Predator: Badlands
Sign in to savePredator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. It is the seventh installment in the Predator franchise and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in leading roles. The story follows Dek, a young exiled Yautja, who crash-lands on a hostile planet and must prove himself worthy of the hunt by killing an apex predator, leading him to form an alliance with Thia, a Weyland-Yutani Corporation android.
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7.8Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Cast
- Elle Fanning as Thia / Tessa
- Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek / Father
- Ravi Narayan as Bud
- Michael Homick as Kwei (Suit)
- Stefan Grube as Kwei (voice)
- Reuben De Jong as Father (Suit)
Themes
- survival
- outcast
- alien planet
- casual
- team up
- vibrant
- hostile alien wilderness
- relentless hunt
- intense creature combat
- deadly pursuit
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Dan Trachtenberg
- Screenplay by
- Patrick Aison
- Story by
- Patrick Aison Dan Trachtenberg
- Based on
- Characters , by Jim Thomas John Thomas
- Produced by
- John Davis Brent O'Connor Marc Toberoff Dan Trachtenberg Ben Rosenblatt
- Starring
- Elle Fanning Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
- Cinematography
- Jeff Cutter
- Edited by
- Stefan Grube David Trachtenberg
- Music by
- Sarah Schachner Benjamin Wallfisch
- Production companies
- 20th Century Studios Davis Entertainment Lawrence Gordon Productions Toberoff Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- Release dates
- November 3, 2025 ( 2025-11-03 ) ( TCL Chinese Theatre ) November 7, 2025 ( 2025-11-07 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $105 million
- Box office
- $184.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison from a story by Trachtenberg and Aison. Following The Predator (2018) it is the seventh installment in the Predator franchise and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi in leading roles. The story follows Dek, a young exiled Yautja, who crash-lands on a hostile planet and must prove himself worthy of the hunt by killing an apex predator, leading him to form an alliance with Thia, a Weyland-Yutani Corporation android.
Following the success of Prey (2022), Trachtenberg returned to direct two additional films in the franchise. Badlands was announced to be releasing in 2025 after another Predator film, which would later turn out to be Predator: Killer of Killers (2025).
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