An unused concept maquette for the Upgrade Predator from Shane Black's The Predator was recently uploaded to Instagram by user Monstercake, who had provided the following to ADI during the film's pre-production. Unfortunately, his design concept went unused and no practical suit was made from this maquette, instead the Upgrade Predator was rendered completely digitally.

What do you think of this unused design compared to the CGI version we ended up getting? Let us know in the comments!
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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!

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!

Early concept art for Kwei's ship and Weyland-Yutani Super Power Loader by Benjamin Last!
Concept artist Benjamin Last has shared some of his early work he provided for Predator: Badlands including Kwei's ship and the new Weyland-Yutani Power Loader!

Unused World War 2 Predator concept art features a triple mandible Yautja! (EXCLUSIVE)
One of the unused Predator designs for the World War 2 segment of the Killer of Killers anime featured a unique alternative design for the Yautja Hunt...





