The box office figures for Predator: Badlands' second weekend at theatres have been released. The film opened with a franchise-best domestic debut of $40 million, easily topping the chart in its first weekend. However, in its second weekend, it recorded a steep decline, dropping 68% in its second weekend with takings of $13 million, placing it third domestically ... [Read More]

While sitting down with Josh Horowitz for an episode of Happy Sad Confused, Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg discussed many topics surrounding the film, such as the core themes he's interested in: So, I'm always interested in in characters breaking cycles and dealing with the burden of where they've come from. When asked if making a connection to the Alien films ... [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]

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]

Hot on the heels of the release of Predator: Badlands "Final" trailer - let's be honest, when are they ever? - various outlets started to release set visits. We've been seeing these talked about in some of the recent magazine coverage, and we also covered ScreenRant's visit yesterday. We've since had more reports from Collider ... [Read More]

At San Diego Comic Con, the shepherd of Predator Dan Trachtenberg surprised the fandom with the news that he had met the original survivor himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and that an additional ending had been added to Predator: Killer of Killers featuring the legendary Dutch! Speaking to Empire (via ComicBook.com) for the Predator: Badlands feature in their latest issue, ... [Read More]

It was July 19, 2023, when premium toy company, Hot Toys, announced that it would be releasing a Feral Predator for fans of the film, Prey. As you may recall, AVP Galaxy initially reported on this figure’s first look some months later in October of 2023. Well, nearly two years later and after some delay, AVP Galaxy finally has its ... [Read More]

After the premiere and panel of FX’s Alien: Earth series concluded, it was time for Predator: Badlands! I was hoping Alien: Earth would include more of a “show” element as part of its presentation, similar to what we saw at Disney’s UpFront event earlier this year. It seems at San Diego Comic Con that is something more ... [Read More]

As writer/director Dan Trachtenberg took to the stage in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con to talk about the upcoming Predator: Badlands, fans in attendance had the chance to see an extended version of the end of Predator: Killer of Killers which as of 7pm PT will now be added to the animated feature on Hulu (per ... [Read More]

The new issue of Empire magazine is out this week, and inside, you'll find a spread all about Predator: Badlands as well as one for Alien: Earth. Empire has just published a little teaser of the article about Badlands on their website, along with a new production still of Dek and another Predator (presumably his brother) teaching him ... [Read More]

One of the controversial parts of Predator: Killer of Killers was indeed the final act where the three heroes, Ursa, Kenji and Torres, are captured, held in stasis and brought to an arena on a Predator planet to fight. That's not all. In the closing moments of the film, as Predators are moving Ursa's stasis tube, we see hundreds, maybe ... [Read More]

With the immensely successful launch of the animated anthology film Predator: Killer of Killers, and the upcoming anticipation for the live-action Predator: Badlands, which will feature at San Diego Comic-Con; director Dan Trachtenberg has been promoting and discussing his entries in the franchise in multiple previous interviews. He has already revealed that after Prey, he had plans for at ... [Read More]

The deluge of Predator: Killer of Killers interviews continues, like a river of blood after a Predator has finished slaughtering its last prey. Speaking to the folk over at Polygon, Predator: Killer of Killers director Dan Trachtenberg was asked about the possibility of the return of other legacy survivors after the big reveal that Prey's Naru was in ... [Read More]