The first trailer for the much-anticipated Predator: Badlands is here. The newest entry in the Predator series sees Dan Trachtenberg return to direct, and it stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. Check out the trailer below.
Predator: Badlands 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. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and produced by John Davis, Dan Trachtenberg, Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt, Brent O’Connor.
It releases in theaters on November 7th, 2025 in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Cinemark XD, 4DX, ScreenX, and premium screens everywhere.
Where Has The Predator Been Lately?

The last Predator movie was Prey, which was also directed by Dan Trachtenberg. It featured the Predator going to the Great Plains and taking on trappers and Native Americans. It starred Amber Midthunder in a star-making performance that saw her go toe to toe with the greatest hunter in the universe. The film is now available on 4K UHD and streaming on Hulu.
Here’s what we had to say in our review.
If I was writing Alien or any other monster franchise right now, I would take some notes from Prey. Keep it simple, have a badass lead, and make the monster mean something. Prey brings the Predator franchise forward with all these changes and then some. When you cut out all the fat and bring it back to basics, turns out, it works really well. Prey recognizes that it’s a prequel that’s set 300 years before the original, so there’s no cinematic universe creating or trying to link up with future or previous films. Prey simply kicks ass for an hour and a half and then leaves. This is the Mad Max: Fury Road for the Predator franchise that finally makes the series scary and most important, fun again.
So, what do you think of the new Predator movie?
We can’t wait to see Predator: Badlands in theaters on November 7th.
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