Prey movie director Dan Trachtenberg has shared a brand new movie still image from the upcoming Predator film! Not only that but he also sat down with the website TimeOut and discussed future Predator movies! He alludes to more "bold swings" as being the best way to continue the Predator franchise - perhaps taking place in different time periods:
There are a lot of exciting ideas for what could be next for the franchise. The things that most excite me are the boldest swings and I think there’s scope to do other things that haven’t been done before.
In the interview Dan also discusses the film's new Predator - and why it looks the way it does:
I wanted the Predator to be scarier than we’ve seen it before. It’s intelligent and it has advanced technology, and that makes it even more difficult to take on. But because the movie is set 300 years in the past, those things need to feel a little bit older than we’ve seen before, but also still far more advanced than what we think our earthlings would be able to handle. I wanted to make sure the head was more proportional to the body. This predator is much slimmer and less armoured than it’s ever been. It’s more ‘creature’. It’s still hulking and ferocious.
A primal Predator that's more of a creature than we're used to seeing certainly does sound intriguing.
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Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands released in theaters on November 7th, 2025! See how well the film performed at the box office, here! Be sure to also browse the Predator Lore database for information on the film's different Yautja and characters, the planet Genna, how it connects to Alien, where in the Predator movie timeline the film takes place and more!
Final numbers are in: Predator: Badlands made $184.2 million against a $105 million budget!
Final box office figures are in after Predator: Badlands concluded its theatrical run and the film made nearly double its reported production budget!
Predator: Badlands Blu-Ray release date is February 17th, 2026!
Fans can own Predator: Badlands on physical media starting February 17th next year and can download the film on digital as early as January 6th!
Official Predator: Badlands Bone Bison concept art gives closer look at the Genna creature!
Predator: Badlands concept artwork offers a closer look at the Bone Bison anatomy and creature design.
