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Predator: Badlands (2025)

Predator: Badlands poster
Directed by
Dan Trachtenberg
Genre
action film, science fiction film, action thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 3,305 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young exiled Yautja hunter crashes on a dangerous planet and must kill an apex predator to prove his worth. He teams up with an android from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation to survive.

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What happens

Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. It is the seventh installment in the Predator franchise and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in leading roles. The story follows Dek, a young exiled Yautja, who crash-lands on a hostile planet and must prove himself worthy of the hunt by killing an apex predator, leading him to form an alliance with Thia, a Weyland-Yutani Corporation android. Following the success of Prey (2022), Trachtenberg returned to direct two additional films in the franchise. Badlands was announced to be releasing in 2025 after another Predator film, which would later turn out to be Predator: Killer of Killers (2025). Predator: Badlands premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2025, and was released in the United States on November 7, by 20th Century Studios. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $184 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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