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Predator: Badlands Trailer Unveils Predator as Prey, Alien Universe Link

The teaser introduces Dek’s hunt with Thia, a half-dismembered Weyland-Yutani android, setting up a shared universe with Alien.

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Overview

  • The official trailer reveals Dan Trachtenberg at the helm and sets the film’s release for November 7, 2025 in theaters.
  • Elle Fanning appears as Thia, a legless android from Weyland-Yutani’s Bio-Weapons Division, cementing crossover ties to the Alien saga.
  • Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi’s young Predator Dek is shown speaking the native Yautja language for the first time in live-action.
  • The footage flips the franchise formula by portraying the Predator itself as prey on a hazardous planet filled with new creatures.
  • The unlikely alliance between Dek and Thia expands Predator lore and hints at broader interspecies partnerships in a shared universe.