The hunt is back on in a brand-new trailer forPredator: Badlands. The latest installment of the beloved sci-fi franchise to come from helmerDan Trachtenbergis set to unleash itself into cinemas later this year, and, with today’s new teaser, we’re getting a better idea of exactly how the intriguing storyline will play out. StarringElle Fanning(A Complete Unknown) andDimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi(The Panthers), the film looks to be yet another winner from the director who previously blew viewers away with 2022’sPreyand the recently released Hulu animated feature-length project,Predator: Killer of Killers.
It’s not often that we watch the universe’s greatest and most skilled hunter flounder, but the trailer forPredator: Badlandsdepicts the Predator in a scenario that we’ve never fully witnessed before — as the prey. While previous installments have seen the galactic traveler taken down by the creature he’s hunting, the teaser reveals that from the gate, this Predator’s first hunt will be an increasingly difficult one with new enemies around every corner. Luckily, the young Predator known as Dek finds his path crossed with Fanning’s Weyland Yutani synth, Thia, who, with her street smarts, deadly fighting skills, and well-timed humor, will help the struggling Predator — that is, if he’ll listen.
What We Learned from the New ‘Predator: Badlands’ Trailer
The new look revealed a ton of fresh information, like the fact that Fanning’s synth is missing her legs, which makes her ability to help the Predator fight his way out of difficult situations in a snap even more impressive. We also get an earful of Dek speaking in a different language aside from the clicks that we’ve grown so accustomed to over the six-film series. And yet, there are still other things we’re waiting for, like the reveal of thesecond characterthat Fanning will be playing and more info about whether this will turn into a new installment ofAlien vs. Predator— an ideapreviously teasedbyAlien: Romulus’Fede Álvarez.
Althoughthe debut trailerhad a lot of us thinking thatPredator: Badlandscould give us the old bait and switch and become anAlien vs. Predatormovie, the new trailer seems to point in a different direction. The apex beast that Dek and Thia are tracking certainly doesn’t look like a Xenomorph, but, to be fair, that doesn’t mean that Trachtenberg is putting all the cards on the table from the jump. Still, the reveal that at least one of Fanning’s characters is connected to Weyland Yutani putsPredator back in theAlienuniverseand certainly teases what could become the ultimate showdown in the future.
Check out thePredator: Badlandstrailer above and see it in cinemas on November 7.
Predator: Badlands
