🎬 Predator: Badlands

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Predator: Badlands (2025) is a science-fiction action movie in the famous Predator franchise. It is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the same director who made Prey.

📋 Basic information

Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Release date: November 7, 2025
Runtime: about 107 minutes
Distributor: 20th Century Studios
Budget: about $105 million
Worldwide box office: about $185 million

It is the 7th main film in the Predator series.

🎭 Main cast

Elle Fanning — Thia, an android from Weyland-Yutani
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi — Dek, a young Predator warrior

🧟 Story

Unlike earlier Predator movies, this film focuses mainly on the Predator’s point of view.

Dek, a young Predator (Yautja), is exiled from his clan.
He crash-lands on a dangerous alien planet.
To prove himself worthy, he must hunt the ultimate apex predator.
Along the way, he forms an unlikely partnership with Thia, a damaged android from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation.

Together they must survive the deadly planet and defeat powerful creatures.

⭐ Reception

Rotten Tomatoes critics: ~86%
Audience score: ~95%

Critics said the movie refreshes the franchise by turning the Predator into a main hero instead of the villain.

🎥 Franchise timeline

The Predator universe includes:

Predator
Predator 2
Predators
The Predator
Prey
Predator: Badlands

✅ Summary:
Predator: Badlands is a fresh take on the series where a young Predator becomes the hero while exploring a dangerous alien world and hunting the ultimate monster.