Overview
- Predator: Badlands opens in theaters November 7 with an early Rotten Tomatoes score of 89% from 75 reviews.
- The film is the first in the franchise rated PG-13, with its approach to non‑human combat allowing visceral action without red blood.
- Badlands connects to the Alien universe through the Weyland‑Yutani corporation, and the director has stated there are no Xenomorphs in the film.
- Producer Ben Rosenblatt called an Arnold Schwarzenegger return the franchise's “holy grail” and said Schwarzenegger has met with Dan Trachtenberg, signaling interest but no commitment.
- Trachtenberg described the production as overwhelmingly VFX‑driven, estimating only 10–15 shots in the entire movie are not visual effects.