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Dan Trachtenberg Directed Secret 'Predator' Movie Coming Out Before The 'Predator: Badlands' Release In November 2025
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Dan Trachtenberg Directed Secret ‘Predator’ Movie Coming Out Before The ‘Predator: Badlands’ Release In November 2025

After the high praise and positive audience reaction to Dan Trachtenberg‘s “Prey,” a period film set within the greater “Predator” franchise, 20th Century Studios and Disney pushed forward with a second film titled “Predator: Badlands“ starring Elle Fanning (now confirmed) in the main role after having such success with Amber Midthunder leading the last installment. However, there is actually even more coming. Steve Asbell of 20th Century Studios recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and revealed that the filmmaker has directed TWO “Predator” movies, not just one installment.

“I’ll tell you very simply. After ‘Prey’ became a success, Dan [Trachtenberg] came back and said he didn’t want to do ‘Prey 2.’ And we’re like, “What do you want to do?” And he rattled off a bunch of ideas that were really crazy but really cool. We’ve actually done two of them. Two are coming out next year. One I can’t talk about yet, but the other one is the live-action ‘Predator‘ film with Elle Fanning that just wrapped in New Zealand. That’ll be out theatrically sometime next year,” Asbell told THR in a one-on-one interview about the future of the studio’s big franchises.

He added, “There’s a secret Predator movie that will come out before the theatrical one, but I can’t say anything about it yet.”

I think we can infer from these quotes that this “secret” film is likely heading to Hulu since Asbell is quite specific about “Yes, a ‘Predator’ movie will have a theatrical [release].” This doesn’t exactly suggest this second project coming out before “Predator: Badlands” will be in theaters, too. Then again, you have to assume that Hulu and Disney were hellbent on getting another “Predator” property on the platform alongside the upcoming “Alien: Earth” series from Noah Hawley.

“Predator: Badlands” already has an official theatrical release date of November 7, 2025, and would be the first film from the franchise to grace the big screen since Shane Black’s long-forgotten attempt, “The Predator.” Again, we shouldn’t be surprised if this other movie ends up being a Hulu exclusive release.

SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

'Badlands': Elle Fanning In Talks To Lead Latest Installment Of 'Predator' Franchise
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‘Badlands’: Elle Fanning In Talks To Lead Latest Installment Of ‘Predator’ Franchise

The next phase of the “Predator” franchise was previously announced as they’ll be making a follow-up to director Dan Trachtenberg‘s “Prey” with “Badlands.” However, its been said the new movie is going to be set further into the future and won’t be a direct sequel to “Prey” (But one is also in the works).

A big casting update has been shared by Deadline, as they have announced that Elle Fanning (“The Great”) is in talks to take the lead role in the new sci-fi actioner.

The studio is in negotiations with a popular actress like Fanning could suggest that 20th Century Studios may attempt to release the film in theaters after “Prey” headed to Hulu/Disney+.

20th Century Studios is also about to release Fede Alvarez’s “Alien Romulus” which is said to be a standalone story set between the events of Ridley Scott’s original “Alien” (produces the film) and James Cameron’s “Aliens” as the filmmaker hopes to find a balance where “Romulus” invokes a balanced tone of both those movies. “Romulus” was originally meant to be a Hulu exclusive until the studio changed its mind after how well-received “Prey” was (the studio missing out on box office dollars on that one).

There is the potential that “Alien Romulus” and “Badlands” future settings could eventually lead audiences to a new, more faithful take on “Aliens vs Predator,” where a boring/dull Earthbound setting is avoided to go completely off-world as seen in the video games and comics books which the crossover originally took place. Some of the more common occurrences where humans, androids/synthetics, predators/yautja, and xenomorphs interact with each other happen on off-world colonies/mining operations connected to Weyland-Yutani.

SOURCE: DEADLINE