We always knew Predator: Badlands was going to be a crossover movie. The first trailer confirmed that Elle Fanning was playing a Synthetic, a robot manufactured by the evil Weyland-Yutani corporation ...

Predator: Badlands opens with an alien-language sequence so confident it establishes an entire culture before a single word ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Right off the bat, Thia and the other androids, or synths as they're called in the film, provide the most obvious link to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Badlands premiered in theaters on November 7, 2025, and arrived on digital platforms on January 6, 2026. The movie stars Elle ...

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Whatever happened to subtext? With regard to the Predator franchise, it seems weird to bring this up so late in the day, after six movies and two Alien tie-ins. But the question that bubbles up right ...

There's this funny fad in Hollywood of turning iconic villains into sympathetic — or even heroic — figures. "Wicked" turned the evil Wicked Witch of the West of "The Wizard of Oz" into a misunderstood ...

Predator: Badlands is now in theaters, and with it, a whole new perspective on what it means to be a Predator. The film follows a member of the Yautja, the proper species name for the franchise’s main ...

Although Predator: Badlands is a standalone entry in the Predator cineverse, eagle-eyed fans will notice some nods to previous Predator and Alien shows and films. Director Dan Trachtenberg breaks it ...

It's been revealed that Predator: Badlands originally featured appearances from key characters from the Predator and Alien franchises before being cut. In a recent interview, the film's director, Dan ...