On Friday, November 7th, 2025, a screening of 1979's Alien took place at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, France. Following the film, actress Sigourney Weaver gave a 60-minute masterclass titled, "A Lesson In Cinema," discussing her time in the film. The talk was moderated by Frédéric Bonnaud. During the Q&A, a member of the audience asked her about Neill Blomkamp's cancelled ... [Read More]

Disney has announced that Predator: Badlands opened at number 1 at the domestic box office, delivering a strong $80 million global opening ($40 million domestic and $40 million overseas). The figure is a franchise record for an unadjusted domestic debut. Variety has a few more details about the international performance, noting the highest overseas markets were China ... [Read More]

While investigating the Zeta 2 Reticuli system looking for any signs of wreckage from the USCSS Nostromo, the Gamma Probe dispatched by Alien vs. Predator Galaxy headquarters picked up a signal of unknown origin. While not a repeating acoustical beacon of extra-terrestrial origin, the signal contained something equally as impressive – two early drafts of Alien: Romulus’ script! Alien vs. Predator ... [Read More]

While sitting down with The Direct, Predator: Badlands Director and current franchise overlord Dan Trachtenberg discussed an earlier idea for a Predator protagonist film he considered at one point, that of a Predator hunting Nazis in a World War II setting: Trachtenberg teased that "the very first nugget of the idea was, what if the Predator wins," though he ... [Read More]

Chinese toy company 52Toys has just put up their first licensed Alien collectibles for pre-order. the first one to catch our eye was their new premiere Alien FigLite Xenomorph 1/12 Scale Action Figure. The figure was created from a sculpt by renowned Japanese artist Yoshi. Check out some images of the figure below, which also ... [Read More]

Following the massive success of 2022's Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg's highly anticipated next instalment, Predator: Badlands, has officially landed worldwide! Starring a dual-role performance from Elle Fanning as synthetic sisters Thia and Tessa, alongside Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek, the film immediately thrusts the franchise into bold new territory. The narrative centres on an outcast young Predator, banished from his clan, who ... [Read More]

It's November 7th! And that means today is the general release of Predator: Badlands throughout most of the world, and releasing alongside the film is Benjamin Wallfisch & Sarah Schachner's absolutely fantastic score for the film. I noted in my review that the duo's work gave Badlands "a particularly unique, but still very Predator sonic identity" that I couldn't ... [Read More]

'Twas the night before Predator: Badlands is released worldwide! 20th Century Studios has released an exciting new featurette for the film, titled "Crafting The Predator". The video offers an in-depth look at the design and creation of the film's new Yautja, named Dek. The iconic creature was brought to life by Alec Gillis and his team at StudioGillis, a company with ... [Read More]

At San Diego Comic Con, Dan Trachtenberg dropped a big surprise with the news that Predator: Killer of Killers was being updated with a new ending, revealing that Naru, Mike Harrigan and Dutch Schaefer were also being kept in cryo-storage by the gladiatorial Predators, as well as later clarifying that the writer & director had spoken with Arnold ... [Read More]

For the last few months, trailer/edits creator Bauan Edits has been teasing an upcoming animated fan production based on the Dark Horse series of the same name, Predator: Fire and Stone. The project was the brainchild of Mr. Vega, who also served as director and animator, alongside Bauan Edits, who was responsible for choreography, mocap and ... [Read More]

The animated film Predator: Killer of Killers ended with the shocking revelation that Naru, having defeated the Feral Predator in Prey, was captured by the Predators and placed in a cryo-stasis pod for future use. This development made me a bit nervous about whether Naru would make some sort of appearance in Predator: Badlands. Fortunately for fans hoping for a bigger, ... [Read More]

The Predator: Badlands reviews - my own included - are loving Elle Fanning in the new film! And the stand-out star made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to discuss Halloween, the film, as well as a new clip. The clip, which begins the video below and shows a portion of a fight with the Kalisk, sees Thia coming to the ... [Read More]

In a new interview with the folk over at Zavvi, Predator: Badlands writer/director Dan Trachtenberg revealed that he had the opportunity to meet the legendary James Cameron while Trachtenberg was visiting Weta during the early stages of production on the film. “I still can’t believe I’m saying this, but James Cameron loved Prey and Killer of Killers. When we ... [Read More]