Shane Black's Predator 4 officially titled The Predator will begin filming on Monday, February 20th and the director / co-star of the 1987 original has taken to Twitter to hype fans up for the commemoration. In addition to announcing the filming start date, Shane also reassured fans that The Predator would in fact be filmed and produced as an R-rated project - tweeting "And, just to be clear... PG-13 is for pussies. Spines bleed... a lot." Of course, we've known this since May, 2016 but not everyone is following this film as closely as we are.
The Predator is working under the production title Ollie while filming takes place in Vancouver, Canada and filming is expected to span 4 months (not necessarily all in Vancouver), ending in May, 2017. We encourage you to follow director Shane Black on Twitter, as well as our own Predator 4 Twitter account for official updates on next year's tent-pole sci-fi thriller!
The Predator will be unleashed on February 9th, 2018.
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Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands released in theaters on November 7th, 2025! Visit 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!
Yautja Prime concept art from Predator: Badlands by Alex Nice!
Concept artist Alex Nice has shared a number of submissions he made for Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands detailing the Predator home world, Yautja Prime!
Check out this crazy early Badlands Predator helmet design by Sean Hargreaves!
Official concept art by Sean Hargreaves for Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands reveals unconventional helmet design for the Yautja!
Dek rides Dinosaur-like alien into battle in early concept art for Badlands!
Very early concept artwork for Predator: Badlands painted a very different movie, featuring a variety of different creatures and battle sequences!
