Earlier this week, 20th Century Studios released the first teaser for Predator: Badlands, the next live-action film in the Predator franchise. director Dan Trachtenberg, who also directed Prey, has since given Bloody Disgusting some additional information.
 
We follow a "runt" named Dek (played in costume and motion-capture by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) as he teams up with an enigmatic woman (Elle Fanning) after being banished from his clan. The movie confirms that Badlands will at least partially take place on the Predators' home planet of Yautja Prime.

“One of the cool things about the movie is that we’re on Yautja Prime—there’s a lot in this movie from the extended universe. We insanely decided to treat [the language] properly like [Elvish] for Lord of the Rings or [Dothraki] for Game of Thrones, except for those there’s more precedent.”

It was quite obvious from the teaser that Fanning's character Thia was not your typical human, and now we know that she is, in fact, a Weyland-Yutani synth (or artificial person, if you prefer). 

“As inspired as I am by movies, I’ve been very inspired by video games [like] shadow of the Colossus, where you have a protagonist paired with someone else who provides color and connection," adds Trachtenberg. "There’s a thing with a horse in shadow of the Colossus that’s devastating when you play the game. And so [Predator: Badlands] was a little bit inspired by that in terms of wanting to see the Predator with someone else, this character who’s the opposite of him. He’s very laconic, [Fanning] is not. She’s capable in ways that he is not. Physically, she’s got a real thing that I’m so excited for you guys to see. But I want to let eventually some of that speak for itself.”  
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G GOWTHAM

26/04/2025 11:14 AM