planet and must prove himself worthy of the hunt. Struggling to survive, he forms an unlikely alliance with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani Corporation android, as they face off against an apex predator.
Predator: Badlands had its premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2025, and was released in the United States by 20th Century Studios on November 7, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $139 million worldwide against a $105 million budget.
Dek is a Yautja runt from Yautja Prime, who seeks approval from his father, clan leader Njohrr, by vowing to hunt the Kalisk, a seemingly unkillable apex predator on the "death planet" Genna. Before he can leave however, Njhorr arrives and orders Dek's brother Kwei to kill him, deeming him too weak for the clan. Kwei defies the order and remotely activates his transport ship to take Dek to Genna. Dek is forced to watch helplessly as Njhorr executes Kwei.
Upon crash-landing on Genna, Dek faces numerous environmental dangers from both flora and fauna. He reluctantly allies with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani Corporation android, whose team was destroyed while attempting to capture the Kalisk. Thia offers to help Dek track the Kalisk. Later, they are joined by a native creature that Thia names Bud, which marks Dek with its saliva. Meanwhile, Thia's "sister", Tessa, is reactivated and begins tracking Dek’s group. Tessa later encounters Dek's crash-landed ship and takes his weaponry.
After discovering the remains of her team, Thia contacts the Weyland-Yutani team and attempts to repair herself. Dek ignites an oil spill, attracting the Kalisk. The two creatures fight, and though Dek manages to sever its head, the Kalisk regenerates and defeats him; however, it spares his life. The Weyland-Yutani team arrives, captures Dek and the Kalisk, and holds them for study. Tessa begins experimenting on Dek, but Thia intervenes. Seeing Thia's emotions as weakness, Tessa slates her for deactivation.
Thia helps Dek escape. Dek then realizes that Bud is the child of the Kalisk, who had detected its saliva on him, and decides to rescue both Thia and the captured Kalisk. Lacking his advanced weapons, Dek creates organic ones harvested from Genna's environment. He and Bud attack the Weyland-Yutani base and free Thia. Thia helps the Kalisk escape, allowing it to destroy much of the facility. Tessa, now in a mechanical power loader mech and armed with Dek's Yautja laser weapon, kills the Kalisk, but is ultimately destroyed by Dek and Bud when she attempts to kill Thia.
Some time later, Dek returns to Yautja Prime with a fully repaired Thia, and an older, larger Bud. He presents to his father Tessa’s skull as a trophy, and demands his father's cloaking device as a reward, but Njhorr denies this. Dek avenges Kwei by defeating and mutilating Njhorr before Bud bites off his head, taking his cloaking device. Dek, Thia, and Bud prepare for a confrontation when a large ship appears near them, with Dek stating it is his mother.
In February 2024, it was revealed that a standalone film in the Predator franchise titled Badlands was in development, set to be directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who previously directed and co-wrote the story of Prey (2022) and Predator: Killer of Killers (2025), and co-written by Patrick Aison, who wrote Prey. Writers Brian Duffield, Bryan Fuller, Patrick Somerville, and Ben Schwartz are credited for "additional literary material (not on-screen)". The director cited stylistic and thematic influences from the works of Frank Frazetta and Terrence Malick, Conan the Barbarian, Drax the Destroyer, the films Shane (1953), Mad Max 2 (1981), The Book of Eli (2010), as well as Clint Eastwood Westerns, and the video game Shadow of the Colossus (2005). In June, Elle Fanning was in talks to join the film in a dual role, with her casting confirmed in August.
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Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film and the seventh installment in the Predator franchise. The film was directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi star in leading roles. In the film, Dek, a young Yautja exiled from his clan, crash-lands on a hostile planet and must prove himself worthy of the hunt. Struggling to survive, he forms an unlikely alliance with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani Corporation android, as they face off against an apex predator.
Predator: Badlands had its premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2025, and was released in the United States by 20th Century Studios on November 7, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $139 million worldwide against a $105 million budget.
Dek is a Yautja runt from Yautja Prime, who seeks approval from his father, clan leader Njohrr, by vowing to hunt the Kalisk, a seemingly unkillable apex predator on the "death planet" Genna. Before he can leave however, Njhorr arrives and orders Dek's brother Kwei to kill him, deeming him too weak for the clan. Kwei defies the order and remotely activates his transport ship to take Dek to Genna. Dek is forced to watch helplessly as Njhorr executes Kwei.
Upon crash-landing on Genna, Dek faces numerous environmental dangers from both flora and fauna. He reluctantly allies with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani Corporation android, whose team was destroyed while attempting to capture the Kalisk. Thia offers to help Dek track the Kalisk. Later, they are joined by a native creature that Thia names Bud, which marks Dek with its saliva. Meanwhile, Thia's "sister", Tessa, is reactivated and begins tracking Dek’s group. Tessa later encounters Dek's crash-landed ship and takes his weaponry.
After discovering the remains of her team, Thia contacts the Weyland-Yutani team and attempts to repair herself. Dek ignites an oil spill, attracting the Kalisk. The two creatures fight, and though Dek manages to sever its head, the Kalisk regenerates and defeats him; however, it spares his life. The Weyland-Yutani team arrives, captures Dek and the Kalisk, and holds them for study. Tessa begins experimenting on Dek, but Thia intervenes. Seeing Thia's emotions as weakness, Tessa slates her for deactivation.
Thia helps Dek escape. Dek then realizes that Bud is the child of the Kalisk, who had detected its saliva on him, and decides to rescue both Thia and the captured Kalisk. Lacking his advanced weapons, Dek creates organic ones harvested from Genna's environment. He and Bud attack the Weyland-Yutani base and free Thia. Thia helps the Kalisk escape, allowing it to destroy much of the facility. Tessa, now in a mechanical power loader mech and armed with Dek's Yautja laser weapon, kills the Kalisk, but is ultimately destroyed by Dek and Bud when she attempts to kill Thia.
Some time later, Dek returns to Yautja Prime with a fully repaired Thia, and an older, larger Bud. He presents to his father Tessa’s skull as a trophy, and demands his father's cloaking device as a reward, but Njhorr denies this. Dek avenges Kwei by defeating and mutilating Njhorr before Bud bites off his head, taking his cloaking device. Dek, Thia, and Bud prepare for a confrontation when a large ship appears near them, with Dek stating it is his mother.
In February 2024, it was revealed that a standalone film in the Predator franchise titled Badlands was in development, set to be directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who previously directed and co-wrote the story of Prey (2022) and Predator: Killer of Killers (2025), and co-written by Patrick Aison, who wrote Prey. Writers Brian Duffield, Bryan Fuller, Patrick Somerville, and Ben Schwartz are credited for "additional literary material (not on-screen)". The director cited stylistic and thematic influences from the works of Frank Frazetta and Terrence Malick, Conan the Barbarian, Drax the Destroyer, the films Shane (1953), Mad Max 2 (1981), The Book of Eli (2010), as well as Clint Eastwood Westerns, and the video game Shadow of the Colossus (2005). In June, Elle Fanning was in talks to join the film in a dual role, with her casting confirmed in August.