Elle Fanning is in negotiations to star in the upcoming Predator film, Predator: Badlands. Deadline is reporting that actress Elle Fanning might be the next person to encounter a Predator with her currently in talks for a role in Dan Trachtenberg’s next Predator film, Predator: Badlands.
Elle Fanning, the sister of actress Dakota Fanning, has appeared in many films including 2011’s Super 8 and 2014’s Maleficent. Recently, Fanning starred as Catherine the Great in the Hulu period satire series The Great and played Michelle Carter in the Hulu limited series The Girl from Plainville.
Elle Fanning might be appearing in the upcoming Predator: Badlands.
A sequel to 2022’s Prey is also in development at the same time but it looks like Predator: Badlands is gaining traction first. Nothing is known about the character Elle could be playing in the Predator film and nothing is known about the story in Predator: Badlands.
The film has been written by Dan Trachtenberg and Patrick Aison and will be directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Unlike Prey that was set in 1719, Predator: Badlands is set in the future and will feature a female lead.
Thanks to MudButt for the news.
I think that may be one aspect of Bella's role, or at least helping orchestrate it.
No bias from me, an Australian, at all >3>
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I have often thought how cool it would be to see the Predator win at the end of one of these films. I realize it is difficult to pull off but as a galactic apex predator it would be understandable for them to win once against us humans.
It could easily be a 1997 situation in Predator 2 from 1990. Far in the future with big scopes on their guns to make it "futuristic". Though, I'm not expecting a small window like that.
IF it helps selling the idea better, the Alien/Predator/Prometheus crossover Life and Death had a squad of Colonial Marines vs a Predator hunting band in jungle and the Marines were getting hammered despite the future tech they had. Marines had smartguns and motion trackers sure, but Predators had complete control of the environment and too skilled at stealth, ambush, and terror tactics.
Plus, if The Predator has any good leftover qualities to add into the lore overall is that they have some kind of level of nanotechnology (The Predator Killer) and Fugitive's more protective armor, so it's not like there is a lack of inspiration that they can take to develop more interesting Predator tech to be used.
Wait oh god would they continue the ideas from that Disaster flick from 2018?
Prey is getting a direct sequel. It's not this. This one is The Future.
A Predator arriving at [insert location here] to hunt some folks at some point in time in the future.
Art director on the Avatar movies, cool.
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You're misunderstanding. I'm suggesting the only humans in the movie should be "the bad guys". The Colombians and Jamacians were secondary characters in the film to set up action set pieces.
I love P2, but that wouldn't be a change since it's already done.
Exactly, which is why its one of the best films in the franchise.
Plenty of bad guys hunted in P2.
I understand. I just couldn't help after having a second run-through of the film, I did like how each Feral's response to his findings is unique in what the films display of Predator thought process. I guess that since JH witnessed to how Dutch and his boys laid waste to that entire base, the dead scorpion signifies how they are indeed dangerous game and made relevant to his goals.
Feral took a quick note on the cigar but lingered longer on the leaf. The fact that he took a moment out of his hunting game on mindset just to wonder about what the leaf is all about shows curiosity and some wonder about the ongoings of the hunting ground he is at. That he comes from a bloody and brutal culture but one that seems like it does not abandon all measures of genuine curiosity and interest.
I like that. For a race that goes around fighting and hunting prey across the galaxy in their long lifespan, its cool to see that it can still display abstract thoughts outside the hunt sometimes. Small hints that from time to time in different worlds, Predators must have taken small moments to look at other alien cultures and perhaps marvel at them. Makes it a more rounded being than just a simple 2D "RRRRRR KILL" monster.
I hope they continue the trend, at least.
True, as we had many moments of JH stalking Dutch and his team. I mean Feral developed it more. Usually we seen it from JH's POV and it make sense since it's our first ever experience with what the Predator is and keeping the suspense until the last portion of the movie.
Its rather how Feral was to be seen traversing through the environment and see more of his thoughts, through body language.
That also would be on a great part if Dan and Patrick remembers any story of HG, last seen with Dutch chasing after Cleopatra in Serra Leon. Which made me wonder if the film will make any light ties to anything in HG like the current literation of OWLF, Stargazer, reengineered Predator tech, ect. Of course all of that depending on if they both recall or even want to follow anything in HG. Could be possible, that at least we can see OWLF come in for the rescue and clean up at the last end of the film even?
No disagreement there
Nah, it should be a strong female lead with a smiling face.
Everyone would be happy with that right ?
Got a good Predator in 2022.
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Since the majority paid for Prey.
I'm still hoping for something set off-world and pretty divorced from previous entries here, though. Give me some shitty wasteland of a world with various human factions in conflict with one another before the Predator(s) even arrives. And throw in some local fauna for it to hunt, as well.
'Badlands' being set in the future and Dan's interesting answers about bringing characters back could always lead to something....or maybe it won't. We just don't know at this point.
What I would like to see more of is what Feral established in having the Predator do more tracking and learning about it's prey. I love that moment when Feral took a closer look at the cigar but pondered longer on the leaf that Naru left on the bison. It shows intelligence and thought going on in that moment, the Predator truly interacting with the hunting grounds it's on other than just killing, like an actual hunter would.
I'm assuming he means @[cancerblack] should make a cameo.