‘PREDATOR: BADLANDS’ first hunt. last chance…
Predator: Badlands is an upcoming American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg. It is the sixth live-action film, seventh overall film, and ninth installment in the Predator franchise. The film stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.

In the future on a remote planet, a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
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.

Predator: Badlands is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by 20th Century Studios on November 7, 2025.


