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Predator: Badlands Debuts First Look at Yautja Hero Dek

Exclusive images show the franchise’s first Yautja hero undertaking a quest to prove himself with a newly created alien language.

Predator: Badlands exclusive

Overview

  • Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg, is now in post-production at 20th Century Studios
  • Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi stars as Dek, a Yautja introduced as the “runt of the litter” on a mission to prove himself
  • The film marks the first time the Predator species takes center stage as the protagonist in the cinematic series
  • Trachtenberg’s team created a fully developed Yautja language to lend authenticity to the alien perspective
  • The movie is slated for global theatrical release on November 7, 2025