Empire Magazine's latest issue highlights Shane Black's The Predator with a sweet exclusive cover and a full spread inside! The issue features various interviews with director Shane Black and a selection of the cast. You can browse scans below!
During one part of the interview, Black addresses his goal of making the Predators scary and mysterious again by introducing us to a new super breed of Upgraded Predator:
Bigger, meaner and nasty as hell. Ten feet tall and midnight black, bristling with spines, skin thickened with chitinous organic armour – the product of harvesting DNA From the deadliest creatures on every world it’s hunted. The ultimate expression of Predator dominance. It is, it’s fair to say, one giant, ugly motherfucker.
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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!
Alternative designs for the Genna Vulture in Predator: Badlands by Dane Hallett!
The Genna Vulture is that winged Pterodactyl-looking creature in Predator: Badlands which almost eats Dek before Thia comes to his rescue.
Abe – The missing Synthetic in Predator: Badlands mystery, solved!
Abe was a Weyland-Yutani Synthetic in Badlands who was compared to Michael Fassbender's David. Sadly the character didn't make it into the final cut of the film.
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!
