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Movie Name: Predator: Badlands
Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
Running Time: – Minutes
Release Date: November 07, 2025
Rating: –
Languages: English
Production House: Davis Entertainment
Budget: $- million
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.
Predator: Badlands – Overview
Predator: Badlands is an upcoming American science fiction action film in the Predator franchise. It is the seventh film in the mainline series and ninth in the overall franchise. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, co-written by Trachtenberg and Patrick Aison, and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.
Predator: Badlands is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on November 7, 2025, by 20th Century Studios.
A young Predator outcast from his clan finds an unlikely ally on his 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 worked on Prey (2022) and Predator: Killer of Killers (2025), and co-written by Patrick Aison, who wrote Prey. The director cited stylistic and thematic influences from the works of Frank Frazetta and Terrence Malick, Conan the Barbarian, the films Shane (1953), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (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 the lead role, with her casting confirmed in August.
Principal photography began in New Zealand by August 27, 2024, under the working title Backpack, and wrapped in late October. Jeff Cutter served as the cinematographer, after previously working with Trachtenberg on Prey.
Wētā FX created the films computer generated imagery. According to the director, every shot of the film required visual effects work.
Predator: Badlands is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on November 7, 2025.
