Predator Badlands centers on a Predator-led tale, opens Nov 7, 2025

Dan Trachtenberg's Predator Badlands, the latest installment in the Predator franchise, opens in theaters on November 7, 2025, after an early screening in the United Kingdom on October 29. The science fiction action film, produced by 20th Century Studios, follows an outcast young Predator named Dek, played by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, who forms an unlikely alliance with a synthetic named Thia, portrayed in a dual role by Elle Fanning, as they journey across a remote planet in search of a supreme adversary.

Set in the future on the alien world Kalisk, the film centers the narrative on the Predator perspective rather than human protagonists. Trachtenberg directed from a screenplay by Patrick Aison, based on a story conceived by Trachtenberg himself, and is credited as one of the producers. Mike Homik appears in the cast as Kwei, Dek's brother. The film is the seventh entry in the main Predator series and the ninth film overall when crossover titles are included. Trachtenberg has also directed two previous franchise projects, including the 2022 film Prey and an animated anthology released earlier in 2025, making him the first filmmaker to helm multiple live-action entries...